Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I can’t believe that Coolmore and Yulong this week got into a bidding war for the 3YO filly Chayan, one that ended up with the Irish outfit paying a record $5.6 million for her. It’s the definition of insanity I reckon, a case of people having too much money and oversized egos. Chayan looks a […]
After having to endure the agony of Saturday racing at Bendigo last week and then being bogged down on the usual sodden, god forsaken track at the ‘Bool during the week, it’s a pleasure to return to city racing this Saturday. Despite the adversity she faced by having to get her tips in to the […]
It’s a big night at Alexandra Park this Friday, with five Group 1 races on the program, three for the pacers and two for the trotters, and each of them are going to be very interesting affairs for a variety of reasons. Let’s preview the Group 1 races and see if we can find you […]
It looks like only 6 jockeys will be attending the Battle of the Bush qualifier meeting at Cloncurry on Saturday, which is a shame for connections of the hopefuls in the big $250 000 race series, for at means at least 2 and maybe 3 of the entrants in the qualifier will have to be […]
The message below to Ray is to Ray See, the administrator of the Facebook page Racing Around QLD, from a committee member of the Rockhampton Jockey Club. We have a few questions of our own to the committee man that we pose below. Ray, I’m on the committee of the RJC and just want to […]
I have problems with Stewards whose judgement is so poor that they friend racing licensees on Facebook. In my opinion it shows a clear lack of judgement, and failure to understand clear lines. Alex Streckbein chaired the meeting at Warwick yesterday. He is former Racing Victoria Steward of limited experience, who has obviously been appointed […]
I was saddened to learn yesterday of the passing of Peter Donohoe, the trainer-driver who for decades was a fixture of harness racing at both the old right-hand Albion Park, and then later at the present left-hand one. I never met Peter, but as a trot fan felt I knew him well, even though I […]
Hi mate About the standing starts at Globe Derby. The best part or all is that the people they use for standing starts are not “track attendants”. They are harness racing participants that club officials asks to help while walking around the stalls, e.g. trainers or drivers. Ella Brechin is one trainer they commonly get […]
Here Mick Guerin’s story is on the HRNZ website …. The NZ Herald story below penned by Mick Guerin – which bears marked similarities to our own story published on this website the day before – appeared for a brief moment in time yesterday on the Harness Racing New Zealand website. But only until those […]
We know that Harness Racing SA can’t get their constituent principal club Globe Derby to effect standing starts correctly in a 21st century manner. Just as we know their Stewards are spineless jellyfish who can’t or won’t crack down hard to stop drivers from playing a dangerous game of rollerball on the track. Or stop […]
