Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It is quite incredible how many ways the QLD harness racing industry can find to stuff up its major promotional opportunity of the year by mismanaging the Inter Dominion 2026 series. Highly dubious last minute stable changes such as that of Hesitate from Luke McCarthy to visiting NZ trainer Regan Todd, and that of Captain’s […]
One of the strangest stories to come out of Albion Park on Saturday night wasn’t about ID26, or even the trots at Albion Park. It was about a race at Addington back in May, the Welcome Stakes. Now I can’t see the problem with the race myself, for it just looked to be a bold […]
Here is my early view of how the first few hundred meters of the ID26 Pacing Final will unfold. This is not my summation of the race, just of the early part. Gate 1 – War Dan Buddy Buddy is drawn the pole, but is not a super quick beginner off the gate. I doubt […]
The answer is nine. That’s how many Stewards were on duty at Albion Park on Saturday night. Each and every one of them missed this. It’s Peter McMullen on Attachment that we are looking at. McMullen takes the horse from the one wide line back to the inside on the turn. He clearly goes inside […]
What an absolute load of shit this is. Of course Tiger Band Wagon was suffering from respiratory problems after running last in its ID26 heat on Saturday night. It has just a run a lead time 2.5 seconds faster than in Dangerous’ heat, and 2.9 seconds quicker than in Leap To Fame’s. And the run […]
There is something wrong with Fighter Command. The Vets disagree. They could find nothing wrong with the horse. I wonder if they examined the underneath of its feet? This horse was either badly shod or it was sore. The Stewards didn’t suss anything amiss either. They simply copped driver Jason Lee’s nonsense explanation that Fighter […]
I don’t know whether Regan Todd is the first one to take the piss about him “training” Hesitate, or whether he is deluded, but the rest of the world knows that Hesitate was only transferred into his name so that Luke McCarthy could drive Todd’s superstar Marketplace in the Rising Sun. The ruse didn’t quite […]
Tonight is the second and last round of the heats of ID26, and for some of the early fancies to win the pacing series it’s desperation stakes. The ridiculous bonus points system for the fastest final splits (see below) makes it somewhat difficult to predict with any certainty the final number of total points that […]
Captain’s Mistress brains them in the Rising Sun and runs a mile rate of 1.50.3. Leap To Fame holds the track record for the 2138m distance at 1.51.0. Or did until a few minutes ago anyway. Not anymore. Grimson’s mare is better than Larry? Puh-lease. Get out of here. How does that happen? I don’t […]
Race 6 – ID26 Pacers – Heat 3 – 2138m The Leap To Fame stakes. Larry wins. The Janitor runs second. Ubetcha Tigerpie gets a cozy run on the fence and finished 3rd. Selections Leap To Fame The Janitor Ubetcha Tigerpie Suggested Bet Trifecta – 5-6-2 Race 7 – The Great Square – 2138m A […]
