Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Some people say that you should only back SA trot trainer ‘Super Mario’ Borg’s horses when they are in the first few races on the card. I know not why they say such things, but I disagree. So too do the stable punters who piled into Tuff Tiger in the last race at Globe Derby […]
There were 3 Stewards rostered on at Saturday’s race meeting in Clermont. Two of them came in one car from Rockhampton 370km away. The other came in a separate from Longreach, a 427km one-way drive. All 3 stewards stayed overnight and got accommodation, meals and a travel allowance. Each of them were paid Sunday overtime […]
The website of small player in the corporate bookmaking market BudgetBet, owned by WA bookie Kevin Wear, has been down for days leaving account holders unable to place bets or to withdraw their funds. Budgetbet is claiming publicly that the site is down for maintenance, and is privately telling the few customers who have been […]
They say that Ben Hope was higher than Swayzee at the Racecourse Hotel on Saturday night. You have to wonder if he was in the same state of mind when he decided to park Just Believe outside him on Muscle Mountain in the NZ FFA Trot instead of taking the sit on the Aussie’s back. […]
Anything HRV can do, Harness Racing NSW can do better. Or worse, depending on which lens you are looking at the Menangle pre-race swab (PRS) regime from. Only 1 of the favorites on the 8 race card in Sydney was PRS. That Seaton Grima trained runner was also the only 1 of the 4 odds-on […]
Every race on Breeders Crown Finals night at Melton on Saturday was a Group 2 carrying prizemoney of between $50 000 – $100 000. You would expect HRV’s swabbing regime employed on such a program to be at least the same level of class, of preferably for it to be Group 1 standard. Instead it […]
This is an excerpt from the yet to be publicly released Auckland Trotting Club (ATC) 2024/25 Annual Report. It is the corollary to the Auditor’s Opinion. The ATC is in a world of self-made pain. Harness racing’s future in the North Island is under major threat, if it has one at all. Soon the banks […]
Make what you will of Nash Rawiller’s ride on How Dare You in the 5th race at Canterbury last night. We’ve made ours and the Stewards have made theirs, and our opinions don’t align. This thing looked as dead as a maggot to us. The stipes don’t agree. What’s your view? RACE 5: Piccolo Me […]
Ten minutes after hello horsey turned and smiled at the camera and cost itself the win at Mildura, it happens again on the other side of the ditch in Addington. Miki Bennett didn’t turn do it by mugging for the camera. He chose the old fashioned way method of galloping when he was home to […]
I’ve seen some tough beats in my time, but this one is right up there with them. Allsop in the red was the $2.30 favorite to win the 2nd today at Mildura. He looked home too. But its never over until the big girls sings. And this happened before she could. It looks even […]
