Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Trainer Matt Laurie is blowing up about criticism of his star mare Treasure The Moment’s intestinal fortitude, but let me just say if she doesn’t win the Sunline Stakes on the weekend at set weights against a bunch of horses grades below her on records then Laurie should just give up and send her to […]
You ever heard of the Retention Barn at Menangle? That is the supposedly secure facility that HRNSW paid millions of dollars to build and who knows how much to maintain to ensure that runners in big races compete on a level playing field, with the aim that no horse gains an unfair advantage over another. […]
This Industry Notice was issued by Harness Racing NSW in March 2012 to all licensed or interested participants in the State. You are warned it said. Be vigilant. Root out plants or trees that could make your horse throw a positive. Or else …..
The BOM are predicting catastrophe for Port Douglas. But none of the locals believe them. In the space of a couple of days Cyclone Narelle has gone from a tropical low to a category 1 cyclone to a category 3 to a category 5 that is going to huff and puff and blow all our […]
Gimme No Lies, and Keep Your Hands to Yourself Which former driver of a Group 1 winning pacing speedster who won 16 races from 18 starts has lodged, or is about to lodge, a sexual harassment claim against a boss of a major standardbred yearling company, with the allegations being made said not to be […]
Sam Kerr is a genius. She could play in the men’s English Premier League no problem at all. Watch her winning Goal against China on Tuesday night. See how she passes the ball, bolts, and points to the spot where to pass her the ball? Then goes bang! Watch the two goals at the end, […]
Want to see the most blatant and absolutely disgraceful breach of the harness racing whip rule in the past decade? Then watch this. The driver is Corey Johnson, the South Australian whose family has been the target of clandestine fire bombings and graffiti attacks in recent months. If you didn’t know better, and realise that […]
J-Mac is riding Cylinder in the Golden Slipper is he? It would be a good trick. Cylinder is a retired 6YO. The Slipper is a race restricted to 2YO’s. Nice one Daily Telegraph. If you don’t already know, J-Mac is actually riding the toppie Fireball.
The hitherto healthy 4-year-old mare Overwatch returns to the mounting yard at Cluden Park on Sunday after running second last in a Maiden and drops dead. Gee that’s normal isn’t it? The Stewards panel chaired by D. Griffitths says the mare died of a cardiac arrest, aka a heart attack. But there is no record […]
On the one hand the Stewards Report from Miracle Mile night says that Bulletproof Boy hung out after the start and contacted the sulky of Don Hugo. On the other it says that Don Hugo shifted in an caused Bulletproof Boy to contact its cart. Which one was it? Was it Don Hugo’s fault, or […]
