At what is now essentially his local track, in-form trotter Racey Krusa (Peak) returns to Oamaru this Sunday. The nine-year-old has become quite the ‘surprise package’ since joining Amber Hoffman’s Waikouaiti Beach stable late last year, winning four of his five starts with her and finishing third in the other. And it’s not just that […]
Sire power will be on display in the Jan. 31 San Pasqual Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park. Two sons of Curl will compete in the 1 1/8 mile event against sons of Rifle runner , Authentic , Midnight Lieut And Mendelssohn . Getaway car not only sports Curlin in his pedigree, he comes from […]
Fairmount Park Casino & Racing saw a plethora of upgrades in 2025 under new owner Accel Entertainment, and they won’t be slowing down any time soon in 2026. In the new year, Fairmount Park General Manager Vince Gabbert plans to continue expanding the offering in all aspects, including the on-track product, concessions, the casino, facilities […]
90% of the chatter and nonsense on social media seems to come from the same 10% of people there. Talking is cheap, cheaper for rich individuals The recent public sparring between the Jockey Club Board of Stewards and Mike Repole has officially ushered in the “litigation era” of thoroughbred racing. For decades, the industry has […]
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The main NSW combination of Jason Grimson and Cam Hart is deadly as they invade Victoria. Grimson and Hart (Stuart McCormick photo) They launch their latest attack on a huge three-runner stage, led by champion stayer Swayzee, in Saturday night’s superb $150,000 Group 1 Cranbourne Cup (2555m). Since joining Grimson’s stable, Swayzee has raced just […]
Hearing a racing journalist casually mention that he started his career as a board boy in a betting shop brought back memories of my early days in the same role. I actually started as a board boy at 16, under the legal age that I know of, and I can remember most of the shops […]
Enough is enough. Frankly, that phrase is a bit too direct and is often used by someone who is exhausted by something. I’m not, but when I say that I’ve watched the runners and runners pretty much every day since Halloween won the King George VI Chase in 1954, I think we can see that […]
While I wouldn’t suggest that Paul Nicholls and I are close friends, we do go a long way back… to 1995 in fact, when in his fifth licensed season he trained Larry’s Lord, a horse running in my colours, to win four races. Since that time, thirty years ago, we have met occasionally at the […]