Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
SYDNEY Race 8 no 6 – Shaquero He is one of the most frustrating horses in the world this bloke. Has a world of ability on his day, but catching him can be very difficult. Having said that, this race is weak and he looks well in at the weights. With Berry on board today […]
Murdoch KC and the Sunshine Band – his client Todd Austin and patrons – have been going after Mt Isa bookie Graham Saunders at the jigger inquiry, accusing him of funding Ric McMahon’s legal defence, with the obvious objective being to shift blame for the jigger use away from Austin and solely onto McMahon and […]
We are at Wangaratta yesterday, and we are looking at race 6. It’s an apprentice’s race, the last sort of thing you’d suspect of being run hot. Which, when you think about it, is the ideal one. Low paid apprentices keen for a flash car and a jet ski like the grade above them. Wildly […]
What you are seeing at the top is the start. Thomas Stockdale – who I suggest is the leader of the pack in all this – comes flying across on the horse in red and blue. Matthew Chadwick – a definite co-offender- lets him go. They both let the horse in the grey ridden by […]
Then one Le Blanc’s horse gets the spot, Chadwick and Stockdale look at each other. Chadwick is also looking back at Le Blanc. Soon you will know why.
Celine Gaudry – the gal caught out at the BNB with Zahra, Melham, Brown and Kah – enters the scene. She has been sitting outside Le Blanc’s horse, but drops off and allows the other apprentice to come off the fence. Both Chadwick and Stockdale look around to check that she has. Why? Why do […]
So how did Chadwick get from outside the leader to being 4 wide? He steered there, that’s why. Chadwick moved out to allow Le Blanc through. And when he saw she was coming, he stayed wide.
That was about all she wrote, except for three things. Chadwick’s whip use. Or non-whip use really – he was only hitting his horse to make it duck in behind Le Blanc’s. Gaudry running her horse up behind the one in front instead of looking for a run. She is in the Black Caviar type […]
Yes I declared that Australia couldn’t win or draw a game. They got 2 out of 3. Loss 1 unit. Yes I declared that the Germany would win the Cup. They’re out in the first round. Loss 1 unit. Current total = Loss 2 units. But but but, hey hey hey – I tipped the […]
James McDonald is now officially the greatest jockey in the world, although we down under have known that for a long time. How many kids win a Group 1 race at the age of 16? How many even get a ride in a blue riband race at that age? Not many, if any. J-Mac did. […]
