Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Reigning Chariots of Fire champion Frankie Ferocious resumed from a spell on the 25tf of January, in his first start back for original trainer Ben Crosby after leaving the Jason Grimson barn. Frankie went like a busted banana, looking like a mere shadow of his former self when sitting 1-1 in the run then collapsing […]
Is Sariah Champkin blind or deaf or something? How could she not not be aware that she had lost touch with the body of the field, when she was 4-5 lengths behind the second last horse for at least 600 metres? Is Champkin pulling our chains? Or is she really that limited as a professional […]
Here’s Tabcorp Chief Executive Gillon McLachlan at today’s Hobart Cup. It’s nice of him to give the opposition a free kick. The Lads say good on you Gil.
Danny Russell and Sarah Danckert The Age. February 7, 2025 Trainers John Symons and Sheila Laxon have denied owing more than half a million dollars to a collapsed company at the centre of their Melbourne Cup prizemoney dispute. The trainers say they are, in fact, owed $26,000 in outstanding fees by Esprit Racing, the company they worked […]
Driver Derek Balle failed to give a sample when directed to at Alexandra Park last night too. He hasn’t been stood down, but an inquiry into the matter has been opened and adjourned. Derek Balle is Zev Meredith’s father-in-law. You remember Zev. He’s the driver who said he couldn’t come to the track after he […]
Driver Zev Meredith has a bit of history when it comes to failing drug tests. In 2021 he was suspended for 4 weeks (with 2 weeks suspended) after cannabis was detected in a sample he provided to Stewards. Meredith again failed a drug test in 2023 – cannabis again – and was this time suspended […]
Race 6 at Port Pirie yesterday was a recipe for trouble. It proved to be exactly that too. Trainer Reece Moore had four runners in the race. One of them was the odds on $1.60 favorite, driven by Moore himself. Another was the 2nd favorite Love To Deal, drawn gate 4 and driven by Wayne […]
This is the full photo that we extracted in our previous story. It appears in the latest edition of the excellent New Zealand publication Harness Xpress. You can see the footrest clearly, and see that the driver’s foot isn’t in it. Cam Hart has broken the rules. Swayzee should be disqualified from his win in […]
AUSTRALIAN HARNESS RULE 170 (1) A driver shall:- (a) throughout the course of a race, drive with both feet in the rests of the sulky, unless he is activating approved gear. (4) A driver shall not:- (a) Attempt to or allow his foot or leg to come into contact with the hind legs of the horse he is driving; (b) Attempt to or allow his foot or leg to be placed in the immediate vicinity of the hind legs of the horse he is driving. (5) A driver who fails to comply with any provision of this […]
News was confirmed this week that the small but passionate racing industry in Tahiti is to resume importing from New Zealand later this year. The South Pacific archipelago relies on Kiwi horses to fill its mainly harness fields due to there being no stallion in the region nor a vet qualified in artificial insemination. On […]
