Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It’s easy to see why Gillon McLachlan chose the Tabcorp CEO role over the Chairman’s job at Racing Victoria. Just take a look at the basic terms of his contract. LENGTH OF CONTRACT Unlimited. Gil has scored a never-ending gobstopper of a contract, a job for life with no fixed term. This is highly unusual […]
In the quest to try and find a story during a drought we decided to take a look at the jockeys around the nation with the top metropolitan winning strike rates (10 wins or more). The search results threw up the usual suspects, with a couple of Territorians thrown in. Thanks to his 18 wins […]
I wonder if the crowds in the Caribbean acted like this back in the days when Scobie Breasley trained four Barbados Gold Cup winners? These maniacs wouldn’t have wanted a horse to run off to the outside on the turn would they? Bloody idiots.
So Nick Walsh scratched his horse Hell from the suspect race in Rockhampton in which one of his other runners Fine Shot was heavily backed because Hell hadn’t recovered from a virus that struck it down a month ago did he? The same illness that resulted in the so claimed elevated temperature that caused the […]
Two years ago we told you that the then 2-year-old Merlin was the best pacer in New Zealand. Want to See the Best Pacer Since Lazarus? We weren’t whistling Dixie were we? Here we are being provem right. Look out Mr Seymour AM and Larry in the NZ Cup. The Wizard’s going to take Australia’s […]
Published on Save Harness Racing in Tasmania I thought I’d prepare a guide for those intending to gain a Trainer’s Licence in the Harness Racing Industry in Tasmania as there are places available. You should be wary of any previous indiscretions you may have committed when a young adult, as those can come back to […]
Brittany Graham stepped up to the world stage on the weekend with her coverage of the North American Cup, and she did herself, her family and Queensland proud. I was going to sat what an honor it was for Britt to get North American harness racing’s biggest gig, but that would be painting it all […]
Cameron Fitzpatrick was a star of the NSW harness racing scene in the early part of the century who by the time he reached his mid-20’s had won a Metropolitan Drivers Premiership and been awarded the prestigious Harold Park Medal, and was considered one of the top ten horseman in the industry. What no-one knew […]
When is the last time you saw a horse on the flat win a race by as far as Uplift won the B.A.R.C. Cup at the Mudgee picnic meeting yesterday? That’s not a win, it’s an obliteration. They say that weight stops trains. I guess they’re right. It sure did stop the other two. An […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC14062416.mp4 A number of questions arise from Peter McMullen’s drive on Antetokounmpo in the race above, which was the 8th at Albion Park on Friday night. The first is why McMullen took the 3rd favorite out of the perfect 1-1 trail and put it 3-back on the fence in a pocket instead? It was a […]
