Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Something strange went on at the far-western country TAB meeting at Barcaldine on Monday. The previous Wednesday only 5 horses had been pre-race swabbed at the midweek metropolitan TAB meeting at Eagle Farm. At Barcaldine 15 runner were. All of the jockeys riding at the meeting were swabbed too. Blood was taken from 7 of […]
Licensees are up in arms, trot fans are perplexed, and punters will be shifting their investments north to Leeton tonight after the world class debacle at Shepparton. It’s rained bugger all, hardly enough to get your coat damp, just 0.2mm since 9.00am, yet tonight’s meeting at the track has inxeplicably been called, less than an […]
A young apprentice jockey viewed as a rising star in the sport has been accused of stabbing her ex-roommate in the back during a row over alleged stolen kitchen items. Sariah Skye Champkin, 23, faced Toowoomba Magistrates Court last Friday on one charge of assault occasioning bodily harm whilst armed or in company, as well […]
As we foreshadowed in our Tips and Rumors column yesterday, the General Manager of the Albany Turf Club Mark Bayliss (pictured) has been charged by police with gaining a benefit by fraud and attempting to gain a benefit for another by fraud. The offences are believed to relate to his employment at the race club. […]
Keep your eye on the jockey in the royal blue with then black cap. It’s poor Nathan Evans, riding in the 2nd race at Toowoomba on Saturday night. Kapow! A huge clod kicks up and hits him fair in the face with such force that the impact almost knocks him out of the saddle. It […]
Take a look at the three short clips below. They were taken at the starts of races 4 and 5 at Oak Park on Friday, and race 1 at the same track on Saturdy. In particular watch what the barrier attendant in the red vest does. His name is Kyle Sharp. WTF? Since when were […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/sa/GDC08072409.mp4 Bloody hell, is this track at Gawler the wild west or something? Driver Tiana McMahon gets thrown out of the cart in the first lap in an incident that disrupts most 0f the field. No clerk of the course comes out to catch the driverless horse, which proceeds to go around for the rest […]
Jimmy Cagney may not be dancing for too much longer It was a like a tomato sauce convention at the Launceston trots last night, with favorites starting deep in the red in 7 of the 10 races on the card. Five of them won at prices of $1.09, $1.05, $1.30, $1.25, and $1.05. The two […]
The news out of Perth from Ernie Manning is that Gary Hall Jr has filed appeals against his pair of 5 week suspensions (with 2 weeks to be served concurrently) imposed by WA Stewards for recent unacceptable drives on beaten favorites You’re So Fine and Wildwest. Hall Jr is also appealing his conviction for the […]
Bruce Clark has written the excellent piece on the Darren Weir sentencing hearing republished below. You can find this and a range of other brilliant stories on Bruce’s website clarkofthecourse.com A Victorian Racing Tribunal supposed penalty hearing descended into some farce as another disqualification period was delivered but no absolute decision reached. Darren Weir will […]
