Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
So it is a public holiday in Queensland tomorrow. Sydney and Melbourne don’t have one, because they observe ANZAC properly and don’t trivialise it by turning it into an excuse for a day off work. The national gambling market is therefore wide open for Queensland, so the obvious thing to do is to put on […]
Okay, here it is. I am a racing fan. My wife and kids owns gallopers, pacers and dogs. We are not babes in the woods, and we understand the go. But shooting horses in the head with a .22 and then cutting them up with a chainsaw is too far beyond the pale for us […]
Ben Yole trained 25 of the 58 starters in seven races at Devonport tonight. In one race he trained 8 of the 10, in another he had 3 of the 6, in yet others Yole trained 3 of the 7 and 4 of the 10. Know how many winners he got? Zero. He is a […]
Which member of a well known harness racing family is said to have thrown a personal positive swab to a Class A drug that once one all the vogue in the 1970’s and 80’s? Has yet another leading trainer had a horse throw a positive swab? Is there any truth to the rumour that Killer […]
We all know about Wild Will Hulbert’s off his head rant about Andrew Mallyon’s ride on his horse Criminal Defence at Caloundra five starts back at Caloundra. I wonder if after Criminal Defence’s win in the Group 3 Rough Habit Plate over 2020m at Doomben yesterday Wild Will might now admit that his criticism of […]
The touts are spruiking tonight’s Paul Gallen v Lucas Browne fight as a ripper, an absolute Battle of the Titans in which a young 39-year-old former footy player turned boxer on the rise takes on a still brilliant 42-year-old former Heavyweight Champion of the World. It’s a nice story. Most fairy tales are. Here is […]
The entire harness racing Stewards panel in South Australia should be sacked and replaced tomorrow. These so-called integrity officials lack the competence, confidence and courage to perform their jobs to the requisite standard required to maintain public confidence in the sport, and their ongoing control of the regulatory functions continue to drag it into the […]
Regular readers of this site will be most familiar with Hollywood Rooki, the one time legless walker that the World’s Greatest Trainer (South of the Tweed division) Jason Grimson transformed into a two time 1.54.6 winner at Goulburn who has won 9 from 15 since joining his barn last year, and put together a winning […]
Regular readers of this site well know the story of the warhorse Masterati, the most over-raced galloper in Australia. (Those who don’t can click here to catch up on our stories about the horse who’s been flogged to death). Last Saturday we tipped you into Masterati at his NT debut over 1100 metres in Alice […]
HRA maintains a robust traceability database which was referenced in a submission from the Australian Veterinary Association Ltd to the Martin Inquiry which quotes, “EVA does concede that Harness Racing Australia has taken serious action on this issue in the last 18 months by making owners update activity status of Standardbred racehorses in ‘real time.’” […]
