Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Queensland Government has given us an update on The Next Lap, it’s plan for the future of racing in the Sunshine State. Basically the guts of it hold the phone. Here is what is happening, or for those who like firm, swift decisions isn’t. An ‘Oversight Committee’ full of public service bureaucrats is at […]
Twenty six standardbred racehorses (trotters and pacers) were exported from New Zealand to China in the past month. https://infohorse.hrnz.co.nz/datahrs/statistics/exportedhorses.htm Why? China are not a member of the International Trotting Association, and does not have a recognized or officially sanctioned harness racing industry. So why do Chinese buyers want these horses? And why, given the past […]
This above is the QRIC definition of an industry participant, as expressed in its newly released adverse weather policy. It’s bullshit in my opinion. If you watch the footy grand final that does mean you are an AFL or NRL participant? I don’t think so. Just like watching the 100m sprint final at the Olympics […]
I have come to realize at an old age that fishing is metaphor for life. Who knows what lies on top or beneath? We went out on the boat yesterday and caught a few Mangrove Jacks. Coming back in along the river my mate said look over there. And I spotted this. She is a […]
As we reported last week, Cairns trainer Bodine Bailey jumped on Facebook and encouraged one of his friends to bash a jockey about the same height as the one with him in the picture, or perhaps even a little smaller. What sort of bloke does that, especially one his size? Behaviour like that’s pretty piss […]
We lost two stalwarts of the sport this week. Denise Gath was the great Brian’s wife, but she was a whole lot more than that. She was mother, lover, grandmother, great woman and Brian’s rock. I only met Denise once, in passing, but I immediately sensed her strength and kindness and warmth, and knew then […]
Sent to me at 11.02 am Friday by a man in the know The pacer Suzanne was a pretty ordinary mare until recently. She had raced 14 times at the bottom end of the South Island of New Zealand for her then trainer Robbie Swain, who is a pretty fair horseman, but the best she’d […]
Picture: Jess Webber/Bradley Photos: Racenet https://www.racenet.com.au/news/pony-club-to-group-1-jockeys-siena-grima-mollie-fitzgerald-get-chance-to-cap-meteoric-rise-in-2026-epsom-handicap-at-randwick-on-saturday-october-3-2026-20261002 If you didn’t know any better you would swear that jockeys Siena Grima (top) and Mollie Fitzgerald (below) were sisters. They are not of course. But the likeness is uncanny. The pair could almost be twins. They say that everyone has a doppelganger somewhere in the world. They are […]
Globe Derby Park Incident – 28 September 2026 Harness Racing South Australia (HRSA) Stewards are conducting an Inquiry into an altercation which occurred in the stalls area at Globe Derby Park following Race 2 on 28 September 2026. Pending determination of the Inquiry: Stewards have directed Mr C Johnson, under AHRR 183(b), not to drive […]
The big news out of the north is that long time Cairns Jockey Club powerbroker Tom Hedley (above) is facing a challenge in the coming weeks for his position as club president, and it’s a formidable one too. Prominent local business woman and high achieving club committee member Rebecca Conlan (pictured at top) has thrown […]
