Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The mail out of Menangle is that the Jason Grimson – Jack Callaghan trainer-driver partnership is over, and that Happy Jack will within the coming weeks be heading over to the United States to live and work for a while. How he was able to obtain a green card so quickly (if he has) suggests […]
I was going to write this as a story about what a great and safe racetrack the Q1 Lakeside was compared to its trouble plagued sister circuit the Q2 Parkside; but before I did I decided to check to see if my observational analysis was right. Sadly it wasn’t. Yet another dog died at the […]
Trainer Trevor Rowe was questioned by Stewards about his decision to scratch Major Artie from race 3 at Cairns on Thursday. Rowe told them that upon reflection he decided that running the horse over 2100m with 61kg on its back might not be a good idea, and that he would look to find a race […]
Ringworm is a highly contagious fungal condition that it passed by horses through direct contact, such as running side by side in a race. Horse with ringworm need to be isolated while they are treated for the condition, so they don’t infect other healthy horses and cause it to spread. The primary visible symptom of […]
French Bubble in the last race had broken up in five of its six career starts. At the last two of them it went 0ff short-priced at $3.60 and $2.00. It was beaten in both. Last night French Bubbles started the 10/9 ($2.10) favorite. One guess what it did? Galloped. It ran last. Horses are […]
We warned you three months ago that just like the Ballarat miners of old, standardbred breeders were rising up in unity against the levies imposed by Harness Racing Australia purportedly to fund the Eureka, and the modern stockade of horseman would see the end of the race after this year. The divisions over the issue […]
South Australian harness racing trainer Luke O’Neill will remain in custody until at least Thursday after being arrested in Mildura yesterday on serious drug charges. O’Neill, who is currently 3rd in the SA trainers premiership, was driving a horse transport vehicle when he intercepted by Victorian police, who allegedly found a commercial quantity of cannabis […]
The naked tipster Dr Georgia Whiting is back. Last weekend she tipped us another 5 winners, including her special Shining Smile. That made it 6 winning weekends in a row and five of her past six specials saluting the judge. The Doc is confident she can do it again after spending all week naked doping […]
General – Following the completion of Race 6 and prior to the declaration of All Clear, Stewards ordered the announcement of ‘Hold All Tickets’ to allow an investigation to be completed into the participation of CARRERA SUNSET NZ and BELLA DANZA. Following investigation which confirmed the identity of both horses and taking evidence from Drivers Mat […]
The mix-up in drivers for the Grimson horses in race 6 at Menangle last weekend raises an interesting question. What rule exactly did the stable representative and drivers breach? Julie Henman, Blake Jones and Matt Rue were charged with, and pleaded guilty to, a breach 0f rule 239A, which reads that: A person whose conduct […]
