Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The cuts to prizemoney in Victoria may be assisting HRV to gets it’s crazy finances back under control, but it’s a short term fix that is certain to have unwanted consequences, or side effects if you prefer. Not that very long ago Victoria had the best metropolitan prizemoney in the country. Look at it today. […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC14032504.mp4 Take a look at the drive of John Stariha on Magicool here in the 3rd race at Albion Park on Friday night. Stariha is in the purple and green striped silks with purple sleeves and white cap, drawn out in barrier 7. You don’t expect every driver to be Dexter Dunn or Luke McCarthy, […]
I must be having a bad hair day, because I can’t work this one out either. According to the Harness Racing Australia records, based on information provided by Harness Racing NSW, top driver Cameron Hart has been suspended for one day, which was yesterday the 16th of March. What exactly Hart was suspended for is […]
Now call me stupid because many have, but I just don’t understand the Steward’s logic in imposing two suspensions on a jockey and then allowing them to serve both sets of time concurrently, meaning at the same time. The penalties handed down to rider Kyle Wilson-Taylor on the weekend provide the perfect example. KWT was […]
The official Stewards race day report has apprentice Jaimie-Lee replaced on her mounts in races 3 and 5 at Bundaberg yesterday because she was too heavy to be able to claim any of her 3 kilogram allowance. Given that the kid hasn’t been able to ride under 55kg all year its no surprise that she […]
The Jason Warren trained Grand Pierro had traveled down from Mornington to race in the Adelaide Cup. Four days before the Cup, on the Thursday, the Stewards took out of competition samples from the horse. On Cup Day on the Monday it was inspected by Stewards in the morning. No marks, scratches, puncture wounds or […]
I must admit to being initially sceptical about Harness Racing NSW’s decision to throw a potential million dollars in bonus money at the Carnival of Cups, wondering if the million have been better spent on integrity or grassroots prizemoney. They are both pretty well looked after in NSW though, and the Carnival of Cups promotion […]
Wow! What else can you say about Swayzee’s sensational win last night in the Renshaw Cup at Penrith to collect a half-million dollar bonus prize. Cameron Hart made sure that David Moran on Captain Hammerhead wasn’t going to pull his pants down twice like he did in the Albury Cup, by pulling his down first. […]
You can almost set your watch by the TAB’s triannual carnival time fail. It seems to happen multiple times a year, usually around the peak of the summer and winter carnivals. Yesterday it happened again, this time fortunately not on Melbourne Cup or Golden Slipper Day. Still betting was blacked out for hours, and punters […]
Regular readers will remember the stoush between jockeys Tyler Leslight and Wanderson D’Avila at Cluden Park about 9 months ago that resulted in Leslight copping a 4 week suspension (later reduced to $1000 fine on appeal) for calling D’Avila a black cunt during a heated argument between the pair. Leslight took remedial steps by completing […]
