Adam Sangster’s  Swettenham Stud,  leading Caulfield trainers Mick Price and Robert Smerdon,  In association with the Melbourne Racing Club, will launch a new horse ownership initiative, exclusively for MRC Members, this Saturday at Caulfield. The initiative has been developed to offer Melbourne Racing Club Members the opportunity to experience the thrill of horse ownership including race day owners’ privileges while also providing the opportunity to socialise with fellow Members...

WHEN TO punt on a ‘CUT  THROAT’ Being a good horse, having loads of ability or a good set of lungs and a large heart, or a big engine, is of no use if the horse has a blocked carburettor. As almost everyone knows “if the carby’s blocked, your just blowing fuel out the tail pipe”…. same thing here! Except it’s the pipe under the tail. Throat surgery on the thoroughbred race horse is not a new practice but it has under gone some serious changes over the years with a lot of trials,...

Well Musket Man tried his heart out pressuring Quality Road into the straight during the Whitney Handicap but Quality Road showed all his class only to get nailed by new kid on the block Blame. Musket Man wound up finishing a gallant third. Not the result we were looking for but did pick you the triple and its fair to say Musket Man just isn't as good as the other two horses. Blame went off at about 3 to 1 and the triple paid about $40.00. Quality Road looks set for the Woodward in Saratoga on...

Well folks I'm back and so are all the big boy's and girls! The Sararoga Carnival is in full swing with both Rachel Alexandra and The Devil May Care both winning last week here in the States. Starting on the 23rd of July and running until September the 6th, the Saratoga has real old school charm! I made the trip once a few years back and watched an Australian horse win the last on the turf, a handy mare called Alinghi that Gai Waterhouse sent over that got the job done right on...