Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I dunno what Sailesh Abernethy is on about, but I do reckon Brad Reid might have understated things a bit. Natalie Rasmussen is not just the best ever female to sit in a sulky cart world-wide, she is the best driver in the world full stop. And also probably the best trainer, even though Mark […]
“Anything that gets a soft run in front like that is hard to beat. You can’t grow wings and fly.” Blair Orange, driver of Copy That, after his defeat at the hands of Self Assured last night. Gee Blair you should have been a brain surgeon. Or had yours operated on. Archie Butterfly, commenting on […]
The Federal Government is today to announce that it will be introducing laws to ban punters from betting with corporate bookies using their credit cards. From the moment the law comes in – if it passed through Parliament – it will be cash or nothing. It is going to cost the bookies a fortune, and […]
The whole of New Zealand and half the harness racing world are going mad at the moment about an unbeaten 3YO called Ohoka Connor. Well respected Kiwi trot writer Garrick Knight reckons he looks potentially like he could be the best horse in the country in 12 months’ time. Others share his view. Not me. […]
One of the hot rumours around the traps recently has been that superstar pacer-cum-sire Lazarus was once again mired by his well-documented fertility issues this past season. After getting just 18 foals from 76 mares served in his first season at stud and none from eight the next year, his career as a stallion was […]
“If a solicitor breaks a promise, what confidence can the Court, the rest of the profession and the public at large have in the probity of the person as a legal practitioner?” His Honour Justice Martin Daubney Undertakings by practitioners are of the utmost importance. In Legal Services Commissioner v Wrightway Legal [2015] QCAT 174 […]
Julia Creek based trainer Tanya Parry is lauded by Racing Queensland as the savior of racing in the far north-west of the State. She probably is too. But if Parry is, then I don’t reckon racing up there is worth saving. I went back a year to see where Tanya Parry’s horses that raced on […]
Whatever happened to the Stewards inquiry into the ‘Honest Rob’ Walters race fix at Shepparton on the 17th of July 2018? The one in which he ran a busted arse pacer called Kash through sectionals that it couldn’t possibly run and win for the first 3 quarters, to set the race up for his other […]
Stewards inquired into the actions of driver Robert Walters (Southern Gnp NZ ) rounding the home turn near the 300m and then again early in the home straight. After taking evidence from drivers Ross Graham (Self Exclusion) and Mr Walters, acting on their own observations and after viewing the official race replays Stewards charged Mr […]
We in the racing industry may often disagree with each other on issues, and we usually do, and aren’t afraid to say it. But there is more that unites us in the sport than divides us, and in this time of utter tragedy the racing fraternity has joined together as one and proven it to […]
