Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
One of the most successful owners in harness racing history Ian Dobson has passed away at the grand old age of 90. Mr Dobson, a self-made man who started with nothing and through a combination of early frugality, brains and hard work went on to become quite a wealthy man, owned a remarkable 31 Group […]
Woodend Beach driver John ‘Lurch’ Dunn threw a sickie again today at Addington, once more leaving the owners, trainers, race officials and punters who rely on him well and truly in the lurch, if you pardon the pun. That’s about the 4th time in the past 18 months, which would be a case of invoking […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC14102312.mp4 Thee were only two horses under $10 in the betting in race 3 at Albion Park last night. One of them was the odds on favourite Despondent, which went to the lead off the gate. The other was Stormtide, who settled in the 1-1 early, before its driver Nathan Dawson made the seemingly insane […]
Two of the three TAB race cards in New Zealand in the past two days have kicked off on Good 4 tracks then been abandoned mid-meeting, one in Rotorua in the north island and other down in the south at Ashburton. In neither case was there any significant rainfall that would cause this to occur, […]
The federal government has been urged to trigger its powers under national laws to push state governments to dramatically reduce feral horses in Australia’s high country, in a split Senate report endorsed by Labor senators. The majority of the Senate environment committee also called for the Albanese government to boost state funding for the management […]
The Kiwi stewards and integrity board are far more strict on the application of the whip rule than their cousins over the ditch here in Australia. That was proven again on Friday night at Addington when Mark Purdon copped an 8 meeting suspension for using the whip on his pacer Chase A Dream with more […]
Yesterday we published our doubts about Jaden Lloyd’s ride on Mission To Love in the 6th at Eagle Farm yesterday. Are We Being Handled Here? We’ve now got a video of the horse’s legs after the race that may explain the ride and the run. Sort of anyway. We accept that what you see is […]
I reckon QLD trainer Cory Geran and his stablemate Cameron Creevey must have been kissed by a fairy. Either that or the QRIC Stewards are very lax. How else can you explain the pair being caught drinking grog in the race day tie up stalls during a meeting and escaping with just a simple reminder […]
The Group 2 James Brennan Memorial for open class pacers at Gloucester Park on Friday night attracted a full field of 12, making it the first FFA race with more than half a dozen runners for months. Before you get too excited about the sudden upsurge in interest in racing at the top level in […]
On a day of all round excitement and intrigue yesterday at Randwick, one of the most interesting things to see was the appearance of the recently retired former Hong Kong chief steward Kim Kelly on the panel for the day headed by his former deputy Steve Railton. The vastly experienced and hugely respected Kelly, who […]
