Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The General Manager of which WA race club will appear in court on the 18th of this month to face fraud charges relating to alleged thefts from the club? Is it true that despite his undoubted talents, there are some prominent Sydney trainers who are rapidly tiring of Bailey Wheeler’s ill-discipline and making rumblings about […]
The betting market for next weekend’s $355 ooo Rising Sun has been thrown into disarray after long-time market leader Frankie Ferocious bombed out big time in his lead-up run at Albion Park last night. Sent out as the $1.75 favorite in the Band 4/Band 2 Pace, the Chariots of Fire winner led on his ear […]
Will Wagner is the man behind Save Harness Racing in Tasmania, the widely read Facebook page dedicated to cleaning cheating, corruption, race fixing and animal abuses out of the sport in the Apple Isle and beyond. That of course means getting rid of the main offender Ben Yole and his crooked sidekicks, which in turn […]
Grant Dixon drove the perfect drive to win the Wondais Mate on Leap to Fame on Saturday night. Dixon was smart at the start, letting the speedster Turnitup power out past him, and then using the space he left behind him in his wake to pop off the fence and land immediately into the running […]
What is a technical issue and how does it cause two mares to be late scratched? Did their batteries run flat? Were the computer chips implanted in their heads on the blink? Was the remote control rooted? I can’t work it out. You here something new in racing every day. Pulling two mares out of […]
Things are looking grim for the day’s racing at the Sunshine Coast if the rain keeps coming. The track this morning is rated a Heavy 9, with the penotrometer reading 7.5, which means that the horse will be cutting deep into the track from the get go. Given the way the Caloundra course proper has […]
Racing Victoria (RV) Chair, Tim Eddy, has issued the following statement after the Victorian Racing Tribunal (VRT) today disqualified Darren Weir, Jarrod McLean and Tyson Kermond for serious breaches of the Rules of Racing in relation to acts of cruelty on three horses through the use of a prohibited electrical device known as a ‘jigger’. […]
Grant Dixon is faced with the devil’s dilemna aboard Leap To Fame from the 1 gate in the Wondais Mate at Albion Park tonight. Does he do what he never does and fire the champ out hard off the arm to try to get the lead? Or does he let the natural speedster Turnitup cross […]
Here is the list of current apprentice jockeys in Queensland. There is not a single boy on it. Oh how the racing world has changed, and how it will continue to change until the weight scale does. It’s a sign of times. All power to the girls. They should say prayers to Pam O’Neill every […]
The longest drought in Central QLD racing history finally broke on Thursday when Cashin’ Chex stormed to the line to give Mackay trainer Drew Crouch his first winner since March in the year 2006, way back when little Johnny Howard still ruled Australia and James’ Blunt’s Beautiful soared on top of the charts. It had […]
