Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
When’s the last time you saw an unraced early season 2-year-old run home its last quarter in 26.2 seconds at its first ever race track trial, and in driving rain and all? Like never. Until Tuesday night when Emma Stewart’s Poster Boy colt The Highlight Reel did it. This youngster who is yet to debut […]
There is much speculation at the moment about which slot race owner/trainer Shannon Price will take Speak The Truth to, the Nullarbor in Perth or the Race by Grins. The hot mail out of Queensland is that it will be the Grins. If you can get a price about Price taking that option then back […]
Brisbane richlister Kevin Seymour didn’t think he’d ever get to a racetrack again after a heart attack, but has now picked up one of harness racing’s coveted crowns. There were times recently when property developer Kevin Seymour didn’t think he’d ever get to a racetrack again. After a heart attack the 83-year-old laid in hospital […]
The second race at Menangle on Saturday night just didn’t look right. In fact it looked like a Jack and Jill engineered fix. Jack is Trainor. He had two in the race, Braeview Kelly and his recent acquisition from across the ditch Manhattan. Trainor drove Braeview Kelly, and put his stable employee Jack Brown on […]
I mean no disrespect at all to the holder of the role Mr Graham Gorrie when I put my stake in the ground and say the position of the Harness Racing NSW Integrity Auditor is the most overpaid and most useless job in Australia. Do you know how much the Integrity Auditor has been paid […]
Ritchie Banks from Reefton – He doesn’t shovel shit They say that Australians will bet on two flies crawling up a wall. And the TAB let us wager on the Norwegian women’s handball. So why can’t we gamble responsibly on the NZ coal shoveling? Digging’s a quintessential Aussie pastime, even when its being done by […]
It’s Group 2 Ladyship Stakes night at Alexandra Park on Friday, and the 1st heat of the Group 1 Sires Stakes is also on the card. This should be a cracker of a night’s racing, and not that many years ago it would have been. But the Auckland Trotting Club has only managed to attract […]
This is the 3rd decade of the 21st century. Technology of every type is the most advanced that it has ever been. Artificial intelligence is beginning to eclipse the learning and knowledge of every single human being on earth. Cars, TV’s, fridges, ovens and a whole lot more day to day essentials are being assembled […]
Sharp ‘N’ Smart’s planned assault on the Sydney Autumn Carnival looks well and truly over after his horrendous 9.1 length defeat when finishing 2nd last in the Bonecrusher NZ Stakes at Ellerslie on Saturday. The reigning Kiwi Horse of the Year went terribly in the Group 1 won by El Vencedor. He was off the […]
Just two days after the super horse Leap To Fame was declared a certain starter in The Race by Grins he’s out. That leaves just 5 confirmed starters in the million dollar Kiwi slot race with 5 spots to fill and only 4 weeks to do it. The confirmed runners so far are: Merlin Sooner […]
