Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The photos above and below are from the Townsville TAB meeting held on the 20th of January. See the thing I have circled in the picture at the top taken of race 4? It’s an ambulance. Every race held at every meeting around Australia is supposed to have one trailing the field, in case a […]
Kerry Ann Morris used to be Kerry Ann Turner, until she got married. Her husband is Robbie Morris. Many say that he is the trainer for the stable too. Robbie Morris’s godfather is his dad Peter Morris’s best mate. John Dumesny is the fellow’s name. He’s the CEO of Harness Racing NSW (HRNSW). HRNSW are […]
I am presently representing a mate of mine in a racing appeal at QCAT. It’s something I do from time to time to help people I’m friends with who have been victims of what I perceive to be injustice put things right. Whilst I recently lost a battle, I have never lost a war. What […]
It was somewhere up the country in a land of rock and scrub, That they formed an institution called the Geebung Polo Club. They were long and wiry natives of the rugged mountainside, And the horse was never saddled that the Geebungs couldn’t ride; But their style of playing polo was irregular and rash – […]
The huge money is on. Triple Eight has been the subject of a plunge of a magnitude not seen since the last race at Perry Barr BAGS (greyhounds) at 3.10am this morning. Someone had $12 a win on it. Then another had $18 on. A third jumped in throw $10 on. $40 a win all […]
Kiwi harness trainer Todd Mitchell of dual NZ Cup winner Just an Excuse fame branched out into training gallopers last year. That might be a short-lived career. It might also be the end of his harness racing career for a while. As you can see at the top, three different gallopers trained by Mitchell threw […]
You should be using this one Bro In the wake of our story about the Kiwi doper Phil Burrows earlier in the week, a lot of people have asked us why a trainer would inject their horse with Vodka. The answer is simple. It slows down the heart rate and thins the blood. Horses have […]
How on earth can this track rating for the Toowoomba meeting on Saturday possibly be right? Has anyone actually inspected the track, or looked out the window? Or are they just making it up as they go? There were trials set down for Toowoomba yesterday (Thursday). They were abandoned due to the state of the […]
This is retiring Racing QLD CEO Brendan ‘Pins’ Parnell at the very start of his career. Oh how young we all were. Pins tips weren’t much good. Shaftesbury Avenue got beaten into 5th. Noel’s Gamble ran 8th. Shustar ran 9th. I can’t help you with the Caloundra result. Pins tip in Sydney raced in the […]
I’m not being woke here, cos having a brown adopted brother in 1970’s Geebung I’ve been awake to discrimination my whole life, but seriously, what century are the Innisfail Turf Club living in? Racing is funded by the State Government. The government has strict anti-discrimination policies. Saturday’s race day promotion at Innisfail breaches them in […]
