Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
Peter “Noddy” McMullen’s drive on Arrive in last weekend’s QLD Oaks defies logic and sense. Take a look at it before we go on further so you can see what I am about to say. What the hell was McMullen trying to achieve by taking off at the 800m at the speed he did? Was […]
John Lingard from letsgohorseracing.com.au has a few alternative ideas for the relocation of the trots. They are all good ideas, but are a snowflake’s chance in hell of ever happening. The last one brought back memories. ———————————————– Albion Park is owned by the Government so harness bosses have little bargaining power. It would be interesting […]
This is an excerpt from the QLD Harness Racing Board Annual Report 2013. There are always lessons to be learned from history, particularly for those who weren’t there. With commissions paid from the TAB as a consequence of wagering turnover being harness racing’s primary source of income, it is essential that everyone associated with the […]
Give the one time Caspar of Cabarita Beach directions to the nearest spray tan joint too while you’re at it ….. After almost two decades of having no bookies at the Albion Park trots except for the occasional appearance at carnival time by cherry picking NSW based bookmaker Ben Krahe, we now have World War […]
