Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The knives are out for Leap To Fame after he drew the 2nd from the outside barrier in the Miracle Mile. Bookmakers have blown him from long odds on out to the incredible price of $3.00; so-called experts are declaring that he will find it near impossible to win; and even his trainer/driver Grant Dixon […]
Some cynics suggested that we were being harsh on jockey Dale Evans when we unloaded on him about his ride on Nic Some More at Mackay in December 2o23, and asserted that he rode the horse dead. That we were spot on was proven when the Stewards found him guilty of what we and later […]
In regard to your recent stories regarding injuries. We all know money is the root of all evil. Horses are disposable. I challenge you to find one Summit/Bain horse which has had a spell for any reason other than injury. This is a result of poor business practices in which the trainer only earns when […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/nsw/NRC08032410.mp4 Take a look at race 6 here last night at Newcastle. Jack Callaghan is driving the one on the inside Coral Stride, Bailey McDonough was steering the horse outside of it Celestial Gossip. Neither driver gave their horse any hope whatsoever of winning the race, or even running a place. This pair drove like […]
The mail out of Tabletop Mountain is that the racing licensee who is alleged to have stabbed a fellow participant in the back with a pair of scissors during a dispute at a property across the road from Clifford Park on Thursday and it is claimed threatened to slit her throat was arrested by police […]
The mail is that NSW trainer Clayton Harmey has thrown a positive swab to Levamisole that might see him punted from the game for a while. Word is that Kevin Pizzuto has been to Harmey’s training property today to collect his horses in anticipation of the trainer being given a spell, and that others may […]
Hot off the press is that mid-way through the QRIC review the Deputy Commissioner Natalie Connor has today resigned. More to follow as it comes to hand.
If Michael Dumesny is correct about Better Be The Best having suffered a potential career ending injury, then when and how did it happen? We have been told that the horse was displaying clear signs of lameness prior to running in the Chariots of Fire on the 2nd of March. But Dumseny’s tweet didn’t appear […]
Jockey Anthony Allen appeared before the Racing Appeals Panel yesterday to appeal an alleged matter relating to a penalty handed down against him for careless riding. The question is why? What suspension is he actually appealing? Under the laws governing racing appeals in QLD, those like careless riding that attract a penalty of a disqualification […]
