We all need good news stories these days. And here is one. It probably has been achieved before, but it certainly isnāt done often, and well, should be reported. Under-rated Victorian jockey Billy Egan, whose CV as a rider continues to improve daily, did something on Thursday you just donāt… Read More »
Racing Tv in England, since racing has stopped, has started a series of interviewing the top riders. Asking them various questions, inviting the public to as well, you know that tytpe of thing. Last night one of Englandās best, William Buick, was the man in the chair. After a number… Read More »
Hereās another good thing beaten video. And this just may be the best one youāve seen. To set it up before you watch, look at the opening of the video. Youāll see a horse named STRAWB (Fastnet Rock-Joy Toy) being loaded into the extreme widest gate. She is the last… Read More »
These outstanding runs are starting to bob up all over the racing spectrum, and Iāll keep finding them. Watch this win. It was achieved on Thursday at Wyong and Iām tipping gave birth to a staying career we will hear a LOT more about. The horse is trained by John… Read More »
Champion 2YO Filly of Australia main contender, AWAY GAME, has proven such an iron horse since she started racing, that trainers Ciaron Maher & David Eustace are raising the stakes. She is set to take on open company at Gr 1 level. Not 2YOs this time, but high quality fillies… Read More »
Just stop what youāre doing for 58sec please, and have a look at this. Itās the barrier trial of a 2YO named WISDOM OF WATER (Headwater-Regal Tier) and heās trained by Team Edmonds. Now, yes I know itās only a trial and most of the others werenāt pushed out or… Read More »
This morning, as people flicked on their computers, phones etc, the market for race 2 at Newcastle went up. And a proven non-winner, in fact a horse who has started 6 times thus far and not won, came up at the Winx odds of $1.30 with Sportsbet. Her name is… Read More »
How fast does a year fly by? Last year, this Saturday, we said good bye to the greatest equine athlete weāve ever seen and perhaps the best globally of all-time when WINX retired….after winning the Gr 1 Queen Elizabeth. She has since tested positive in foal to I Am Invincible… Read More »
Plenty of ignorant social media play over past two days once it was revealed Glen Boss will replace little Aussie battler, hoop James Innes Jnr, on Nettoyer this Saturday. Innes, who doesnāt get many Saturday rides, picked up the mount at the 11th hour when pretty much everyone else was… Read More »
Iām not saying this filly will scale any great heights, and no doubt there will be comments below after reading this, stating, āoh she beat nothing.ā Which may all prove to be correct. After all, this was only a bush maiden 2YO. But, I think youāll agree this was some… Read More »
One of the things we prize about Australian racing is just how accurate, swift, and diligent the Stewards are. Perhaps rivalled by those in Hong Kong, but substantially better than most other racing jurisdictions on earth. And I for one am a fan of the Aussie Stewards. So when you… Read More »
Day 1 of the prestigious Inglis Easter Yearling sale starts today. No buying bench present. No horses. These are terrible times and a large number of babies have already been withdrawn. But Inglis, to their credit, is soldiering on and the auction will be conducted online. So, hereās an exercise…. Read More »
Itās not every day you look through the fields of bush meetings and find mares with astonishing pedigrees. You can, every pancake day or so, find a gelding….but mares, not so much. At Ballina on Tuesday, there is one. Her name is WITHOUT RISK. And sheās by Redouteās Choice from… Read More »
Those racegoers who regularly listen to Sydneyās metro caller, Darren Flindell, have probably come to know he likes to play with horse names during his call. I say probably because I think in the heat of the call most listeners simply miss his quirky, clever, Darrenisms. Which is a shame… Read More »
This COVID thing has, in its own, annoying way, cost us all money. Letās not even look at the cost of inconvenience, but while racing continues in Australia (and boy, arenāt we all glad about that), some deep within our sport are still hurting. Race clubs arenāt getting gate receipts… Read More »
Desperate times call for desperate measures….or necessity is the mother of invention. Watch this video. #HorseRacing twitter, I present to you: Jamaican horse racing fans! Ingenuity and creativity at its best!!! I love my Caribbean people. @TarMonde @DRFHersh @DerbyFan78 pic.twitter.com/5OQ6AsGIzm — Ryan Moseley (@ryanmoseley) April 2, 2020 Oh just… Read More »
In a stance that may well have more than a ripple effect among other jockeys still riding throughout the world, Americaās golden-boy apprentice, Manny Franco, has decided not to ride while the pandemic is on. You may recall Franco was the young man who guided US 3YO sensation TIZ THE… Read More »
Watch this video. Then get your Black Book out. Hereās the new leader in Biggest Certainty Beaten This Year. Yes I know, I claimed that about 6 weeks back….and to be fair despite some criticism from others who saw it differently, she did come out and win a heat of… Read More »
Super stallion prospect FIFTY STARS is out of the remainder of the Sydney autumn carnival. Up until today he was one of the leading contenders for the $1.5million Gr 1 Doncaster Mile this Saturday. Market š°: View the Odds for the Doncaster Mile But a mystery ailment, thought to perhaps… Read More »
In major breeding countries across the globe, numbers mean dollars. Big, big dollars. You have a stallion who gets stakes winners and has a great winners-to-runners stat, or simply produces the odd superstar, you are in the clear. And so it is in Australia. Especially in Australia and right now,… Read More »
