It was a productive Melbourne Cup lunch yesterday at the North Fitzroy Arms where pontifications resulted in two trifectas.
Sal’s Racing Preview: The Melbourne Cup – Is it one for the Girls?
October 31, 2022 by Leave a Comment
The Melbourne Cup is here and Sal Ciardulli has made his tips for the big race.
Almanac Melbourne Cup Eve Lunch: Have a feed and a few beers and help pick the trifecta
October 28, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Come to another Melbourne Cup Eve soiree at the North Fitzroy Arms on Monday October 31.
Sal’s Preview: Derby Day, and Vale to a Local Legend
October 28, 2022 by 1 Comment
To help select a winner on Derby Day, Sal Ciardulli has made his predictions for this great day of racing.
Sal’s Racing Preview: Cox Plate Preview – Quaddie Update
October 22, 2022 by 1 Comment
After events at Moonee Valley last night, Sal Ciardulli has updated his quaddie picks.
Sal’s Racing Preview: Cox Plate Preview – It’s On for Young and Old – and especially the young
October 21, 2022 by 2 Comments
Sal Ciardulli casts his punting eye over the form for the Cox Plate and other races this weekend and presents his tips.
Footy Almanac Odd Friday Lunch (Oct 21): Lynlea and Cyril Small celebrating the great champion Vo Rogue
October 21, 2022 by Leave a Comment
What a privilege to welcome Lynlea and Cyril Small to lunch on October 21 to talk about Vo Rogue and his team. This will be a cracking afternoon.
Almanac Horseracing: Vo Rogue Tawny
October 20, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Ahh, the fine Australian tradition of celebrating racehorses with commemorative releases of Tawny. With thanks to Jason Buffier and Lynlea Small.
Sal’s Caulfield Cup Day Preview (with a few comments on the AFL trade period thrown in)
October 15, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Sal Ciardulli likes Benaud in the Caulfield Cup and Nature Strip in The Everest. I couldn’t help but notice his story is precisely 1111 words long. Is there something in that?
Almanac Horseracing – Sal’s Preview: Caulfield Guineas Day
October 7, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Sal Ciardulli has his eye in for Caulfield Guineas Day as the Melbourne Spring Carnival gets into full swing.
Sal’s Racing Preview: Turnbull Stakes and Epsom Day
September 30, 2022 by 5 Comments
Sal Ciardulli has kept an eye on the races throughout the footy finals and has been studying the form. He acknowledges the Cats premiership while Vowing and Declaring a few winners for Turnbull Stakes Day at Flemington and Epsom Day at Randwick.
‘Wangaratta’s Des Hoysted – the race-caller’s race-caller…’ by KB Hill
September 22, 2022 by 1 Comment
KB Hill remembers ‘the race-caller’s race-caller’, Wangaratta’s Des Hoysted.
Finals Week 3 Preview – It’s the people’s round
September 16, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Sal sorts out his tips for Week 3 of the AFL finals series and checks out the chances on the track in both Melbourne and Sydney.
Almanac Horse Racing: Beloved racehorse Flow Meter to have start number 200
July 14, 2022 by 26 Comments
Mickey Randall salutes galloper Flow Meter who will race for the 200th time at Morphetville this weekend.
The Great 2022 Free Rail Travel Challenge: Part 2 – Warrnambool Grand Annual Steeplechase
May 9, 2022 by 5 Comments
RDL hit the tracks again en route to another of Victoria’s wonderful tracks of a different kind – Warrnambool Racecourse (The Bool).
Almanac Racing: King of the Bool does it again
May 6, 2022 by 3 Comments
On a red-letter day for jumps racing, a local hero breaks the record, writes RON REED.
The Great 2022 Free Rail Travel Challenge: Part 1 – the Bairnsdale Cup
March 31, 2022 by 8 Comments
Roger Lowrey is always up for a challenge. What is the maximum number of kilometres possible for travel in one year under the Victorian Seniors’ free train travel program? Roger begins his pursuit of an answer with a trip to the Bairnsdale Cup.
Almanac Memoir: Ouyen Harness Races, 1973
March 27, 2022 by 7 Comments
They’re racing at Ouyen today (Sunday) so we are reprising Kevin Densley’s memoir of the trots:
The smell of burning mallee roots is a fond memory for Kevin Densley of the Ouyen Harness Races many years ago.
Round 2 – Sal’s Preview: Freed Willie, Round 2 tips, and Turf Time
March 24, 2022 by 1 Comment
Sal Ciardulli presents his thoughts and selections for AFL Round 2, and tips for the racing at Moonee Valley and Rosehill.
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