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Calls for Liberal minister Madeleine Ogilvie to resign over TasRacing boss exit explanation By Adam Langenberg Racing Minister Madeleine Ogilvie has acknowledged she knew TasRacing chief executive Paul Eriksson had been sacked five days before she issued a press release stating he was moving to Sydney “to spend more time with his family”. The concession […]
After his amazing run at trackwork yesterday Sharp N Smart is into $1.85 to win the NZ Derby at Te Rapa on the weekend. I hope you got the $4.50 on offer when I first alerted you to his near-certain victory in this race a couple of months ago, but never fear if you didn’t, […]
We have written on numerous occasions about Andrew ‘The Canary’ Fitzgerald, the unregistered NZ trot syndicator who operates outside the law and rips unsuspecting innocent punters off blind. Here is yet another example. The Canary – through the Off N Gone syndicate that he owns and manages – has been offered 10 percent of a […]
Are we the only ones who reckon that the Gloucester Park race programming is so bad that it atrocious? At a time when harness racing is for various reasons rapidly losing marketing share because of it’s lack of relevance and appeal to the ordinary person, the sport has become increasingly reliant on wagering revenue for […]
Trainer Ray Burman is one of the most loved men in greyhound racing, a fella admired and respected by one and all. Ray’s been having a few medical issues lately, but as he proved at Ipswich on Monday night, they aren’t going to keep him down. Even his dogs love Ray, one called Blue Hornet […]
A certain leading driver in a certain prominent harness racing country well known to Australian trot fans is facing criminal race fixing charges, and is set to stand trial on them at some stage this year. Everyone in this driver’s home country knows about the charges, and knows that the matter is going before a […]
The unbeaten Queensland filly Skirt The Law started even money favorite in the Sweet Embrace at Randwick on Saturday. She went like a busted arse. When the Stewards asked trainer Tony Gollan to explain the poor performance he said he didn’t have a clue, but was going to her scoped to try to find out. […]
Exactly a week before yesterday the imported 4YO mare Princess Leia had sat 3 fence and gone like a mule in finishing fifth. She has every chance, and was just plain ordinary. Her final splits were 28.62 and 27.9,0 for a personal mile rate of 1.54.86 Yesterday at Menangle the same mare ripped around the […]
52.97 – RocknRoll Hammer 53.23 – Alta Meteor 53.39 – Honolua Bay 53.53 – Don Hugo 53.72 – BD Joe
