Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spreads his claws, And welcomes little fishes in, With gently smiling jaws! What you see on the surface is not always what is there. Beware the crocodile. […]
Yet another QLD racing licensee has been outed for submitting a falsified annual Health Assessment Report (HAR), but this time it is a driver at the trots not a jockey. Heather Warland, until last week the holder of a C-Grade harness racing drivers license that permitted her to drive in trackwork and trials but not […]
Queensland greyhound racing participant Barry Taylor (who is not the Townsville lawyer Barry Taylor who owned the Group 1 winning galloper Merchant Navy) has been warned off for failing to front a Stewards inquiry. The Stewards called the inquiry in an attempt to ascertain the current status – i.e. whether they are still breathing – […]
Veteran QLD trot trainer Al Barnes has been disqualified for 4 months for assaulting the driver of his horse Mullum Judy after it raced at Marburg last month. The crazy thing about it is that the victim was his son! Brendan Barnes drove the horse for his Dad, who obviously got angry about something to […]
Hi Archie, Chester and I were only saying the other day, over a Lamington and a Cuppa in the members at Pinjarra Trots, how long is it since we have seen a good old fashioned plunge, drug assisted or clean as a whistle, you know, all hands on deck, helping a battler get the cash? […]
Personally Archie I find it a bit rich that poor old gaita can’t cop a fresh start in SA. She’s assaulted only a few who others would like to smack, injected the ones who weren’t performing to her liking and god knows what else, but Gaita’s a good old fashioned little Aussie battler who deserves […]
I think I might have seen a good horse at Melton on Thursday, and it’s the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen. Thesting it’s called, all one word. A two-year old bay colt. By Sweet Lou out of a Holmes Hanover mare. Trained by John Yeomans, a canny 83-year-old who doesn’t ever have huge numbers, but […]
A million magic crystalsPretty pure and whiteA multi-million dollarsAlmost overnightTwice as sweet as sugarTwice as pure as salt And if you get hooked babyIt’s nobody else’s fault – Grandmaster Flash, White Lines QLD jockey Amy Graham has been cleared of a charge conduct prejudicial to the image of racing under Australian Racing Rule 228(a), after […]
Gaita Pullicino (right) with husband and ‘trainer’ Frank In a letter we published by Ted From Tooleybuc (the letter was real, as is our usual practice only the name was changed) about Gaita Pullicino’s drive at Globe Derby on Sunday, Ted made certain statements that are not quite accurate. Ted said that: Its interesting that […]
You see some bullshit claims in your life when you are as old as I am and have spent your whole life at the track, but this statement of supposed facts about racehorse ownership put out yesterday by Tom Magnier takes the cake. Magnier claims that 1 in every 201 Australians owns a share in […]
