Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Story by Jon Tuxworth Furious trainer Peter Luttrell has declared his horse was “robbed” of winning Sunday’s Hobart Cup and will seek legal advice after TasRacing admitted a starting barrier blunder ensured the race was run several metres short of the scheduled distance. The Imogen Miller-trained Blonde Star, an outsider paying more than $31, won […]
By John Lingard: letsgohorseracing.com.au QRIC Deputy Commissioner Kim Kelly has responded (from Saudi Arabia where he is a keynote speaker at the Asian Racing Conference) to criticism of the handling of an inquiry involving Kyle Wilson-Taylor and emanating from the Doomben meeting last Saturday. Here is Kim’ response: ‘THERE has been some commentary and opinions […]
How on earth did the Stewards let the Hobart Cup to be started from the wrong position, which meant that the race was run about 30-40 meters short of the advertised distance of the race? Are these people utterly incompetent or something? Surely the officials in charge of racing integrity must know where the proper […]
Story by Jon Tuxworth: The Mercury Sunday’s Hobart Cup has been rocked by controversy with an enquiry launched into how starting position barriers were not placed in the correct position for the city’s biggest annual race. Tasracing has released a statement confirming the race distance was “marginally less” than the scheduled 2400m distance as a […]
I told Keith From Queensland that the draw wouldn’t matter in the Hunter Cup, and I wrote about it yesterday too. Keith said I was am idiot. He was right of course. The draw has thrown the great race wide open. Republican Party in 1. Swayzee in 2. Leap To Fame out wide in 6. […]
Artists are notoriously hard to handle. Van Gogh was a madman who ended up in an asylum, but they knew how to let him paint. Da Vinci did what he wanted to, regardless of what he was told. So did Jackson Pollock, the painter of Blue Poles. And Hunter S Thompson, my favorite writer. No-one […]
They look a bit alike too don’t they? Both good sorts. Kenny Rogers wrote a song Sussan. It was based on the life of fearless bookmaker DT Crimmins. Your local constituent and biggest fan. You had coffee together in Albury one day. It goes like this. You got to know when to hold ’em Know […]
What a shame it is that NSW and Victoria couldn’t or wouldn’t get their acts together and coordinate bonus series that fell into line so all the superstars could race in each, and the dream Hunter Cup fell away. Not that it’s not fantastic. Don Hugo and Captain’s Knock won’t be there, and The Janitor […]
It was going over here, to Alyangula, on Groote Eylandt, which is Dutch word for Island. But the barge didn’t make it. It got blown away by the wind. Fair dinkum. Quick abbreviated history lesson. A Dutch privately owned but State backed outfit called the Dutch East India Company used to own Indonesia, which being […]
Look at the size of this unmanned barge that mysteriously washed up empty near Badu Island in the Torres Strait yesterday. They reckon it got washed away from its mooring in Indonesia, and the wind and tide blew it there. Bullshit. Badu Island is thousands of kilometers from Indonesia, with coral reefs and islands in […]
