MY CALL: HERE'S HOPING WINX PROVES TO BE THE CHAMPION WE CAN ALL EMBRACE
By David Fowler | Tuesday, August 16, 2016
David Fowler is the principal thoroughbred caller for Radio TAB. David, who is a keen form student and punter, has enjoyed a lifetime involvement in the racing media. His personal blog, ‘My Call’, appears exclusively on HRO.
I fervently hope Winx smashes her rivals in Saturday’s Warwick Stakes at Randwick.
And I hope she keeps pummelling them all the way to the Cox Plate which she wins as well.
Australian racing urgently needs a champion to embrace.
She can be then shopfronted to the wider community a la Black Caviar.
With a present picket fence of nine, any raceday appearance generates a crowd spike.
But we need families turning up on Cox Plate day to have a peek at this equine heroine who might have only driven past Moonee Valley previously.
With cobalt inquiries in full swing, the New South Wales greyhound industry ban and other welfare issues, racing needs to dig itself out of a PR ditch.
Forget the punt for once. Just cheer her on.
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Sam Kavanagh was “helpful” at last week’s VCAT appeal involving his father Mark and Danny O’Brien.
He pinpointed a number of Queensland trainers had used the same drip regime and vitamin complex that is at the centre of the current appeal.
Of course, “helpful” Sam named no names. That was “understanding” Sam.
And, just for good measure, South Australian trainers got a spray the next day.
Again, no names, no pack drill from “Sam the Man”
QRIC commissioner Ross Barnett, displaying Usain Bolt-like speed, asked Kavanagh to come forward and “name names”.
No, Mr Barnett, you go and get Sam.
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There’s been plenty of crap spoken in the Baird Government’s ridiculous decision to ban greyhound racing in the state.
But what about this line, intended to be deadly serious.
Anyone caught organising a race in New South Wales after the ban is liable to an $11,000 fine and a one year jail term.
You can just imagine all the planning involved to race for, let’s say, a box of beer!
Who pays these dullards to come up with such stupidity?
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Good to see Dan Meagher train a double in Singapore on Sunday.
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There will be some hotly contested categories at the Queensland Racing Awards night this weekend.
Leading jockey contenders include Jim Byrne, Damian Browne, Jeff Lloyd and Jimmy Orman. Tough choice.
Will Eagle Way or Sold For Song land the three-year-old title?
Buffering is unbackable for the Horse Of The Year title but will he be inducted into the Hall Of Fame?
All will be answered at the glittering function at Doomben racecourse on Saturday night.
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