Arguably one of the best weekends of the year is upon us, Golden Slipper Day at Rosehill, All Star Mile Day at Moonee Valley, both Footy codes are underway, plenty of others sports are heating up and to top it off, perfect weather for a beer is set to greet us on Saturday!
What a time to be alive, but before we get to the weekend, the team at Punt Drunk delve into the week that was.
Peter Fitzsimons makes a fool of himself on Twitter
Someone just said on the news that “James McDonald is the leading jockey in Australia”.
Have we changed, or is it me?
20 years ago I could have named several jockeys, despite having no interest in racing.
They were ubiquitous.
Now, none.
And I’ve never heard of this’un?— Peter FitzSimons (@Peter_Fitz) March 14, 2023
You know who Peter Fitzsimons is right?
The old guy, usually pandering to a small cohort of inner-city lefties, in the media who continues to yell at a cloud and gets nothing in return.
He claims he does not know who James McDonald is…the same James McDonald who was crowned the world’s best jockey in 2022.
Tell me you do not watch horse racing without telling me you do not watch horse racing.
The bloke made a fool of himself for the 9786th time in his media career, but this time he had #RacingTwitter shut him down.
And when they slow down, Peter Moody, what then? Still as well cared for? https://t.co/qRoWuNEtni
— Peter FitzSimons (@Peter_Fitz) March 15, 2023
This tweet certainly didn’t help his cause and it is not hard to tell that he is clearly uneducated on the sport.
Ironic, that Fitzsimons, who represented Australia in Rugby Union cannot name “several jockeys” who ride today, if it helps Pete, we couldn’t name one Wallaby going around.
Stay in your lane old boy.
Race photo of the year
The time-honoured Cheltenham Festival is a must for all race fans bucket lists.
The action on the track is second-to-none especially for jumps fans and in the past week, we may have seen the best photo of a horse to grace a race track this year.
Wow Constitution at the last!! pic.twitter.com/dn2A64EKyU
— Paul Jacobs (@pjacobstipster) March 14, 2023
During his win in the 2023 Champion Hurdle, Constitution Hill was deadset airborne when he cleared the last hurdle and thus provided a jaw-dropping image which enters itself straight into racing folklore.
The worst beat of 2023
If you were on the favourite at Pakenham on Thursday night….look away now.
The Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock-trained Rotokura was backed as if unbeatable when going around as $2.20 chance in the opener at Pakenham.
Jamie Mott was trapped inside runners with no where to go until the final 200m and once clear the favourite deadset flew home and went down by the barest of margins.
Terry Bailey called him a moral beaten and it is hard to disagree with TB on this one.
Grim scenes all round.
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