Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Almost 10 years after the Cramp race fix occurred the great unsolved question about the whole thing remains exactly that, unsolved. How did Gary Hall Jr get out of the whole thing unscathed? There has never been any suggestion that Hall was involved in the fix – he couldn’t have been, because he was on […]
NZ trot driver John Dunn is having a horrible run of outs, with it being 45 starts ago that he last steered home a winner. His wife and his father’s training partnership is going even worse. It’s been 64 starts since the premiership table toppers last greeted the judge. What the hell is going on […]
I was laying in bed last night dreaming about the ideal field of Australasia’s best pacers that I would love to see race in next year’s Miracle Mile, as you do. Here it is. See what you think. Leap To Fame Australia’s best pacer. Triple Derby champion and six time Group 1 winner, would be […]
This is an oblique message to a person who is stalking me. Mate I think your back story is a crock, and reckon you are unhinged. Don’t worry though, you are not alone cowboy. Giddy up.
Today’s TAB race meeting at Mt Isa has to be in danger, with temperatures in the town predicted to soar to a fry eggs on the driveway 41 degrees in the middle of the day. Racing QLD regard 38 degrees as extreme temperature, and its heat policy decrees that consideration of abandoning or modifying a […]
Graham Rogerson has had a spate of bad luck with his gallopers recently, the most notable disappointment being the scratching of his NZ Horse of the Year Sharp ‘N’ Smart from his engagements in Melbourne during the Spring, but he’s certainly making up for the bad run by having a great one at the trots, […]
Catch Me Out had raced twice before yesterday. Those runs were in Maidens at Scone and Hawkesbury. It ran last and was beaten almost 14 lengths at Scone, and finished 2nd last beaten nearly 13 lengths at the Hawkes. Those runs followed on from 2 trials at Newcastle where it had run last 12.44 lengths […]
$320 000 – Erupt Stride 9 starts for 5 wins and 3 placings, all at the provincial tracks in Victoria. Never raced in town, and not seen since October last year. Total earnings $48 866, a miserable return on his purchase price. $310 000 – Chicago Bear 6 trails for no wins. Never seen on […]
A great article about the future of the trots in the North Island Capital, by Dr Barry Lichter The Auckland Trotting Club is still committed to setting up a new training centre despite revealing it’s likely to have only $15 million left after the sale of Franklin Park. The club’s annual report shows its debt […]
Question time in WA Parliament, 1988 Australian Drivers Championship Who decided to give Tassie the hosting rights for the Australian Drivers Championship ? Wasn’t that Harness Racing Australia? Isn’t their decision an endorsement of TasRacings management of harness racing in the state? Or should that be mismanagement? I guess it’s no surprise given that the […]
