A barrier attendant has shown his commitment to his job saving the day for a runner at Tampa Bay Downs this morning. The attendant was able to keep ahold of a horse who brok through the starting gate preventing the horse from bolting causing both a delay and the likelihood… Read More »
Hands up if you remember the still magnificent finishing burst HAURAKI displayed in the winning the 2016 version of the Gr 1 Epsom Hcp. To recap, and this is important, he came from stone-motherless in the spread-out field of 13 on the bend, yet flashed down the Randwick straight to… Read More »
The coronavirus has sent the world into a spin, as we know, and has become the platform for really weird, strange things on social media. Especially on Twitter. We had Post a Racing Pic without any comment which thousands of people all over the world did. And now we have… Read More »
Queensland stewards are questioning the ride of jockey Baylee Nothdurft on Vega One at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. Vega One was a luckless fourth in the race won by stablemate Just Orm but it was Nothdurft’s ride that sparked the most attention out of the race with the leading… Read More »
Premier trainer Tony Gollan’s belief star filly Isotope was more than a speed horse was confirmed in a come-from-behind-win at the Sunshine Coast. At her first run Isotope won a Doomben two-year-old over 1050m by 10 lengths after racing in the lead. Sent out a prohibitive favourite, Isotope sat fourth,… Read More »
Hours of extra work with two-year-old Eelloh paid off for trainer Desleigh Forster when the filly gave her first $151 winner at the Sunshine Coast. As much as $151 was bet at the TAB about Eelloh before she got up in the last bound to beat Batangas Lad ($5.50) by… Read More »
Jockey Jacob Opperman must have thought being a jockey was simple after his first race ride won by 50L before it was declared a non race. Opperman was riding the heavily backed Miss Gatsby in the race and she jumped to the front and led all the way to an… Read More »
Here’s another good thing beaten video. And this just may be the best one you’ve seen. To set it up before you watch, look at the opening of the video. You’ll see a horse named STRAWB (Fastnet Rock-Joy Toy) being loaded into the extreme widest gate. She is the last… Read More »
Punters will be licking their wounds at the Gold Coast today after what was one of the sickest beats you’ll see this year. It was an eventful race from the beginning with jockey Glen Colless dislodged from his mount as they left the barriers. The Michael Costa-trained La Pulga was… Read More »
These outstanding runs are starting to bob up all over the racing spectrum, and I’ll keep finding them. Watch this win. It was achieved on Thursday at Wyong and I’m tipping gave birth to a staying career we will hear a LOT more about. The horse is trained by John… Read More »
Just stop what you’re doing for 58sec please, and have a look at this. It’s the barrier trial of a 2YO named WISDOM OF WATER (Headwater-Regal Tier) and he’s trained by Team Edmonds. Now, yes I know it’s only a trial and most of the others weren’t pushed out or… Read More »
Daring Tact has extended her unbeaten record to three from three with victory in the Oka Sho, the Japanese 1000 Guineas, at Hanshin. Trained by Haruki Sugiyama, Daring Tact is a daughter of 2014 Japan Cup winner Epiphaneia. The filly produced produced an extraordinary burst of speed from back in… Read More »
Racing fans saw one of the most dominant wins they will ever see at Doomben today with first starer Isotope winning by the length of the straight. The Tony Gollan trained Isotope was sent out as the very heavily backed favourite after being backed from $4.00 into $1.75 with Sportsbet… Read More »
How fast does a year fly by? Last year, this Saturday, we said good bye to the greatest equine athlete we’ve 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 doesn’t get many Saturday rides, picked up the mount at the 11th hour when pretty much everyone else was… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner trainer Danny O’Brien has unearthed another star galloper at Pakenham on Thursday night. Russian Camelot was having his fourth career start where he was sent out as the heavily backed $1.35 favourite with Sportsbet and he made it a very easy watch for anyone willing to take… Read More »
I’m not saying this filly will scale any great heights, and no doubt there will be comments below after reading this, stating, “oh she beat nothing.” Which may all prove to be correct. After all, this was only a bush maiden 2YO. But, I think you’ll 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 »
Those racegoers who regularly listen to Sydney’s 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 »
There are many reasons a horse could get scratched ahead of a race but a Bjorn Baker runner set to go around at Wellington could take the cake for most unusual. The Bjorn Baker trained Twilight Sun was scheduled to run in Race Three at Wellington on Sunday although it… Read More »
