Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Australia’s favorite punter David ‘Baldy’ Frolley was at the Bigara picnic meeting today, somewhere in the south of the Northern Rivers in the middle of nowhere. He proudly declared it the last peak of the myriad of mountains he has climbed to attend the races at every gallops track in NSW, which is a monumental […]
How does a horse that was late scratched at the barrier run in a race? You tell me. I always though scratched meant pulled out, and if a horse than ran was declared a non-runner it was called as such. Guess I was wrong. I had ten each way Giddy Gan’s Joy in race 2 […]
The last race at Gundagai on Saturday. Iroquai. $27.00 into $5.50. It had only snuck into the race as the third emergency, and on paper it’s form looked shit. But it came up mud today at the right distance, and at the right distance Iroquai – like a duck – swims. He did here. Boom! […]
Racing QLD decided on Friday, out of concern about predicted afternoon thunderstorms, to bring the start time for Doomben forward by two races, so that the first would kick off at 11.05 am rather than just after lunch. https://www.racingqueensland.com.au/news/2026/11-november/race-program-changes-saturday-november-14 I just wonder if anyoneremembered to tell the ambos? When they are booked on private assignments […]
Hi Archie I know I’m becoming a grumpy old man (too late – already there!) but a couple of things in Harness Racing are pissing me off bigtime! I’m so over owners, trainers and scribes telling us that and I quote “You’ve got to remember that she’s Captains Mistress) still only a four year old […]
Izzy A Warrior won race 2 at Gundagai. Given the sadness of the past week, what other horse could. The angels are singing. God bless the poor kid. And may peace be upon her family.
As predicted, all bar four of Tanya Perry’s horses in each race were late scratched by order of the Stewards for want of a suitable rider. It will be interesting to see what the Stewards say about Parry’s apparent refusal to put David Sparks on an additional one of her runners in each race, which […]
As we all know, Tanya Parry trains 33 of the 34 entrants on the Mt Isa card today (Saturday). Only 19 of them will start though because there will only be four riders at the meeting, and Jay Morris has one of them to ride his. There could and should be 25 starters on the […]
It probably wouldn’t have made a difference in the end, but gee I thought Grant Dixon made a terrible mistake in his drive on Leap To Fame in the NZ Free For All on Friday. Everyone in the world knew that The Lazarus Effect was going to lead and then hand up to the first […]
Those margins are in lengths by the way, not meters Who would ever have that you would see Leap To Fame humbled like we in the NZ FFA at Addington on Friday? Captain’s Mistress didn’t just beat Larry, she massacred him. You have never seen anything like it in your life. Grant Dixon was going […]
