Almanac Horseracing: It’s A Gas Gas Gas

April 23, 2026 by 4 Comments

The People’s Elbow offers his thoughts on the main races at Flemington this weekend. Interestingly, he finds comparisons to gas policy in Australia. (Alert: some coarse language)

Almanac Horseracing: The Apocalypse Goes to the Races

April 16, 2026 by Leave a Comment

The People’s Elbow manages to find links between his latest read, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and this weekend’s program at Randwick – some feat!

The People’s Elbow: No longer angry, but conditioned.

March 30, 2026 by 6 Comments

The People’s Elbow comes off the top rope and offers some sobering insights into the Carlton Condition.

Almanac Footy: Bombers at Rest

March 24, 2026 by 5 Comments

The People’s Elbow goes hard at Essendon, a club, he argues, which has descended so far, and is so pathetic, that beating them is meaningless. [Welcome back Elbow – Ed]

The People’s Elbow: Exhausted

August 27, 2021 by 6 Comments

The People’s Elbow is exhausted. It takes a fair bit to exhaust him but his beloved Carlton have managed to achieve that. He explains why.

A Loss of Mutual Trust: Adventures In Modern Day Sports Writing

May 20, 2019 by 20 Comments

Craig Litza Little discusses the nature of contemporary sportswriting at a time when in both the US and Australia there is reflection on how it has changed since the 1980s. He looks at a new book to be published by Geoff Slattery (with Russell Jackson heavily involved) and the recent coverage of Tom Boyd’s retirement as stimulus for the discussion.

Almanac Pro Running: The Bull of Stawell (Part I)

April 24, 2019 by 7 Comments

Craig Little tells the tale of Luke Versace’s 2014 Stawell Gift victory – a remarkable comeback story, more than a decade in the making, which starts in Pamplona and finishes at Central Park. [Epic – JTH]

Introducing “An Elbow’s Dozen”…

December 7, 2016 by 4 Comments

An Elbow dropped just in time for Christmas.

Bless us, O Lord, and these, Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty. Through Bryce. Amen.

October 14, 2016 by 9 Comments

For Carlton fans, Bryce Gibbs has been an unrequited talent, Father Rooster sees his potential departure as manna from heaven.