Bruce Clark
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Bruce Clark
Nov 36 min read
Brian Ellison and a dastardly Melbourne Cup dream!
After everything, who could deny Brian Ellison some luck in the Lexus Melbourne Cup?
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Bruce Clark
Oct 216 min read
THE BABE, 66, legendary!
“I think I mainly attribute it to the fact I gave up drinking at the end of 2022"
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Bruce Clark
Oct 155 min read
A Tale Of Two Cities
"Nothing that we do, is done in vain. I believe, with all my soul, that we shall see triumph.”
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Bruce Clark
Sep 156 min read
DARREN WEIR: “I’m just going for a drive, a week or so maybe."
“I just don’t know, that’s the trouble. I haven’t had a holiday but that’s never been me, I just need to get away.”
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Bruce Clark
Sep 44 min read
The Cup - just a small (big) dream!
“People might think I’m silly, but I’m serious about it,"
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Bruce Clark
Sep 39 min read
How WEIR got to here!
A weary timeline of the long running case involving fallen idol Darren Weir - a fall from a great height to the wilderness - again.
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Bruce Clark
Aug 295 min read
The bantamweight with a heavyweight racing champ!
“It is all on me, I’m a different cat, its why we get so emotional and involved, this is our horse"
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Bruce Clark
Aug 2110 min read
Can racing save itself from itself?
"Our biggest threat is not from outside, but within. Or if you like, from itself."
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Bruce Clark
Aug 186 min read
Black Caviar - no false idol!
Seems sadly ironic doesn’t it, that in the end, what finally beat Black Caviar was her feet. Those feet, well ok, hooves, that had...
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Bruce Clark
Jul 146 min read
When you lose $150,000 to a bookie and the law wins!
How the Court of Appeal ruled "unauthorized gambling" over a simple clerical matter wiped a $150k debt.
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Bruce Clark
Jul 66 min read
DARREN WEIR - still in limbo!
A supposed penalty hearing descended into some legal farce as another disqualification was delivered but no absolute decision reached.
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Bruce Clark
Jun 257 min read
No promised Messiah - but what's ahead?
So, Racing Victoria didn’t get their messiah (Gil!). But do they still - after all this time and with a just slightly redressed board -...
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Bruce Clark
Jun 216 min read
ASFOORA, Australia's latest racing queen coronated before The King.
From an unwanted yearling to a Colac Maiden to Royal Ascot, some journey for Asfoora!
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Bruce Clark
Jun 136 min read
SCOTT BRUNTON - the inevitable comeback.
“I hid behind the facts of my own health and drug problems, I don’t know maybe three or four years."
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Bruce Clark
Jun 106 min read
MALUA - hot, but when there is more to being "on fire".
Racing can be a long slow burn, but when you are running hot, you hope they keep running.
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Bruce Clark
Jun 66 min read
SNOWY SAYS
My take on what's happening on key Victorian racing industry matters.
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Bruce Clark
May 2810 min read
Cyril Small, the show goes on, Vo may be long gone but what a ride it's been and being!
"I love the horses; I love the people and I love the industry."
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Bruce Clark
May 216 min read
OOPS - could The Map (of Tassie) win The Cup?
"Unofficially, you could say something about the map of Tassie."
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Bruce Clark
May 146 min read
Dona - the McQueen of the bush.....and the industry.
“Amazing to think I had a hand in the education of the breeder (Kim Alderton), the breaker (Linc Sullivan) and of course the jockey (Beasley
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