Recent events in the Inglis Sydney sales ring took me back to one day in 2005; back in the golden days when I would cross the Atlantic from Yorkshire to Kentucky with Mark Johnston each year for the revered Keeneland September sale. I spent most of my days in Keeneland scribbling notes on horses in […]
Trackwork at Ballarat in the mornings is usually a pretty noisy place. Handlers chatting to their charges “Good girl”, “Stand up”, “Get off my bloody foot!”. Trainers lamenting their recent fortunes. “Would have won if he hadn’t drawn the carpark!”. “Bloody owner made us run”. Or maybe looking forward to next week. “Did you see
After 3 falls in Black Type races in Melbourne, Ben Melham suggested in a tweet that jockey fatigue might be to blame and that to fix this we should have less racing. A discussion of the issue naturally ensued and the racing media as always were keen to broadcast the thoughts of the most
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It’s sales time again, so we will undoubtedly be forced to deal with that old-but-not-that-old-because it-has-only-appeared-the-last-fifteen-years hoary chestnut: “Why on earth do we have to put up with sales xrays?” Because of course x-rays can be non-representative and prejudicial. One of the primary examples cited in this debate is Bohemoth, a huge horse with xray
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Fleet Dreams gives Cosgriff family an emotional win at Cranbourne Emotions flowed for the Cosgriff family still coming to terms with a tragic loss when their galloper won at a recent Cranbourne meeting. Darcy Cosgriff 3 min read October 25, 2022 – 6:00AM News Corp Racing and Sports Wagering Hub Darcy, John and Anthony Cosgriff
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The Magic Millions on the Gold Coast looks a hell of a lot of fun and the company has done an amazing job to build this sale from humble origins to becoming a week of the nation’s biggest trainers and bloodstock agents having a massive party and then spending huge amounts on yearlings. I’ll
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With trials and jumpouts now easily accessible online, we see a lot of racing pundits using these when giving tips for races. Which is only right and sensible, especially for horses which are first up for a campaign and even more so when a horse is having their first lifetime start, in which case trials
