Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Are we actually considering a track with a chute? pic.twitter.com/ERMy0K4FW9 — Matthew Elkins (@Mattelkins142) July 11, 2023 It is a fair question that Matt Elkins asks. We will put it to the new RQ CEO tomorrow and see what he says. Watch this space.
Dear Minister Grace I write with urgency regarding the Queensland Harness Training Centre. I was elated when I first read of Queensland’s plans for the QHTC but overnight that elation has turned to devastation with the release of the indicative master plan which revealed the location. The centre is being built in the most unsuitable […]
This is the training facility of leading US trot trainer Nancy Takter. How bloody good is it? You’d cut off your left leg to have one like it. Winners win. It’s because they spend the money on places like this to make sure they do. Wow. This joint of Nancy’s is sensational.
Simple answer? It can’t be. But the Bathurst stewards last night in race 2 declared that it was. In what world? This was a disgrace. Both participants and punters have been robbed. But who cares about us? No-one it seems. Certainly not the stipes, that’s for sure. https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/nsw/BHC12072304.mp4
