Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
For once in his life the Magic Man looks to be struggling. You can’t criticise him for it. It’s bloody hard to spin a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. Murdoch KC is trying though. Now he’s arguing that the assault on the horse wasn’t improper, because the Rockhampton Jockey Club trackwork supervisor didn’t […]
I am quickly starting to think that Murdoch KC knows that he is on a loser here, and is clutching at straws. First he attempts to define improper by reference to case involving Dean Watts and his company Dynamic Syndications. I know that case. It involved Watt – who runs Dynamic Syndications – being found […]
We are live here at the Racing Appeals Panel where trainer Tom Smith’s appeal against his one month suspension for beating the crap out of an innocent horse is being heard. Smith has been smart and engaged the best in the business to represent him, the best of course being Jim Murdoch KC, aka the […]
The rules of harness racing are pretty clear, even if somewhat sexist, especially rule 170. It says that a driver shall, throughout the course of a race, drive with both feet in the rests of the sulky, unless he is activating approved gear. Neither this rule or any other makes an exception for those driving […]
You’d hope that QLD reinsman Brent Livingstone – a former junior champion who spent two decades on the sideline before coming out of retirement to drive for his dad John – drives better than he punts, because as far as sharp punters g0 he’s blunter than a butter knife. On Saturday night at the Creek […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APM29032503.mp4 Harness Racing NSW is currently advertising for new mobile drivers. After watching the replay of the start in race 5 at Albion Park on the weekend, I reckon QLD might want to try and grab some too, because we need them. Number 10 in this race Denny Rocks,. It was clearly prevented from getting […]
The notice you see at the top was published on the Racing QLD website on Saturday. Brisbane Racing Club’s meeting scheduled for that day was abandoned. An abandoned meeting means exactly that. The meeting is gone, forgotten, never to be seen again. Abandoned meetings can’t be transferred. You can’t transfer something that no longer exists. […]
Humid started the short-priced $1.50 favorite in the 3rd race at the Gold Coast on Saturday. It went like a busted banana, beaten 7.5 lengths in running second last. The vet found nothing wrong with the horse. Rider Jai Williams disagreed. He told the Stewards that Humid had been kicked by another galloper when they […]
The field for the Race is set. Two of the three best pacers in Australia are there. The champion Leap To Fame and his rising challenger for the title Don Hugo. Only Swayzee is missing. New Zealand’s two best horses are there too. Merlin – the NZ Pacer of the Year – and Don’t […]
We hear that one of the most successful training partnerships by the sea will soon be no more. We don’t know the reason why and it’s none of our business to find out, but the word is that the the professional training partnership of Greg and Nina Hope is soon to be no more, with […]
