Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Weddings are supposed to be joyful, happy things. Or at least that’s what Robbie Close and his lovely now wife Brooke thought when they tied the knot in Rangiora on Thursday. They didn’t count on the Canary and the Coke. It seems that our man Andrew Fitzgerald did as did drug dealers do and brought […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APM23072202.mp4 Merlin is an early season 3YO colt. He raced in a heat of the Sires Stakes at Cambridge on Thursday night. The distance was 1700m. Merlin won the race from the front. He ran his last half in 55.5 seconds and his last quarter in 27.1. Copy That and Self Assured are champions. Between […]
It’s my wife Maggie’s birthday. She turns 5o today. Still looks as beautiful as the day I met her almost 3 decades ago, and twice as gorgeous again. Happy Birthday sweetheart. May medical science advance so quickly that we share 50 more. Every day is a joy when you are in it baby. Love ya […]
Daniel Crimmins is the last of the great stand up and clap bookies. The world may have shifted around him, but D. Crimmins ain’t shifting for it, or for anything else. City rings may have dwindled away to nothing, but there are still non-TAB meet mountains to be conquered, and our hero is gunna climb […]
Cato and Clive Partners are a Tory PR firm run by a pair of former Liberal Party staffers. The firm caters to top end of town clients, but we don’t know what they do because Cato and Clive won’t tell us. It is to maintain the confidentiality of the firm’s clients they say. Yeah right. […]
This is a true story. A mate of mine was over in Nelson, New Zealand the other week, which is a really strong harness racing town, and being the evening of some pretty good trot races he and his missus decided to head to a well-known racing pub to have some dinner, a couple of […]
Mark Purdon, speaking to the NZ Herald on 13 February about the future of the All Stars Stable Well this doesn’t appear to have happened does it? As of today, the 9th of April – Happy 50th birthday Maggie – Mark and Nathan Purdon appear to still be the trainers of Self Assured. In fact […]
Cast of Characters Honkers – Chairman of Stewards Dingbat – Deputy Chief Steward Planes – Respectable legitimate businessmen, being grilled by the stipes because …..? He can’t remember. Matt – Smallish Asian or Part Asian who pops up out of nowhere from time to time with a bag full of platinum bute. The Poor Bugger […]
Peter Chadwick never used to go the races much when he was the Chief gallops steward in QLD. There always seemed to be something more important on. The Plodder is down heading the integrity team at the trots in Victoria these days. Nothing much seems to have changed. Chadwick’s been to one meeting all month. […]
This was posted on Twitter. It’s apparently Sportsbet’s reply to a punter who queried them having no minimum bet limit on NT races. The reply is refreshing in it’s candour. I am not so sure it says anything much good other than that.
