Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The QLD Government has announced the sites new and old Olympic stadiums and fields, and the plans don’t include Albion Park. There goes the relocation to a new complex constructed at State Government expense with the compensation money for the resumption of the Creek track and land. Where to now then? Racing Queensland paid $7.8 […]
The Queensland Harness Centre at Norwell will become the new home for harness racing in the Sunshine State and will provide a world class facility that is designed with animal and human welfare as its highest priority. The Queensland Harness Centre at Norwell will feature a 1000-metre racetrack, with optionality to explore how a 1100m track […]
The field for the million dollar Kiwi harness slot race the Race by Betcha is starting to take shape, with six of the ten slots filled and some agonizing decisions to be made by each of the owners of the other three slots, excluding Kevin Seymour whose slot be taken by his superstar Leap To […]
Will a 25% tariff be imposed on our standardbred exports to the USA when Trump rules that the HRA stallion levy is an “unfair tax” on American imports?? Some people might think that’s a good thing…… Belle From Burnie Editor’s Note The people who hate the stallion tax so much are the importers of chilled […]
Another excellent article courtesy of our friend the award-winning former Fairfax racing editor John Lingard at letsgoghorseracing.com.au THEY might have been slow out of the barriers but the new LNP Government and its Racing Minister Tim Mander now have a desperately-needed agenda designed to resurrect the integrity image of the three codes in Queensland after […]
It was 59 years ago that an ageing Cardigan Bay traveled to the US and took on the young superstar Bret Hanover, then regarded as the greatest pacer in the world. That view was reassessed after Cardy took him to town. Can you believe that the Auckland Trotting Club desecrated his grave to make room […]
The decision of the NSW Harness Racing Appeals Panel to warn Ben Smith off without giving him a Parker Warning beforehand that his sentence might be increased has been published. You can find it at the link below. Click to access ben%20sarina%20ap%20decision%20170325.pdf
Rumors are sweeping the track that a former police officer turned crown witness in a murder case known as the Nazi Hunter has been headhunted to join the Gallagher trot punting gang, and that a secret meeting will be this week at the Redcliffe Trots for the purpose. The Nazi Hunter, a once warned off […]
The Ontario horse racing industry is warning it could be a major casualty in the trade war between the United States and Canada, and the fear is particularly palpable among horse breeders already struggling with rising costs due to inflation. Arika Everatt-Meeuse, the second-generation owner of her family’s Shannondoe Farm Thoroughbred breeding operation near St. […]
An 80-year-old Grafton trainer suffering from Alzheimer’s disease has been suspended for three months after being found guilty of sexually harassing a former stable employee who is now working as a Clerk of the Course. Trainer James Leslie Jarvis was ruled by the NSW Racing Appeals Tribunal to have subjected Northern Rivers Racing Association (NRRA) […]
