Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Des Nolan (2nd from right) is a farrier who runs a family owned horse products supply business in South Australia. He is also father of a young daughter, and reportedly a devout family man who ferries his daughter to and from school, music lessons, sports training and games, and play dates. A normal person would […]
We are going to write at length about Harness Racing Australia’s new ‘Advance Australia’ concept paper released today, and examine the issue from both the for and against sides. Just for now though we want to alert you to the politics of the issue. Harness Racing Australia is governed by votes, as detailed in the […]
The Harness Racing Australia board (known under the articles of association as the ‘Council’) has 12 members. Six are the harness racing Controlling Bodies (Principal Racing Associations, or ‘PRA’s) from each State, who get two votes as follows: Harness Racing NSW (HRNSW)- 2 Harness Racing VIC (HRV) – 2 Racing QLD (RQ) – 1 Qld […]
Ray Green has just given an interview after the NZ Cup and declared Copy That as the best horse he has ever trained, better even than King of Swing. That’s some wrap by a man who would know. What a shame that thanks to the Leyland Brothers style programming he’s not coming to the Inter […]
Copy That had to beat COVID-19, the North Island hoodoo, a stunning team drive by Nat and Mark, and the 2nd best horse in Australasia to win the NZ Trotting Cup today. And he did it! Congratulations to Merv Butterworth and his wife Meg. Merv has been telling me for more than a year now […]
What you see in the picture is race 8 at Te Aroho (which by the way means Love) in New Zealand. There are eight starters in the race, and Atomic is one of them. Atomic runs third. Neds and Ladbrokes pay a place dividend for him, so do the TAB. So does everyone actually, except […]
What’s going on over there in New Zealand on Cup Day is just so ridiculous that it makes a mockery of the game. Mark Purdon has driven the winners of five of the seven races so far. The last two were legless at their last starts, absolutely legless. 18 days ago All About Faith ran […]
Race 5 no 3 – Shan Noble (Each Way) On paper this looks to be Krug’s race for the taking, and it probably is too, but I just haven’t felt the vibe from his two runs since coming back from Brisbane. As such I am prepared to bet against him, but only on an each way […]
We went crap at the gallops on the weekend. Four tips for only one third place, but because we bet strictly win only that is a straight loss of 4 units. Running Total Invest – 31 Return – 43 Profit/Loss – Profit 12 ROI – 38.7% Now to the trots. We had 12 bets (3 […]
The Breeders Crown is a very interesting race series that tends to showcase the best 2 and 3-year-old’s in Australia, and sometimes New Zealand too, but it is hardly the great advertisement for yearling sales that it should be. 3 of the 6 winners of the three-year-old heats were bred by their owners, and never […]
