Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Victorian pacing Derby and Oaks finals are being contested at Melton this weekend, and after having suffered the odd experience of witnessing their counterparts in NSW being run over a mile it is great to see the Vics continuing to run the 3yo classics over 2760m like they should our opinion be. Call me […]
Egyptian Lass broke through the barriers at Jundah on the 3rd of October and was late scratched. The Stewards Report from the meeting (see at top) said that the horse would require a further satisfactory barrier certificate prior to being permitted to race again. It hasn’t barrier trialled, so a satisfactory barrier trial certificate cannot […]
Presidential candidate Rebecca Conlan, competing in the Masters Games, with her mum Barb, who lived in the street behind my parents in Aspley before moving up north to the promised land The election for President of the Cairns Jockey Club will be decided today. It’s Tom Hedley v Rebecca Conlam. The old vs the new. […]
This is race 6 at Albion Park on Tuesday. Watch number five Luvn Osman, the horse one out and two back. Now you see him, now you don’t. That’s because one or both of Queensland’s Principal Racing Authorities – the QRIC and/or RQ – have spliced the replay to hide an inconvenient truth. Luvn Osman, […]
The animal activists hate greyhound racing, and they hate the hurdles too. Horses jumping over hurdles I mean. Dogs doing it would horrify them. It shouldn’t. All the experts say that the slower the racing, the safer the greyhound. When dogs have to fly over fences they slow down, and are slower to quicken up […]
The hitherto very slow pacer Altair Star had 112 starts for its former trainer Leo Wallrodt, and won just three races, all of them out in the bush. Before it was transferred to Hayden Reeves less than a month ago it hadn’t run a place at its past 34 starts. all of them in the […]
Race 1 at Maryborough yesterday was the Mick Clover Redwood 2yo Trot, named after the great man who passed away last week. Mick’s grandson James Herberton won it. How good is that? That one is for you Pop. See you on the other side.
Anyone who is bagging Sheza Alibi for its Might and Power run is a bloody idiot. She went enormous. What happened was this. Ethan Brown on the winner and John Allen on Kingswood totally stooged B Melham on Birdman and Luke Nolen on Sheza, and that pair who should have known better let them do […]
Jaddaf was sold for $375 000 at the 2023 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale. That was no surprise, for the then colt was a half-brother to the smart sprinter Chain Of Lightning, who had won the Tristarc and the Cockram the spring before, and started well in the betting for the Golden Eagle. She later […]
The final field for The Everest has been announced. It is going to be a great race. But they might as well engrave Ka Ying Rising’s name on the trophy now. Tempted is the only danger. The stars Jimmy and Jolie vie for third. The only real question is whether Ka Ying breaks the track […]
