Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The last race in Cairns is the Rebecca Conlan Benchmark BM 58. It is named after a good sort (see picture at top). Number 8. Kim Alicia. She is owned by a good sort named Helen Yeates (see below). Isabella Teh (below) is a good sort. She rides her. I am a misogynist, or at […]
What a sad post for me. The boots have been hung up due to a forced retirement through injury. After the last accident at Grafton at the end of March, when a horse reared over and landed on me inside the starting gates, my body has just decided it isn’t wanting to play the game […]
Port Au Prince was a cat in New Zealand. It won bugger all in snail’s crawl time. 3 from 35, two of them at Invercargill, one at Ascot Park. Never ran a final winning half in under 58 seconds. Total prizemoney from those 35 starts? $32 079. It comes across the Tasman to Robbie Morris. […]
Now whip itInto shapeShape it upGet straightGo forwardMove aheadTry to detect itIt’s not too lateTo whip itInto shape My God. This jumpout is over just 530 metres. Watch the prick one from the outside in the yellow cap flog his horse. His name is Colin Lennon. He hits this horse 14 times, all before the […]
Menangle today. Race 5. Number 9. Nick of Time. $3.20 right now. Get on quick.
John Leek is, to say it as nicely as you can, a racecourse character. A rogue and a villain, but by no means an all round bad bloke, if you like that sort of thing. That sort of thing being cobalt, milkshakes, jiggers and a whole lot more. He is a bloody good trainer when […]
Dr Geoff Chapman, at top and middle. His brother Fred below, below and at bottom.
Editor’s note – A huge thanks to the esteemed former Fairfax newspapers racing editor John ‘Lucky’ Lingard for gifting us these magnificent photos of a wonderful horse and an even better story.
How’s Adam Hamilton’s claim that there are only two races buzzing around his head at this time of year. One is the NZ Cup, which has created a sense of excitement that we all share. Tick. The other one is the Eureka, a race that is 11 months away and at this stage has only […]
