Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Harness Racing NSW has just announced Chocolate Starfish as one of their headline musical acts at the feature Carnival of Cups meeting at Newcastle. For a sport that’s heyday is well in the past, it’s probably appropriate. Chocolate Starfish – which by the way is colloquial slang for asshole – have only ever has one […]
I got a tip earlier in the week that trainer Kristie Clark-Peoples, her husband and fellow licensee David Peoples, and a staff member who shall not be named, might be paying a visit to the QRIC Stewards office sometime soon. The matter, our mailman said, involved a reputed positive swab that one of the Peoples […]
Know how many races that you could bet on today with corporate bookmakers if you wanted do, or if you were a totally addicted gambler after a never ending fix and had the cash to get it? 955. Here is the breakdown of them. 62 domestic gallops 375 international gallops 116 domestic greyhounds 199 international […]
Archie Point taken with regards to COT (change of tactics) Batemans Bay in race 5 at Mackay on Saturday, but a five horse race around Ooralea of which comprised two legless goats in comparison to a fifteen horse race at Cluden Park on Townsville Cup day is apples and oranges all things considered. At Mackay […]
Apprentice Bella Youngberry has had one hell of a past three weeks. The kid has ridden dozen winners worth about $430 000 in prizemoney in that short time, at a strike rate of 24%, including a treble yesterday at Doomben. Every silver lining has a dark cloud though. Bella’s came on Friday night at the […]
The $3.80 favorite in the last race at Mackay yesterday Bateman’s Bay had, coming into the race, started on 21 occasions previously. Each and every time it had been ridden from behind, including at its win last time out at Townsville, when it swept home from near the rear of the field. Bateman’s Bay had […]
We keep asking questions about the competence of the current batch of QLD trot Stewards, and the answers we are getting aren’t good. What happened on Friday night is yet another illustration. It was standing start trot race, with eight horses drawn off 20m. That’s okay, because they start 8 across from the stand at […]
Apprentice Rob Thorburn had a busy day on Saturday. Thorburn rode in the first at Eagle Farm (no good), zipped down the Pacific Motorway to the Gold Coast to boot home the winner of race 5 there, and then jumped back in the buggy to ride four mounts at Toowoomba (one second). All up the […]
Emma Stewart continued her annual pillage of the Vicbred series last night at Melton by winning all four finals that she contested, and her stable taking home around $370 000 in prizemoney. That’s not as much as in previous years, due to HRV slashing stakes, but it’s still a pretty good night at the office. […]
I have been having a long running debate with some prominent harness racing identities about which position in running is better for your chances, the 1-1 or 3 back the fence. Almost to a person they say 3 back on the paint. I disagree. So to give us a point of reference, I decided to […]
