The Cox Plate people should contact super British trainer John Gosden immediately and try to get his horse MISHRIFF (Make Believe – Contradict) down here for the Gr 1 Cox Plate over 2040m. Because he is a superstar. Last night he toyed with a field full of Gr 1 winners… Read More »
Not happy Jan! That’s some of the feedback that is being received on the back of the changes to the eligibility criteria for the Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Series … changes which significantly reshape the dynamics and the profile of the series. From the launch of the series in 2017… Read More »
The Team Hawkes trained gelding MARIMENKO made a brilliant Australian racing debut today at Ballarat on the Synthetic track by scoring a 5L win despite travelling 3 wide the entire race. The now 5 year old (Northern Hemisphere 4yo) gelding who was foaled in the United Kingdom in 2017 is… Read More »
Three year old, Flying Crazy, produced a performance at randwick on debut that was reminiscent of the great chautauqua’s miracle 3rd tj smith stakes win at the same track. Remember the name – Flying Crazy!!!!! Flying Crazy trained by Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou and ridden by jay ford produced… Read More »
Win some … win lose. That is a saying as old as the ages, but it also implies that you can win big or lose big. James Herron, who is a slot holder in The Everest, has seen both sides of that toss of the coin, the latest being the… Read More »
Even before he saw a racecourse, things did not go well for Jack Daniel. A colt foaled in 2018, Jack Daniel broke a foot early on … then developed an eye infection which had the worst possible consequence with the eye having to be removed. This was all before the… Read More »
The fact that nobody is immune to the adverse effects surrounding mental health issues has been well documented in recent times with several high profile and successful … certainly performance-wise … elite athletes also shining the light on the on this dark but intangible presence which can take over people’s… Read More »
This doesn’t happen often! The Beaudesert based trainer Kenneth Deacon certainly didn’t leave Eagle Farm yesterday wondering what he would do next with his then thirty-five start maiden San Bernardino. The six-year-old gelding had finished a distant 10.75 lengths behind Fiorente Star at Eagle Farm in a Maiden Plate over… Read More »
After race 7 at Lismore finished on Friday, a bloke got onto twitter and just attacked the rider. Firing words like, “worst ride ever’, and ‘you prick’ followed by ‘no wonder the horse nearly had a heart attack, jockey Andrew Mallon who recently rode his 1000th winner, was shocked. “I… Read More »
Alligator Blood’s managing owner Allan Endresz has provided an update on his star horse who is set to make a return from a long break due to injury. Alligator Blood has not raced since last years Golden Eagle but the horse and his owner have remained in the spotlight with… Read More »
There isn’t many races left in this years racing season but we have had a late contender for the worst beat in the fifth race at Rosehill on Saturday. The horse was the John O’Shea trained Sound Of Cannons who was held up for a majority of the straight to… Read More »
A race in France overnight had to be called off due to a major barrier bungle. The event Race two on the Argentan card was called off mid-race in France overnight because the starting stalls were unable to be moved from the course. “And I think they’re trying to stop… Read More »
We like to read about the bargain-buys who win big. They are few and far between but are out there and are very well received when they show up. Multiple Gr 1 winner BOHEMETH comes to mind, who cost a pittance as a young horse, yet has won $2,525,900 in… Read More »
Trainer Graham Begg has taken to social media to publicise one of the abusive emails and social media messages trainers and jockeys receive on a regular basis. Group One winning trainer Graham Begg has tweeted one of the ‘many’ abusive messages he and his team receive from disgruntled punters, often… Read More »
There may be questions asked of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) following the release overnight of a video ‘explaining’ whip use. As the sport globally comes under more and more scrutiny as the howls to ban the sport altogether grow, the BHA’s video does not do justice what-so-ever. You can… Read More »
Here’s another from the ‘you-don’t-see-that-on-a-racecourse-everyday file. In Japan overnight, a colt while looking over his rivals prior to the start of a race, saw that a fellow colt in the field was perhaps the handsomest thing he’d ever laid eyes upon. So, he wanted to… you know, have his way… Read More »
A racegoer at Newcastle races on Saturday has gone close to being hit by the field of horses in the straight. In the last event at Newcastle on Saturday a ‘imbecile’ racegoer has gone close to being hit by the field of horses as they stormed down the straight. Watch… Read More »
The horse KING OF HEARTS (Sebring – Eloping) started at $26 so many people weren’t on it, but those who were were left scratching their heads. Probably even swearing. The big flashy chestnut gelding was beaten into 3rd spot at Canterbury, less than a length by the winner ELECTRIC (Kermadec… Read More »
Adrian Bott was sheepish while being very, very happy when the 2YO CONVERGE stormed home to be a runaway winner of the Gr 1 JJ Atkins over 1600m. The race was worth $1million. The winner received $600,000 taking his prize money to $961,000. Everyone was happy, even punters who backed… Read More »
Those advocates all over the world who want the use of whips to be banned in the home straight, may just have been given a leg up last night at Canterbury Park. That’s Canterbury Park in the U.S. not in Sydney. This Canterbury is in Minnesota, a northern state of… Read More »
