Horseracing has always been a personal issue for most punters. Most punters initially start the punt to win money but as time goes by the real horseracing enthusiast extracts the magic moments and adds them to their memories of the sport they have fallen in love with. The win by Mustard last week as a 13 year old was one of those moments while this week an amazing chapter in WA racing took place yesterday with the fourth win from four runs this campaign for a horse called King Kool Kat.Now, winn

Horseracing has always been a personal issue for most punters. Most punters initially start the punt to win money but as time goes by the real horseracing enthusiast extracts the magic moments and adds them to their memories of the sport they have fallen in love with. The win by Mustard last week as a 13 year old was one of those moments while this week an amazing chapter in WA racing took place yesterday with the fourth win from four runs this campaign for a horse called King Kool Kat.

Now, winning four races in a row is not an unusual factor in WA racing but what is amazing is that this horse had won one race in his previous fifty starts. Yes, one win from fifty! Yesterday, KKK was favourite and I watched the race wondering if the bubble was about to burst but lo and behold when the challengers came he actually kicked away in the manner of a horse that can win again next start. I am not going to miss watching his next run.

Although the magic moments are highlights I was disappointed to hear the track manager from Moonee Valley on radio this morning basically dismiss the concerns of all observers of yesterdays meeting about the obvious track bias that existed there yesterday. One of horseracings most difficult riddles is to judge if the track really favoured front runners or back markers. Often it is the pace of the race which is actually the culprit but yesterday this was not the case. As punters we deserve better than this type of head in the grass approach but sadly it will not change while denial exists. All we can do is dismiss the runs of the get back types that could not make up ground out wide next time they start and perhaps recoup any lost monies from yesterday.

Racing can be a strange master at times which I felt quite strongly after the win of Metal Bender. On Friday night I backed Metal Bender to win theCox Plate, for a small amount I might add, but come the race I decided Theseo would do me as the 10/1 speculative bet thinking Metal Bender might just find this field too slick over 1400m. You silly boy Roman! As it now stands I need Julia to win the election to make a profit on the day and that bet is not looking too good. There is no doubt about the punt - it is full of moments of joy and frustration but we love it just the same.

Finishing on a positive note the six wins by Gold Coast jockey Daniel Griffin needs to be mentioned. It is quite an amazing effort and is well worth recognizing as another great racing moment.