Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We are hearing disturbing rumors that a leading Brisbane rider has become a glass pipe jockey. That is, they have a problem with meth. An addiction being the problem. It’s a prick of a drug, the worst of the worst, one that can destroy you in just days or weeks. The rider in question has […]
The New Zealand harness racing awards this year were nothing but a joke. Leap To Fame won The Race and the NZ Free For All, and ran second in the NZ Trotting Cup. Kingman won the Cup, and the Christian Cullen too. Somehow Republican Party – who couldn’t beat either of them with start – […]
Have you ever noticed how many good horses trained by Luke McCarthy hang in? Kingman does it. Don Hugo does it. King Of Swing used to do it. Captain Bellasario did it last night. It’s weird. Leap To Fame runs as straight as a die. So does Merlin. Paleface used to too. But Luke’s horses […]
We warned you in our story yesterday that Don Hugo was a risk against Himynameisjeff at Menangle last night. It didn’t quite pan out exactly as we envisaged, thanks to the genius of the superstar junior driver Jye Coney, but the result certainly did. Apologies to his adoring owner Tony Licastro, who has reaped great […]
Are we in some parallel universe or something? How else do you explain yesterday’s Doomben Stewards Report? https://www.racingqueensland.com.au/racing/full-calendar/thoroughbred/meeting/doom/20260207/stewards-report The summary says that Jag Guthmann-Chester (JGC) was injured or ill after race 1, and required a medical certificate prior to resuming riding. But the report of the race mentions nothing at all about the injury/illness. Not […]
Brisbane jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor got into some sort of verbal fracas with fellow rider Jag Guthmann-Chester after race 3 at Doomben yesterday. We have no idea what is was about, because the Stewards Report doesn’t tell us (see story above). All that it is possible to glean is that KWT didn’t cop the blame. Then […]
While all the eyes of the harness racing world are quite rightly on the Kilmore Cup tonight, their is a very interesting battle going at Menangle, one which might tell us a bit more about next weekend’s Hunter Cup. I am talking Don Lou against Himynameisjeff. Jeff is an exceptionally good horse ran a huge […]
I was researching a story about the top class pacer Himinameisjeff last night, and I came across this claimer’s race from just over three years ago when he was trained by Russell Jack in which he ran tailed off stone motherless last. That of course raises questions about how Jason Grimson managed to get him […]
I could have sworn that trot trainer Clayton Harmey said he was quitting the game after he got done for a positive swab to Levamisole about 18 months back. In fact fact after he was DQ’s until August 2025 I am certain that he did. Harmey even went as far as selling all his sulkies […]
Cherries On Top was probably a false favorite at $2.25 to win race 6 at Albion Park yesterday. The filly was drawn well in 2 but is a slow beginner, and was up in class. But based on her two recent wins at Redcliffe punters had a right to believe that she would be driven […]
