Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Harness Racing NSW Stewards have finalised an Inquiry into an incident in the race day stalls following the running of Race 6 at the Tamworth Harness Racing Club meeting on Thursday 2 November 2023. Evidence was taken from HRNSW Steward Daniel Westwood, licensed Trainer / Driver Tom Ison, licensed Trainer / Driver Darren Elder, licensed […]
What the hell sort of Stewarding is this? Warwick Satherley, the jockey of the horse in red that races around to the lead, clearly came cutting across to the fence when their wasn’t room to do so. By doing this he chopped the rider of the horse in front in half and caused him to […]
The weather on Saturday in Julia Creek is going to be extreme, with temperatures forecast to rise to 42% throughout the day, yet despite it’s long established heat policy Racing Queensland plans to push ahead with its scheduled 5 race meeting in the town, with the only concession made being that the card will be […]
There are just 5 races programmed for Toowoomba on Saturday night, with the meeting running for just under 3 hours. Surely there is ample time to run another race if one is required, and one certainly is, for the Maiden has 19 acceptances in a maximum capacity field size of only 11, leaving 8 want […]
We hate to say we told you so …. but we told you so. You always hear it here first. Punters are waiting for answers after they were allegedly unable to make withdrawals by bookmaker Bet Deck, only for the site to go “under maintenance” during the middle of the Melbourne Cup carnival. Some punters […]
New Zealand’s biggest trot owner Steve Stockman of Stonewall Stud (pictured at top) is rumoured to be more than somewhat upset about the ‘he’s grown a leg’ performance of Cya Art to run a close 2nd to the champion Don’t Stop Dreaming in the Group 3 Junior FFA on Cup Day at Addington. Stockman – […]
Driver James Locke is on the inside here. Driver Taylah Osmond is on his outside. Locke knows that she is there, because before the tape started rolling he looked across and saw her. It is not so easy from this angle to see what happens next, but it did happen. For reasons known only to […]
Take a look at the interference in the straight to Drialle, the heavily backed $1.70 favourite in the cream and green that is 3 back the fence as they round the turn. Drialle’s rider Martin Harley had every right to shoot the gap down the stretch between the leader on the rail and the horse […]
In one of the most bizarre appointments in harness racing history, the convicted drug cheat Neville Webberley has landed a job with TasRacing as instructor to Harness Academy and Mini Trots drivers. How could this happen? In a widely publicised case in 2012 Webberley was outed for 4 years (later reduced to 3) for administering […]
Which leading NSW trainer named Luke is planning to pull up stumps and relocate to join his brothers in the US after next year’s Miracle Mile carnival? Who is the one time QLD junior driver he is said to be taking over to America with him? What NZ trainer/driver whose favourite got beaten on Cup […]
