The Greatest Speech Of All Time
Beasts of Burden: What happens to thoroughbred racehorses after retirement
I’m galloping my thoroughbred through the Maryland hills. It’s late spring, so the shadows are getting shorter, finally surrendering to the advancing light. I’m out of the saddle, standing in my stirrups, letting my horse roll beneath me. I gradually reach my arms forward to lengthen the reins, to…
The Week Ahead – 12 March 2017
QUALIFIERS Track King Open 11-Mar LOND All Ages Short to Epic 10k Track King Open 11-Mar ROCK All Ages Short to Epic 10k Great Sphinx 11-Mar RIVE 3yo Short 25k ENTRIES OPEN GnuMad Cup 18-Mar RIVE Open Long 50k Emerald Shoe 18-Mar RIVE 5yo Short 25k Jewel Of The Mile…
Bookie Speak Thing Of The Past
You wouldn’t be dead for a winner at $67. Doesn’t sound right. You wouldn’t be dead for quids is the expression, but that’s another one gone the way of all good men. The new bookie board odds have wrecked the vernacular, or what was left of it. It’s evens and…
The Week Ahead – 05th March 2017
QUALIFIERS Track King Open 04-Mar LOND All Ages Sprint to Long 5k Track King Open 04-Mar ROCK All Ages Sprint to Long 5k ENTRIES OPEN Great Sphinx 11-Mar RIVE 3yo Short 25k GnuMad Cup 18-Mar RIVE Open Long 50k Emerald Shoe 18-Mar RIVE 5yo Short 25k Jewel Of The…
Cup Weekend Recap 25th February 2017
Platinum Plate Winning connections: Poseidon – St Simon Racing – Eliana Selnes Comments from the stable: – “Couldn’t have asked for a better run from Poseidon, and ride from the jockey Eliana Selnes, smashing the world record in the process. His acid test will be in open cups in a…
The So You Think – 25th February 2017
The Comeback Kid I find this a challenging race, with chances to a few runners. Reds Breeding Stud has Red’s Stormborn running, and he expects a good run from her. She will enjoy the 2050m. Jesse is consistent, and there is little between her and Libra Starz on form. Libra Starz…
In Kentucky’s Fields Of Dreams
We are deep in Bourbon County, just out of Paris, Kentucky, a slow town with a little railway station that looks as if it was left behind from the Civil War. Around us are the fields of dreams, dotted with oak trees and enclosed by identical four-rail fences, all stained…
The Australian Cup – 25th February 2017
Where Is? Wester Rintin has been super impressive in the last two cups, and is my clear first choice. Admiration is the main danger, with the enigmatic Captain’s Flicka the wild card. Bad To The Bone ran a good race last time and should pick up a cheque. Creek Secured…
The Platinum Plate – 25th February 2017
It’s Raining Men At first glance, Poseidon looks thrown in, but there is some form that suggests that Tic Tac can win his cup. I can’t really find anything else winning. 1. Tic Tac 6yo stallion from Desert Wind Stables, Career earnings: $1,362,200 Overall rating: Grand(68) – Mud-lark Born:Fri 1st…