Iluvracing

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  • The Kalgoorlie trainers generally have full time jobs elsewhere so are really only part timers. The season only goes for 6 months and so can't rely on it for their entire income.
  • Five out of the eight winners have won at Ascot or Belmont at least once, one has won at Pinjarra and another has won three trials in the City. I realise that the races were not up to the standard of the City but I don't think the standard was as ba…
  • I wonder if Newcastle got as many people on course as Kalgoorlie got today. A lot more goes into whether a race is more important than a few thousand in prizemoney. History also has something to do with it and Kalgoorlie and the Hannans Hcp has a lo…
  • 'Saw a horse gallop up the street 2 mornings ago...1 person was leading it.' Probably a good reason why 2 horses shouldn't be led at once if it is hard enough to control one. Plus the fact that insurance companies might reneg on insurance if there …
  • A horse named Magical Note won its third race in a row at Leonora today. It was advertitised by its owners about three months ago as a free broodmare, but couldn't get rid of it. Aaron Bazeley bought it for $500 to race and has won 3 out of 3 and ab…
  • In regard to my previous post, I don't want it to sound like a whinge as the EBTC do a magnificent job, but I just want racing to be fair for everyone, owners and punters alike. I just don't think it is when some horses run their race before they go…
  • The barriers were late coming out. They only came onto the track after the horses were in the mounting yard. As it was so hot and some horses seemed to be getting distressed it probably would have been a good idea for the stewards to delay the horse…
  • The holdup in the first was caused initially by the barriers still being at the winning post (when they should have been at the 1200m) and the horses were in the mounting yard waiting to go onto the track. The horse being reshod was secondary to thi…