Crio surveys the long weekend offerings from Moonee Valley, Sandown, Yea, Great Western, Yarra Valley, Hanging Rock and Balnarring. Buy yourself a celebratory or consoling dozen from the top wineries on the way to the track. Tips please.
The Royal Oak’s Big Day Out
January 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Glen and his fellow tipplers from the Royal Oak saddle up (pun intended) for a day at the time-honoured Werribee Cup. Was it the outhouse or the penthouse by day’s end for investors?
Corowa heats up (and blows away)
January 1, 2015 by 3 Comments
Glen Davis took off to Corowa for his final racing odyssey of 2014.
Crio’s Racing
December 31, 2014 by 19 Comments
It is, as Bruce would have it, a delicious irony that we have the most meetings of the year at the time our readership is at its lowest….though that could be interpreted in various ways, I deduce that the holiday season is the common cause. New Year’s Day races are a long standing tradition, and [Read more]
Crio’s Racing: Something for Santa?
December 24, 2014 by 21 Comments
Crio finds little inspiration in the Boxing Day race fields (or the madhouse shopping centres). But there are plenty of picturesque country meetings over the next week for a speculative flutter and conviviality.
Sister Olive Raceday Recap, Yea, 2014
December 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Glen heads to the Yea picnics which are full of character and helps celebrate Sister Olive’s 1921 Cup win with a nod to a decent old distance race. [Lovely day out – Ed]
Crio’s Racing: The family needs to sort out its differences
December 18, 2014 by 7 Comments
Crio is not happy with the internal squabbling of a racing fraternity which cannot afford to be divided.
Crio’s Racing : Flemington and International Week at the Hong Kong Jockey Club
December 10, 2014 by 10 Comments
Even an old-fashioned urger like myself struggles to make a case for a serious assault on the punt this Saturday – though, naturally, I’m prepared to be talked around. It’s one of those rare times when racing authorities (probably accidentally) get the public vibe…there’s no interest and the fields justify that outlook (a $40k race [Read more]
Avoca Festive Season Races, 2014
December 7, 2014 by 3 Comments
Punters: Racing correspondent Glen reports in with a wrap of Saturday’s six-race card from Avoca in Victoria’s picturesque Pyrenees Ranges.
Crio’s Racing: Miracles do Happen
November 27, 2014 by 6 Comments
It is the run-up to Christmas, but Crio is stil talking racing. This week he will be at Woolamai for the “picnics”. And there is also harness racing on, too, if you are so inclined.
Crio’s Racing: Looking for gold
November 21, 2014 by 18 Comments
Crio with his look at a diverse weekend of racing around the country.
Yea Picnic Race Meeting , Saturday 15/11/2014
November 15, 2014 by 3 Comments
Our country racing correspondent, Glen Davis, had a bumper day out at Yea, with 3 winners saluting from 3 wagers! “Fill the Fridge” seems the best named galloper for punter and drinker alike.
Crio’s Racing: Zipping down the Highway
November 12, 2014 by 28 Comments
Crio is off to picturesque Dunkeld this weekend for their cup meeting in the shadow of the Grampians. But he has cast an eye over the Sandown fields for the traditional Zipping Classic benefit for the ‘not quite carnival’ types. Tips please.
Crio’s Racing: George Adams Mile Day
November 7, 2014 by 16 Comments
Young Brio took the reins and tipped us into a winner on Cup day. Crio returns to try to outdo his young rival and deliver the good oil on the Stakes.
Just one more – Stakes Day Preview
November 7, 2014 by 1 Comment
The carnival is not over for Sal Ciardulli, who analyses the Flemington form to find us a Stakes Day winner or three.
No Winners In Post-Cup Mud-slinging
November 5, 2014 by 10 Comments
Steve Baker weighs in (pun intended) on the tragic events at Flemington yesterday following the running of the 2014 Melbourne Cup.
I’d hate to be a nag…
November 5, 2014 by 16 Comments
A timely piece from Jeff Dowsing reviewing some of the downsides of the racing industry and its annual Cup Week frenzy.
The Almanac Trifecta and how Shuffler Down won the raffle
November 4, 2014 by 18 Comments
A great day had by all at the Almanac Melbourne Cup Lunch thanks to Greg Carpenter, Phil Smith, Robbie Griffiths, Andy Gemmell and the Waterside Hotel. Check out our trifecta numbers.
All Saints Day from the Nicholson Street TAB
November 3, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Rees Quilford shares his day spent among the needy and the greedy at the local TAB. Closer to the real world experience of the average punter than the glossy TV ads or the Flemington lawns.
A Melbourne Cup Preview – before I Sign Off!
November 3, 2014 by 1 Comment
Sal Ciardulli offers a comprehensive preview of the Melbourne Cup, with the Oaks and a couple of other big races thrown in for free.
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