Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The hardest job in harness racing this year is being a judge of the Australian Harness Racing Awards. There are three outstanding candidates, each of whom have undeniable claims to the Horse of the Year Award. Leap To Fame would have been regarded as a certainty to win it three months ago, but with the […]
We predicted that there would be 17 scratchings from the Mt Isa meeting due to no jockey being available to ride them, but we were wrong. There were actually 21. Jockey Jason Hoopert unfortunately had a fall in the first and had to be taken to hospital, so given there were no riders to take […]
I wonder why the Wagga Stewards would have required trainer Jake Stockton to hold back his $71.oo winner Shoobees Charm back 3 hours for post-race swabbing? Was it because a couple of weeks before he had ducked one of his horses off the course early before it could be swabbed? Could it be because Shoobees […]
Far be it for me to question Queensland’s leading reinsman Peter ‘Noddy’ McMullen about his driving tactics in races, but please allow me the indulgence of doing so on this one occasion. My question relates to the race in replay above, and it is this. How far would the favorite Aardies Money have won race […]
There are five races at Mt Isa today. The field sizes are 8, 9, 9, 9, and 12. The problem is that only six jockeys are set down to ride at the meeting. That means that there will be 17 late scratchings from the meeting for want of a rider. This should have been totally […]
QLD jockey Masa Abe hit the headlines earlier this week when he was disqualified for 16 months after pleading guilty to gambling offences in breach of the rules. The punting hoop threw the dice and appealed the sentence, applying also for a stay until his appeal was heard. Abe’s stay application was heard in super […]
Former Racing Queensland CEO Brendan ‘Pins’ Parnell talks a good game. So he should, for he is a former polished presenter. You want a fact, Pins has got it. Want some buzz words? He has that too. Pins is also a genius at talking himself up, and backing his boasts with stats. How huge company […]
Which former North Queensland trainer is rumored to have been locked up in a cell charged with trafficking a commercial quantity of cocaine? Is the weight of the coke allegedly involved really 7kg? How long a stretch would a bloke get for that? Which North QLD jockey who is presently on compo benefits appears to […]
Club Menangle CEO Bruce Christison has been openly critical of Harness Racing NSW in the club’s recently released annual report, lending weight to rumors that all is not well between NSW’s richest club and the Principal Racing Authority. The issue behind the rift is the distribution of the State’s harness racing wagering revenue, which Menangle […]
I’ve lost count of how many times we’ve written about jockey Dan McGillivray being suspended, but here is yet another one to add to the list. Queensland’s most suspended rider was put out of action for another 8 days last Saturday at the Gold Coast after he breached the whip rule by striking his mount […]
