Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The NSW Stewards would have to be kidding wouldn’t they? Blaike McDougall sat up on the leader Demi God ib the last at Albury and almost cost it and the punters who backed it the race. In another stride it would have lost. The rules say that a jockey must ride their mount out to […]
What on earth type of drive was this by Grant Dixon on the favorite Aladdin Sane in the 2nd race at Albion Park on Tuesday afternoon? Dixon had the 1-1, a position from where Aladdin would have won the race. But instead of staying in the plum position he took the $3.20 favorite to four […]
I was researching a story this evening about why the newly appointed Alexandra Park CEO Brad Steele was at the Creek today instead of in Auckland, when by chance I decided to take a look at the current Albion Park Harness Racing Club Directors, and lo and behold I came across this. My old mate […]
Forty years does a lot of damage to a man. Especially one who has smoked 40 darbs and drunk a bottle of spirits every day for 40 years, not to mention the illicit drug use and the stress of the 7 day a week punt. It could be worse I guess. I might be married […]
Watch Blaike McDougall sit up well before the post on the leader in the last at Albury today. It was home to the world, until McDougall stopped riding. His mount still won, but by the skin of it’s teeth. His actions – or inactions, which is a better description – very nearly got the horse […]
Questions are being asked about a young QLD Steward’s interactions and friendships with a number of licensees, including some whose phones have been seized by the stipes colleagues in what appears to be an investigation into the activities of former trainer turned racing manager Ben Currie. We make no indictment of either Currie or the […]
Richmond is a rural town in north-west QLD, not that far from Mt Isa. The race club out there put on a five race meeting on the weekend. Jockeys who rode at it earned $1250 in fees, plus the chance of up to $1700 in commission on prizemoney won, which is not a bad earn […]
Don Hugo has won the Eureka, the Miracle Mile, the Blacks A Fake and the Inter Dominion. If Leap To Fame and Swayzee weren’t around he’d be declared a champion, and quite rightly so because he almost is, and in any other generation would be. Bay Of Biscay is better than somewhat too. He ran […]
The most curious racing case of the year was heard yesterday in the Supreme Court. QRIC took the the QCAT to the court to appeal the tribunal’s decision to overturn their (QRIC’s) determination to deny trot driver Greg Bennett back into the game after 15 years in the wilderness by granting him a license. QRIC […]
After 15 years in harness racing’s wilderness, former champion NSW reinsman Greg Bennett’s long march to freedom is over after the QLD Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) this week declared Bennett to be a fit and proper person to hold a Class A Driver’s License. In 2011 was stood down from the sport and later […]
