Crio looks at the first (really) big meeting of the Autumn in Australia’s cleanest sport.
Crio’s Racing: Black Caviar stretches her legs
January 31, 2013 by 7 Comments
Black Caviar will have a gallop at Caulfield this Saturday, after which, Crio expects Prime Minister Gillard to hand pick her for the Senate.
Crio’s Racing: Iconic tracks to shine on Australia Day
January 25, 2013 by 21 Comments
Sal Perna launched an early bid for the 2013 Moosehead Award for comedy with his straight faced confirmation that everything is, has been and always will be just hunky dory in the Racing Industry.
Crio’s Racing: It’s back to Flemington
January 17, 2013 by 28 Comments
Back to Flemington this Saturday before the Heath hogs the calendar, with HQ’s next fixture then being the greatly anticipated Black Caviar Lightning Stakes on Feb 16.
Crio’s Racing: Magic Millions
January 9, 2013 by 47 Comments
This is Magic Millions week. The MM and the Gold Coast are a perfect fit… add Singo and Gai and the formerly “off peak” timeslot has become a favourite “busman’s holiday” for much of the Industry.
Crio’s Racing: Let down again in 2012
January 2, 2013 by 4 Comments
It is terribly frustrating that, despite occasionally lucid instructions flung at the TV monitor, jockeys continued to “slaughter” Crio’s not-particularly-hard-earned and thus, justifiably, earn his derision.
Crio’s Racing: New Year’s Day
December 29, 2012 by 14 Comments
Old timers insist New Year’s Day was always a big one at the races. The enduring programming of the Standish (sprinters) and Bagot (stayers) Handicaps attests to a feature meeting though the crowd will be sparse at HQ next Tuesday.
Crio’s Racing: Country racing
December 21, 2012 by 8 Comments
Let’s face it. Most of us will end up skint over the next week. The pressure to spend is crushing. The racing industry, as ever, seeks its share of your pecuniary pie. I’d argue that there are worse ways of wasting your money than having a try on the geegees and the options, naturally, are many and varied.
Crio’s Racing: 1982 and finding a winner in the now
December 8, 2012 by 8 Comments
30 years. It is a fair slab of a lifetime. It can offer perspective. It can also lead to romanticizing. 1982 seems long ago. The champs of that time seem somehow more imposing. Etched in my (more impressionable) memory. Look at the Grand Final – Helen D’Amico and Bruce Doull! On the racecourse the mighty [Read more]
Crio’s Racing: Return to reality
November 29, 2012 by 10 Comments
The publication of acceptors for Saturday’s Caulfield meeting has rammed home the reality of a return to pretty humdrum racing – 5 runners in the first if they all get there!
Crio’s Racing: “Around the money”
November 22, 2012 by 10 Comments
Crio has been “around the money” of late, but that doesn’t help buy the pots. Here’s hoping his quaddy tips for the Valley are on the money.
Yea Picnic Races
November 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Glen picked up the quaddy at Sandown while enjoying the scenic Yea Picnic Races on Saturday.
Crio’s Racing: Get on Sandown, Dunkeld and Yea this Saturday
November 15, 2012 by 11 Comments
Don’t put Racing on the shelf just because the Flemington marquees are coming down. There’s still a great Saturday in Victoria – a cracking Metro meet at Sandown, an iconic Country card at Dunkeld as well as the picnics around the lovely Yea golf course.
Spring Carnival Punting Competition (lucrative)
November 13, 2012 by 110 Comments
First Prize: a copy of Gerard Whateley’s Black Caviar. Second Prize: a copy of an Almanac of your choice Here’s the go. This will all be done in the comments section of this post. The competition will last for the four days of the Spring Carnival. Before the advertised starting time of the first [Read more]
Standing on the outside lookin’ in
November 11, 2012 by 1 Comment
Damien Oliver has a referee if he needs it in future in Tony Robb, especially after Happy Trails helped him out of a Spring Carnival black hole.
John Kingsmill’s sport diary: Cup Eve
November 8, 2012 by 3 Comments
John Kingsmill’s unique take on the Cup.
Crio’s Racing: Final Day
November 7, 2012 by 22 Comments
Final Day is a big deal. The races are good, the midweek hype has settled and spirited betting can be assured as trainers and owners pursue the last snatches of Carnival status and prizemoney.
Crio’s Question: Commitment!
November 7, 2012 by 3 Comments
All punters, for a variety of reasons, have their trainers and jockeys to whom they turn when in need. Who are yours?
The Berrigan Cup
November 4, 2012 by 2 Comments
Six races for four seconds, a third and fourth for Glen D at Berrigan on Saturday, but oh, what a racecourse!
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