Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Trent Lethaby and Taleah McMullen (pictured) A bit of excitement was injected into an otherwise quiet Thursday afternoon at the Creek yesterday when a stoush erupted between the connections of the beaten favorite Manifest The Billi (aka ‘pass the bong’) after the running of the first race. We weren’t there and don’t know anyone who […]
It’s Saturday night at the Creek, race seven. Angus Garrard is driving number 1 Sista Sammy NZ, the horse behind the leader with the white wheels. How many marker pegs does he run over or hit? I count at least five or six. He went inside 4 or 5 before that too (see pictures below). […]
Getting a long odds-on favorite beaten at Albion Park is easy. You don’t have to dope it, or tinker with the gear, or even pull it up. All you have to do is park it in the death. Outside of the leader without any cover. That will do it almost every time. Darrin went out […]
AHRR.66(e) A horse may be disqualified from a race or placed in a lower finishing position in a race if a horse races on the inside of a marker post or if its sulky or part thereof goes on the inside of a marker post How many engineers does it take to change a lightbulb? […]
Four odds on favorites went down at Albion Park on Saturday night. Major Hot we have already told you about. The reason for its failure remains a mystery. There was no mystery at all about Major Jellis defeat at $1.95 in race five. It hadn’t won a race since April 2023, and had gone around […]
STEWARDS REPORT – MAJOR HOT NZ The gelding exhibited noticeably rough gaiting near the 1000-metre mark and again approaching the 600-metre point. Following the race, a veterinary examination was conducted; however, no clinical abnormalities were identified at the time of assessment. When questioned by stewards regarding the gelding’s performance, driver Tom Callaghan offered a possible […]
What the hell just happened there in the first race at Albion Park? The favorite Major Hot was backed from $2.00 into $1.25. It got beaten for speed out of the gate from the 1 draw by Rocket City, which had been hammered late from $9.00 into $5.50. Major Hot got the trail on its […]
By John Lingard letsgohorseracing.com.au RECOMMENDATONS of the Racing Review have not even been released but already a gun has been put at the head of the LNP Government if it tries to move the headquarters of harness racing in Queensland from Albion Park to Toowoomba. Racing Queensland is pressing ahead with plans for the Creek […]
This morning on his radio program The Press Room broadcaster David Fowler and Albion Park Chairman Greg Mitchell discuss our recent story about a proposal being considered by the QLD racing review committee to move harness racing to regional Toowoomba. Mitchell says if it were to happen it would be without his club. The well […]
Watch Nathan Dawson’s drive on Majestic Lavros in this race. It’s the horse last in the grey. It wouldn’t have won, but gee it was unlucky when finishing fourth. Couldn’t find a run anywhere could it. That’s because Dawson wasn’t looking hard enough. Watch it again on the Steward’s vision, and keep your eye on […]
