Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
So here we are two days out from the greatest trot race than anyone 40 will ever see. The Hunter Cup. Leap To Fame v Kingman v Swayzee v Republican Party. Harness racing doesn’t get any better than this. There is a huge buzz. People who haven’t watched or bet on the trots for years […]
The word out of the Brekky Creek bunker is that Crayons has been appointed the new Chief Steward at Toowoomba. It is a curious appointment, for Crayons is a chap named Clayton Warren, a young bloke who used to work on the barriers up at the races here in North QLD about a decade ago, […]
I was researching a story about the top class pacer Himinameisjeff last night, and I came across this claimer’s race from just over three years ago when he was trained by Russell Jack in which he ran tailed off stone motherless last. That of course raises questions about how Jason Grimson managed to get him […]
A rolling pole burr with copper points (pictured) Industry Notice- Banned Gear and Equipment 27 January 2026 | Harness Racing Australia Harness Racing Australia (HRA) wish to advise that, following a national review involving stewards from all six states, it has been determined that the following item of equipment is to be placed on the […]
The Tony Gollan trained gelding Dranitzelle incurred a proximal spiral stress fracture to the R radius (a long bone) on or about the 12th of May 2025. We don’t know how it happened, because the unacceptably brief Stewards Report into the matter – hidden away in the official report of an unrelated race meeting – […]
COMPULSORY REPORTING OF MAJOR FRACTURES, ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND APPROVAL OF AFFECTED HORSES TO RETURN TO RACING This policy is intended to help identify and manage racehorses that sustain major fractures or undergo major orthopaedic surgery and manage their return to training, galloping, trialling, and racing. Where a horse has sustained a major fracture and/or undergone […]
Have a look at the final stages of the 1995 Inter Dominion Grand Final, and keep your eyes on Chris Alford in the green colours on Golden Reign. Unbelievable it is. In the modern age he would have been disqualified for sure. The whip use would have been enough. But what about the right foot […]
I got a philosophical question to ask, and although its a deep one its pertinent. Is it better to live bad or die? I’ve seen my Mum and Dad live bad after cancer fucked them up, and I’ve seen them die. They both the latter reluctantly, when they could have done it easy a long […]
Cash Manager wasn’t injured at all, it was just very slow dog. It hadn’t won or even run a place for almost a year, and the minimal appearance money it had collected weren’t enough to pay for its feed. So after it ran last twice in row in very slow times, the greyhound’s trainer Rhonda Essery […]
Queensland greyhound racing participant Barry Taylor (who is not the Townsville lawyer Barry Taylor who owned the Group 1 winning galloper Merchant Navy) has been warned off for failing to front a Stewards inquiry. The Stewards called the inquiry in an attempt to ascertain the current status – i.e. whether they are still breathing – […]
