Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Racing Victoria have today issues a 2 page statement in response to widespread questions about the current racing program, and whether it causing rider fatigue and contributing to falls. You can read RV’s statement as published in the article above. The committee of the Geebung Polo Club met today to consider the statement. This is […]
Alan Endresz is having a very bad week. First his horse Private Banker – is it rhyming slang? – was subject to an inquiry into it being flicked with a stockwhip by Desleigh Forster. Alligator Al wasn’t there and had nothing to do with it, but has faith in his trainer and believes that if […]
Over the 157 year history of the great Doncaster Handicap there have been a handful of runners that have gone on to have a career racing over the hurdles. Strike The Stars – by Savabeel out of Ambitious – is the most recent one that comes to mind. https://www.racenet.com.au/profiles/horse/strike-the-stars But to the best of my […]
Prize money by code The thoroughbred code had higher levels of growth in prize money at a national level, with a nine per cent annual average growth rate between 2015-16 and 2018-19. Whilst Tasmania’s thoroughbred prize money growth was the highest of the three codes, averaging seven per cent over the four year period, it […]
I think I must be missing something here. Racing QLD are paying airfares, accommodation, meals and allowance for 10 woman drivers to travel to and from their bases in NSW, VIC, TAS, SA and WA for a Team Teal fundraising series. The cost of the above is a conservative $20 grand, and probably more. A […]
Look at this poor excuse for a Steward’s Report. If the Chief Stipe Chris Albrecht truly believes this, then he is as silly as a wheel. We need a bunker system in racing with a video stewards as ref. And we need it now.
A psychopath on ice am I? Guess its better than being a heartless butcher. And a race fixer to boot. I’ve seen these pictures before. Haven’t you? Like I said Team, you don’t know who I am either. You did this, not me. Tasmanian trainer named in betting plunge on suspicious race, as dog food […]
Watch the final 400m of this race side on at normal speed. It is race 1 at Kembla. We are interested in the run of She’s Jessie, the horse in picture at top, in the same colors. Keep your eye on it. This race is fixed to stop it winning. Who do you think did […]
You thought it was Jeff Penza on the horse in the green didn’t you? If so you are about a third right. Or you thought it was Blaike Spriggs on the horse outside King in the red. A little bit, but not the most. Penza was the blocker who used the whip in his right […]
The ABC expose of Ben Yole’s nefarious activities is the biggest scandal in harness racing for a decade. And it has only just begun. Yole’s animal welfare abuses are the subject of episodes in the locker that will be released over the coming days and weeks. His abuses of humans will feature too. This is […]
