Tag Archives: Peter Snowden
THE TALE OF TWO CITIES ISSUE
A TALE OF TWO VERY DIFFERENT CITIES. The weekend’s racing in Sydney and Melbourne told a very telling tale of two very, very, different cities. The contrasts went a long way towards explaining why racing in bleak city is able … Continue reading
VLAHOS AND DARLEY-ANCES
O’SHEA AND DARLEY: A VERY INTERESTING ALLIANCE- AND “DARLEY- ANCE” Bemused would be the appropriate word to describe the impending confirmation out of Darley/Godolphin Dubai HQ that our old sparring partner John “you are all a bunch of fuckwits” O’Shea … Continue reading
COS RACING MUST NOT BE AS BORING AS A JAMES BLUNT SONG
——————————- THE HKJC AND THE UNITED COLORS OF BENETTON. Often, the grass seems greener on the other side until you decide to move to the other side and discover that it’s all barren land with someone wailing, Where Have All … Continue reading
BECAUSE RACING SHOULD NOT BE STUFFY, OLD AND BORING
(Courtesy of http://www.fasttrack.hk) ————————————- INTRODUCING KIMBERLEY MOSSE. Let’s face it, we all know that Gerard Mosse is a charismatic, handsome French animal who rides tall in the saddle on and off the track and can be a magnifique Big Race … Continue reading
“CHUMPIONSHIP” WEEK AND RACING VICTORIA’S (YAWN) NEW STRATEGIC PLAN
MIXED RESPONSES TO CASH SPLURGE There’s been a stark contrast in private and public response to the last week’s cash splurge for Championship Week – NSW racing’s own resurrection shuffle. Publicly, it’s been so much like a typical Sydney peak … Continue reading
THE ‘HIGHS AND LOWS” ISSUE
There is nothing better than watching great jockeys riding great horses and which is exactly what we got watching the races from Ascot over the weekend. Who can get tired of watching Frankel? Or who could ignore the riding skills … Continue reading
THE “STATE OF RACING” ISSUE
Watching England demolish and then polish off what was left of the Aussies’ team in the Fifth Cricket Test in Sydney and rub salt into the wound of the Ashes loss, what we all thought was the importance of personalities. … Continue reading