90 Years Later and Here We Are – Wow!
Dazzle and Darby Munro winning at Menangle in 1934. This is the same site used now for harness racing. https://twitter.com/Bcollsyd/status/1678926984477544448/photo/1
Letting Off Steam – Or Why Only Finns and Victorians Love Sweating
‘Naked truth’: inside Finland’s sauna culture In the sauna there are no classes, professions and no signs of wealth. These levelling instincts are embedded in the very character of Finland. By LUKE SLATTERY A Finnish sauna cabin. On my first night in Helsinki I went looking for the secret to the Finnish character and found it in […]
Is James Cummings Parting Ways With Godolphin? – Has Tony Gollan Rejected an Offer to Replace Him? – What Will Eddie Do?
This is hot off the press from Lucky Lingard’s ever excellent letsgohorseracing.com.au website. Is it true? We don’t know. But we have been hearing rumors about a split in the Godolphin camp for some time, so part 1 at least seems likely. We prefer not to write about Tony Gollan at all because we don’t […]
The Crucifixion of Sharon Cimarosti – And Why She Will Rise Again
Some months ago we wrote extensively about what we, then and now, considered to be the unlawful and utterly unjust removal of Director Sharon Cimarosti (pictured above) from the board of Harness Racing South Australia (HRSA). At the time we described it as a travesty, and warned that it would not end there. We were […]
The Attempted Break and Enter Merchant and the Vanishing Phone
If anyone is trying to contact us, please be assured that we are not avoiding your calls or deliberately failing to return them. Sadly, as seems to happen to the author at least half a dozen times a year, our phone has been lost/misplaced/disappeared/vanished during a hurried return to home base made in the wake […]
The Original Peter Profit
Who is the Best? – Keith From QLD Chimes In
I wasn’t going to weigh in but I’m bored with all the hype and tripe written and about to be written and read. Archie raved about Leap to Fame, he’ll tell ya he has too but when or if Merlin ever came to Bris Vegas he’d have a freaking heart attack and would probably miss […]
Maybe Jill Grimson is Right After All – It’s All in the Feed
To the editor: I feel compelled to comment on the observations John Ed Anthony of Shortleaf Stables Inc. published in the Paulick Report June 22. My own time frame of observing modern U.S. Thoroughbred racing parallels that of Mr. Anthony and my view from the “backstretch” as an equine veterinarian has fueled a career fascination on the […]
Message to a Headless Grub
A wee little message to the home invading grubs who tried to break into our unit on Tuesday night while I was away and Maggie was home alone. Try it again. I dare you.
You Sure Did Line Me Up Alright Bro
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/nsw/BHC12072313.mp4 The favorite in the 7th race at Bathurst last night was a horse named Line Me Up Bro. It’s driver Nathan Turnbull sure did line punters up bro. He drove it as dead as a doornail. Just watch the replay and you will see exactly what we mean. The Stewards have instituted an inquiry […]