Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Here we have a race club – the Auckland Trotting Club – that has recorded operating losses of $52.5 million over the past two years, including a record loss of $28.3 million this year. The Board of Directors are responsible for those losses, for it is their poor decision making that has directly led to […]
I would never have looked at the drivers feet if Jason Grimson hadn’t tried to pot David Moran for having his out on National TV. You bloody idiot Jason. It wasn’t Moran hocking. It was Josh Gallagher! It’s as clear as day on the slowed down video below. There is no reason for Expensive Ego’s […]
In 2017 drivers Shane Graham and Matthew Neilson were charged with the criminal offence of race (match) fixing, and banned from the sport. As a result of police and QRIC incompetence they were some years later cleared of the charges, and had their licenses and status in the sport restored. It’s a crying shame, for […]
The only people allowed in the Stewards room during a protest hearing are the stipes, the drivers, trainers and owners involved in the objection, and the media if the Stewards permit them to be there. No-one else can go in. This is written into the rules. So why was the Harness Racing NSW CEO John […]
Two horses on the front row locked wheels in the score up to the start of race 2 at Globe Derby last night. They came back and checked Aces Daughter, the horse drawn behind them on the back row. The interference caused that horse to gallop, and miss the start by miles. Caller Jim Jacques […]
Where is the Head on Replay of the Interference in the ID21 Final? Why haven’t HRNSW published the head on footage of the action in the home straight in the ID pacers final? The protest was the biggest harness racing news of the year, and the most controversial too. Where is the vision? Jason Grice’s […]
Relating to sulkies Rule AHR. 170. (1) (a) 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. (b) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (a) hereof, when activating approved gear by foot, the driver’s foot shall not be moved in a downwards direction […]
You have never seen a more blatant case of foul driving in a big race than David Moran’s. He looked to his right. No-one there. Then he feels a horse to his left. It is Boncel Benjamin. Moran stares at him. Then he grabs the left rein tight and shifts his body weight and steers […]
This particular rule clearly contemplates and provides for alteration to the order of placings beyond the signalling of all clear. It firstly requires findings by the Stewards of a rule violation under Part 9 of the Rules against a driver before the disqualification or relegation powers can be triggered. Raceday protests as a matter of necessity […]
It was the right decision. Or was it? In the Stewards room Josh Gallagher accused David Moran of coming in on him deliberately. That’s an allegation of foul driving, which if true could put Moran out for six months. Jason Grimson doubled, tripled and quadrupled down. He repeatedly accused Moran of doing it on purpose, […]
