Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A couple of years ago AQWA Constructions was the sponsor of Queensland’s rich 3 and 4-year-old harness race the Rising Sun, and he company’s owner Paul Galvin was a prominent trot owner. Today AQWA is in liquidation owing its creditors $3 million, Galvin is bankrupt, and he is barred from racetracks all around Australia because […]
AHRR.155 (1) If a horse breaks gait during a race and the Stewards are of the opinion that the horse thereby gained ground or maintained its ground or caused interference to or obtained an advantage to the detriment of another runner, the Stewards may disqualify the horse from the race or place it in a […]
For the second year in a row Queensland’s principal trot club the Albion Park Harness Racing Club has recorded a six-figure loss. This time they have ‘only’ lost $465 000, which following on from the club’s $750 000 loss in 2025 means that the Creek has lost $1.2 million in the past 2 years. It’s […]
Once upon a time when the world was wide and the Stewards were top-class Grant Dixon would have been sent to the sin bin with a long suspension for his drive on Blackjack Sam in the last race at Albion Park last night. But today in this dimly lit era all Dixon got from the […]
Hey Archie. Just thought I would share an experience I heard about from yesterday at Albion Park. A good friend told me the following …. I left work about 2.30 and called by to watch a couple of races. As usual there were two men and a dog there. Quiet everywhere, hear everything going on […]
Do you remember our story below about Grant Dixon’s mad arse steer on Tim’s A Trooper in a race at Albion Park last month, and how the Stewards had adjourned an inquiry into the race and the drive? Just to remind you, Dixon punched Tim like there was a prize for leading, and made sure […]
If you were a seriously cynical type you would swear that Grant Dixon drove Tims A Trooper to get the long odds on favorite Attachment beaten in race 7 at Albion Park on Saturday night, and perhaps to set it up for the winner Dashing too. Given Dixon’s industry wide reputation as a straight shooter […]
Hey Archie, Re: Grant Dixon’s drive… If you take this drive without looking at the past few FFA’s (most importantly referencing last week’s FFA), it is easy to say, what the hell was Grant thinking? However, it needed to be done! He needed to make a stand to end the constant team driving of Pete […]
You wouldn’t have wanted to be a trot punter chasing a cheap multi with either or both of Grant Dixon’s odds on shots in it at Albion Park on Tuesday. Fredidrivsamercury was the first one. It started at $1.28. Anyone who took it was mad, for Fredi was a 3yo taking on older horses, and […]
We keep asking questions about the competence of the current batch of QLD trot Stewards, and the answers we are getting aren’t good. What happened on Friday night is yet another illustration. It was standing start trot race, with eight horses drawn off 20m. That’s okay, because they start 8 across from the stand at […]
