A Maiden winning by eighteen lengths! Might be a bit to hard believe, but seeing is believing and those who watched Secret Tales’ demolition job of her four opponents at the Gold Coast on Saturday could only marvel as the daylight distance between first and second got wider and wider… Read More »
He made headlines back in October 2020 when he broke the record for the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale when he changed hands for a purchase price of 925,000 guineas (approx $1.66m AUD). We are talking about English King, a classy son of Camelot, who was always going to… Read More »
Matt Forys, who became an Owner Ambassador for the Wildcard runner thanks to a TAB competition, has walked away with $250,000 after the Mugatoo saluted in a thrilling contest at The Valley on Saturday. The TAB competition was simple to enter. All customers had to do was vote via the… Read More »
I know she carried 56kg less than her rivals, but the run of GRAND PALAZZO (All Too Hard – Palazzo Pitti) was astonishing. As the gates sprung open in her Wyong maiden today, Grand Palazzo reared. So high in fact that jockey Sam Clipperton couldn’t hang on and he crashed… Read More »
Look at this picture. And when you do, get angry and upset because animal activists are making big inroads. A few hours ago, at Golden Gate Fields racetrack in the big US state of California, the meeting was held to ransom when four people jumped the fence, and parked themselves… Read More »
I am surprised we don’t see more alterations in racing, but yesterday at Gulfstream Park in the United States, we saw a beauty. Watch 📺👇Champion rider Irad Ortiz Jr is fighting mad and shows it with Paco Lopez Irad Ortiz Jr. was fined $1,000 for this attack on Paco Lopez… Read More »
You nearly have to be over 50 to remember the great man of early wrestling Haystacks Calhoun. Everyone loved him and he was a physical freak. Calhoun tipped the scales at over 290kg in his prime fighting days. Discovered one day while working on his farm in Texas, of the… Read More »
I own a good share of an unrated 2YO. And this week we, the collective owners’ group, were called upon to submit some names. I provided Gentle On My Mind and He’ll Have To Go…because I like names of songs. Anyway, no decision as yet but that’s not what this… Read More »
When acceptances came out on Wednesday morning for the rich $1million Inglis Sprint over 1200m, leading rider Tommy Berry looked at them. In that moment he must have been struck with awe and wonder and a good helping of bemusement too. Because, he is the regular rider for the dual… Read More »
WHEELHOUSE (Pierro-Sailing By) was resuming from a spell at the Kensington track this afternoon, and won. But for his ownership group which includes controversial rugby league commentator and former State Of Origin coach, Phil Gould, the win was validation. And was magnificent. This horse is really good. He carried 60kg,… Read More »
The races at Trentham have made the news on numerous occasions today and that has continued into the last race. The headlines out of the feature NZ meeting have been good and bad with Champion mare Melody Belle equaling Sunlight’s Group One record after she took out the Thorndon Mile… Read More »
One of the most idiotic things you will see at a racetrack has happened at Trentham on Saturday. A patron at the Trentham races on Wellington Cup day has stood in the middle of the track and was nearly hit by the field of runners near the winning post. The… Read More »
At Gosford this afternoon, a horse with a seemingly unpronounceable name, should win but in the process produce an interesting race call. That horse is YGGDRASIL (Sacred Falls-Accidentallyinlove) and she is trained by Chris Waller. She contests the first at Gosford on at 2:20pm Sydney time. Now, I HATE not… Read More »
Some people knew he had enormous talent but when he drew gate 15 for his first ever assignment, a few dropped off. They shouldn’t have because this bloke TUVALU (Kermadec-Hangin’ Tough) racing for the first time in a maiden at Warrnambool this afternoon, won like a Gr 1 horse. And… Read More »
One of the most expensive yearlings to go through the ring in recent years has yet again disappointed on the race track at Canterbury on Friday night. The Team Snowden trained Mount Fuji (Snitzel x Ichihara) who was a $2.8m yearling purchase was sent out at even money with Sportsbet… Read More »
One of the most hyped two-year-olds in the country has lived up to the hype on debut after winning impressively at Rosehill. The Team Hawkes trained Remarque was the third favourite for the 2021 Golden Slipper on the back of two impressive trial wins and he franked his trial form… Read More »
Back in October 2012, at Rockhampton over 1100m, a horse flew around the course in a Class 1 and bolted in. His name was OUR BOY MALACHI (Top Echelon-Rusticate) and he ran a stunning 1:3:89 before going on to win another 17 races and nearly $1 million in prizemoney. Well,… Read More »
He was Group 1 placed as a 2-year-old behind undoubtedly Queensland and Australia’s most precocious talent Rothfire in the Group 1 JJ Atkins Stakes over 1400m at Eagle Farm last June as part of a rejigged Winter Racing Carnival, before being sold to Hong Kong interests for a sum reportedly… Read More »
Former bookmaker Tom Waterhouse has caused a social media stir on Christmas day after tweeting what was meant to be a humorous post. Tom Waterhouse tweeted a photo of himself holding a goat surrounded by a handful of women in bikinis which simply: “From my family to yours, wishing you… Read More »
When you take a bet and lose, the honourable thing to do is to pay up, in whatever form that takes … and jockey Ryan Wiggins is an honourable man. An avid Blues supporter, Wiggins took on his Queensland mate Will Allam as to who would win this year’s State… Read More »
