Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Hi Archie Hope you are doing well. Just wondering if Grace Panella and Brendan Flaherty share a farrier which could explain the possible meth contamination. Why has Flaherty been stood down and sentenced when his positive was months after Panella’s. (August V November)? Why hasn’t Panella also been stood down? Surely HRNSW aren’t playing favorites. […]
What is it with country QLD race tracks and their love of water? We have all seen the problems caused by over irrigation at Callaghan Park in Rockhampton, the issues that the local club blames on mysterious unidentified leaks in the sprinkler or pipes. Now its Barcaldine’s turn. This struggling club’s feature Battle of the […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/nsw/MEQ03062601.mp4 We have been telling you for a long time that the NZ 4-year-old Marketplace is a superstar. Yesterday in a trial at Menangle the brilliant Kiwi proved us correct. Yes it was only a workout, and yes Marketplace had a soft run and all the favours, but the fact is that he won and […]
NSW trot trainer Brendan Flaherty has been disqualified for 2 1/2 years for presenting his filly Gisselle to race with methamphetamine in its system. It is an outrageous penalty. No-one actually dopes their horses with meth, because it is obvious they will throw a positive swab if they do, which means that Gisselle’s positive was […]
James Orman is a very nice young lad, born and raised of very good parents. He is also an outstanding jockey, and an an extremely smart and focused family man. Back when he was still an apprentice and I helped hook him up with his lovely now wife Heidi, Jimmy told me that his ambition […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/wa/GPC02062610.mp4 This is race 6 at Gloucester Park last night. Number 3 Strike Force has been backed late from $15.00 into $7.50, and according to our mail from the corporates has been coupled up in multis and exotics for plenty. Kyle Harper drives it. He is the son of the multiple disqualified cheat Lindsay Harper. […]
Mick Boots (pictured above, left) is Australia’s biggest harness racing owner. He owns or owns shares in 300 horses. Pacer and trotters cost about $800 a week one average in training fees. Assume Mick Boots pays the equivalent of 200 training fees, and that means that he is paying $160 000 a week to have […]
As you can see in the story below, trot trainer/driver Jordan Topping has form for animal welfare breaches. Her partner Ryan Veivers does too. This pair are not people who care properly for horses. Now we learn from the Harness Racing Australia website that last month Jordan Topping copped 2 x 6 month disqualifications, to […]
Rule AHR90A – Trainer Licence (2.6) An applicant for a trainer’s licence Grade A must have satisfactorily completed all training modules applicable to a trainer’s licence Grade B and held such licence for not less than 12 months unless the Controlling Body decides otherwise. We told you last week about how QLD trot trainer Ryan […]
DR LUK SUN CHIN, Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit By Michael Guerin One of horse racing’s most enduring and loved characters says he “is a bit embarrassed” about being honoured in today’s King’s Birthday Honours. “It is a lovely honour but I have so many other people’s help in all facets of […]
