Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
NSW Derby – Heat 1 2400m We kick off the night with the first heat of the Derby, with horses needing to finish 1st to 4th in their heat to qualify for the final of the blue riband classic run next weekend. Emma Stewart’s much vaunted boom colt The Highlight Reel is the $1.55 favorite, […]
Harness racing returns to Menangle tonight after a near 3-week absence, and it’s about bloody time too. I realize that HRNSW have been doing this ill-conceived shutdown of racing at headquarters over the Xmas for a few years now, but just because something is familiar doesn’t mean that it’s right. It’s not. Shifting metropolitan class […]
Harness Racing NSW have published a revised Official Trials Policy, with changes to the policy having taken effect as of the 28th of November 2024. It is clause 12 of the policy that is of interest here. This is what it says: 12 HORSES NOT HAVING RACED FOR 60 DAYS 12.1 Any horse, including a […]
Club Menangle CEO Bruce Christison has been openly critical of Harness Racing NSW in the club’s recently released annual report, lending weight to rumors that all is not well between NSW’s richest club and the Principal Racing Authority. The issue behind the rift is the distribution of the State’s harness racing wagering revenue, which Menangle […]
First came the Miracle Mile. Next the Ladyship Mile. The Battle of Beersheba came after that. Then there was the Eureka. And now we have Club Menangle’s newest race. The extract at the top is from Menangle’s 2023/24 Annual Report. Cost pressures obviously meant that they had to make the proof reader redundant. But in […]
The retention barn at Menangle is used to house runners in major races under security and supervision from midday on the Thursday of the race until 2 hours before start time on the Saturday night. It’s supposed to ensure that none of the horses are doped within 60 hours of the race. That would be […]
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The only thing the bloke on the left 2 Bob Rob is missing is a khaki uniform, some badges and a few epaulettes. I guess you have to have been a serviceman to get them, not someone who played at home with plastic soldiers, and may well still. The Battle of Bersheeba is a noble […]
The report from the track is that on one of it’s huge days of the racing year yesterday at the Breeders Challenge meeting, Club Menangle ran out of race books before the 1st had even jumped. There was just one person working the busy bar, and only one tote operator. A joke our johnny on […]
Archie Is it true that Menangle Park closed the bar after the last race on Eureka night with a 10, 000 crowd on hand? And is it also true that the thirsty crowds descended on the nearby club owned Menangle Country Club only to find it also closed? I really hope it’s not true, but […]
