Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We’re left to wonder how ‘The King’ will be remembered. He wasn’t the fastest horse in history, nor the most versatile or breathtaking. He was, however, brutally durable, crazily competitive and always prepared to face the battles that mattered. In basketball terms he was Bill Russell, in tennis terms he was Novak Djokovic and in cricketing […]
Running 3rd in a seven horse field is not normally something to write home to Mama about, but when you do it as hobby trainer with a $201 shot in a race in which the second longest priced runner is just $34 it is. Jim Murdoch QC is the greatest racing lawyer not just in […]
Harness racing in the South Island of New Zealand is on the nose, and the smell is so bad that the stench floats all the way across to the Great Barrier Reef. It’s not global warming that is killing the coral, it’s drug cheating and race fixing coming out of Woodend Beach. Race 4 at […]
I’m a completely clean trainer and can sleep well at night because I’m a honest trainer just trying my best I’m glad your a fan – Ben Hope, promising young trot trainer swimming down the wrong stream You are wrong Ben, we are not a fan. We think you are a young smart arse who […]
One of the basic duties of a race day Steward’s job is to check that horses have the right brand, are carrying the correct saddle cloth, and are wearing their notified gear. Brand marking XYZ123. Tick. Saddlecloth number 7. Tick. Blinkers. Oops, I forgot to check. That is what happened in race 7 at Toowoomba […]
In October 2020 the QRIC conducted a surprise stable inspection on the Friday before a race day and discovered that prominent trainer Chris Munce had injected one of his runners the next day with an unidentified substance. Munce claimed that it was a vitamin solution, but with only an empty syringe and his word to […]
Adam Hamilton raised an interesting point in his column this week on thetrots.com.au when he stated his belief that Kevin Seymour’s NSW Derby winner Leap To Fame was still at this stage only the 3rd best three-year-old in Australasia behind the Kiwi star Akuta and the Victorian based Catch a Wave. I thought I would […]
It is well known that I am a greyhound lover, and a devotee of the sport. There have been a few bad eggs in the game over the years, and some real bad ones too. But you get them in every walk of life, police, politics and the law included. No-one says we should shut […]
This is what’s wrong with harness racing. We glorify people who should be thrown head first out of the sport. Yesterday we told you about Jack ‘Breaker’ Laugher copping his umpteenth suspension for whip rule breach offences, which are acts of abject animal cruelty under another name. Breaker’s latest 5 week suspension was deferred to […]
There was a terrible accident in the last race at the Albury trots on Tuesday night. Three horses fell. One died. Two of the drivers were propelled out of their carts into the hard surface of the track. The other was flung ten feet in the air, like a stuntman in an action movie. He […]
