Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Young apprentice jockey Tyler Leslight gets a lot of lot of headlines for being trans, and good on him too, but all the publicity about his gender status obscures the fact of how good a rider the lad is, and how fast he is improving. This young bloke is on the rise, take it from […]
Sirletic was sold for $28 000 at the APG Mixed Sale a fortnight ago. Aaron Bain and Summit Bloodstock bought him. Post sale they switched his stable from David Aiken to Emma Stewart, who trained the pacer early in his career. Tomorrow night Sirletic has his first run for her since being back. In a […]
Robert Heathcote pleaded guilty to administering, or causing to administer, a product that is well known to contain cobalt to 23 horses in the space of just 2 months. His disciplinary history showed that he had been convicted of like offences before, and was thus a repeat offender. Many trainers with no disciplinary history at […]
At his best I rate Zac Butcher as the 3rd best driver in New Zealand, behind Nat and Mark. In the four seasons between 2017 and 2020 he proved my judgement right by winning at an average strike rate of about 1 in every 6 drives. But something happened along the way, and I am […]
Where’s Daddy used to be trained by trained by the convicted criminal Mitchell Kerr – the man who sold horses that didn’t exist, and then charged his clients imaginary fees for the upkeep the non-horse never incurred – and driven by Matthew Anderson, the convicted criminal who deals drugs and bashes and strangles women. The […]
We have few things to say, and instead will reflect on the issue by asking a few questions, as follows: Is anyone actually surprised? Have the QRIC Stewards gone back and looked at any of Callow’s rides since he has been in Queensland? Have they looked at the ones that showed up in the betting […]
G’day My name’s Archie Butterfly, and I write about racing. The website is peterprofit.com, and it’s widely read by racing participants. I wish to be placed on your media distribution list please, and be placed on the same standing as Ben Dorries, because although he is very good when it comes to writing about racing, I am too, albeit […]
Flamboyant Group 1-winning jockey Noel Callow has been hit with a string of betting charges. As first revealed by Racenet on Thursday afternoon, Callow has been served with seven charges by Racing Victoria stewards after a historical investigation into betting. In the charge sheet, it will be alleged Callow placed 24 bets adding up to […]
The Western Australian Trotting Association (WATA) owns the Gloucester Park raceway. GP stand on approximately 14.4 hectares of land, although 2.2 hectares of it is owned by the Crown. Yesterday the WATA announced plans to sell just under 6 hectares of it – all on the Swan riverside -to a property developer called Hesperia. How […]
I was just reading a story about this wimpy wanker Jarvis Cocker who used to be the frontman for this whingeing, whining pommy pop group called Pulp, and they asked him these seven questions. I thought I’d answer them instead, because he’s a dickhead and who cares what he thinks? Actually ……… Well you are […]
