In his latest exclusive blog for online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au, champion jockey Chris Munce gives his take on Dale Monteith’s role at Eagle Farm and is optimistic about the future prospects for the troubled racecourse. Have Your Say: Do you think Dale Monteith is the right man for the job? – Leave… Read More »
In Chris Waller’s weekly ‘Stable Talk’ segment on Youtube he mentioned there was a possibility that emerging star Egg Tart could take on champion mare Winx in this years Cox Plate. Egg Tart who has won six of her seven career starts including an emphatic win in the G1 Queensland… Read More »
Champion jockey turned trainer Chris Munce has commended Racing Queensland’s decision to move remaining G1 meetings from Eagle Farm to Doomben on his weekly blog at Sportsbet. Have Your Say: Do you agree with RQ’s decision to move remaining G1 meetings to Doomben? – Leave a comment below. There has been… Read More »
Jockeys have hit out at the Eagle Farm track after Race 1 on the card with Melbourne Cup winner jockey Kerrin McEvoy going as far as saying its the worst track he has ever ridden on. Kerrin McEvoy has stated that the Eagle Farm track is “Worst track I’ve ever… Read More »
Champion jockey turned trainer Chris Munce has had a crack at Sky Racing’s coverage of the Brisbane racing carnival on his weekly blog at Sportsbet. Have Your Say: Do you agree with Chris? – Leave a comment below. Come on Sky, lift your game! We’re copping a raw deal in Brisbane… Read More »
The whip rule has again been brought to the fore at Sandown on Saturday with the winning jockey of the Zipping Classic ‘Glyn Schofield’ receiving a $1,000 fine for overuse of the whip. Schofield rode Beautiful Romance to a narrow victory over Almoonqith in the feature at Sandown with a… Read More »
We polled punters on twitter over the past twenty four hours on whether or not the omission of Winx in Saturday’s $4million dollar Queen Elizabeth Stakes would increase their likelihood of them betting on the race. View the results below. After conducting the poll we saw that almost two thirds… Read More »
A protest with potentially monumental implications in the racing industry within Australia has been upheld at Sunshine Coast racecourse with a dead heat protest being upheld due to over use of the whip. Will this upheld protest make way for more protests in the future for over use of the… Read More »
Trainer Joseph Pride has made a rather smart comment about champion jockey Damien Oliver after he dropped his whip in a crucial period of the Lightning Stakes which may have cost the horse the win. View his tweet below: Even WBS needs a jockey who can hang on to his… Read More »
Punters have turned to twitter to show their disgust after heavily backed CS Hayes Stakes favourite Palentino lost the race on protest to Tivaci with the interference occurring at the 900m mark. Should the protest have been upheld? Leave a comment below with your thoughts. Twitters response to the protest:… Read More »
An impressive win by Flying Artie at Caulfield today has made a tough decision for Damien Oliver over who he will ride in the Blue Diamond Stakes with Oliver also being the jockey for Extreme Choice. Oliver has said he will make a decision over the next 24 hours. Which… Read More »
Sky Racing could not have made it any more clear what they think of Racing Victoria’s decision to trial 30minute race intervals relegating Victoria’s feature meeting at Caulfield to Sky Racing2. The decision to show country meets including Dalby and Sapphire Coast over Caulfield has not surprisingly angered punters. Sky… Read More »
Tabcorp want to have the flexibility of changing the take out % of their pools which would allow them to increase and decrease at their discretion. Should this be allowed? Tabcorp lobbying for flexibility around take out rates. Want to increase & decrease at their discretion. This is huge! But… Read More »
With the meeting at Randwick today being postponed there has been plenty of talk whether or not racecourses should use covers to prevent excess water hitting the track. Leave a comment below with your thoughts. Twitter: Randwick should pull up a treat with these covers on #ahem pic.twitter.com/bYIuBkTi3z — Declan… Read More »
We thought we would let our readers have their say on today’s Caulfield meeting by asking what your best bet of the day is. Hopefully together we can help get plenty of winners and make plenty of cash. In the comments below post your Best Bet of the day at… Read More »
Despite prize money increases and marketing campaigns Sydney’s metro race meetings continue to produce small fields especially on Saturday meetings. Today’s racing at Kensington is a prime example of this, each race is worth $85k which is more than comparable races at Caulfield but the difference in acceptances is notable…. Read More »
