Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/nsw/NRC08112404.mp4 Molly Ison copped a 4-week suspension for her drive her on Sinbinned in this race at Newcastle on the 8th of November. The Stewards found her guilty of a drive that was unacceptable. They reckoned she should have gone to the death instead of easing back to last to get in the line with […]
Tasmania Wayne Yole succeeds his son Benjamin as the State’s leading trainer, leading in twice as many winners as his nearest rival Tammy Langley, albeit with three times the number of runners. Rohan Hillier wins the drivers title by a street, with 89 winners from 341 drives at a strike rate of 26.1%. Tiarna Ford […]
The Stewards weren’t happy about Doug Hewitt’s drive on Mach Assassin in the 1st race at Albion Park last night. Neither were the punters who backed the horse from $17.00 into $7.50. Both had very good cause, for Hewitt’s steer was a shocker that cost Mach Assassin any chance of probably winning the race, and […]
Do you remember the horse Cracker Opie that we wrote about in a story last week? The one we said was driven as dead as a maggot? Well guess what? Today we found out why it had been hooked. Cracker Opie was being set for a $25 000 Maiden, and wouldn’t be eligible if he […]
We declared during the week that Luke McCarthy was the greatest driver in Australia bar none, and last night in the ID24 final the man we call Cool Hand proved us to be absolutely right. McCarthy’s drive on Don Hugo to win the final was a work of majesty and absolute mastery, a demonstration of […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC14122408.mp4 I have seen some pretty questionable drives in my time, but Peter ‘Noddy’ McMullen’s steer on Miki Magic in the 6th race at Albion Park last night was right up there with the best (or worst) of them. Miki Magic opened up as the equal $3.10 favorite for the race, but despite being a […]
Keep your eye on the inside tyre of the leader in this replay of race 2 at Addington on Friday night. It goes flat and comes completely off the rim at the candy pole. Somehow the horse races on its rim for a quarter mile and still manages somehow to win the race. Now that’s […]
Take a look at the drive of Brad Williamson on the favorite Cracker Opie in this race at Oamaru on Wednesday. It’s the horse in the 1-1 when the video starts, in white silks with blue and red arm bands. How hard do you reckon Williamson was trying to win? Not at all is the […]
Two prominent NZ harness racing identities* were yesterday convicted of criminal offences. One of the men is a trainer who is currently unlicensed, despite completing his disqualification for race day doping . He has been found guilty on three counts stemming from a sexual assault of a woman. The other man is a driver who […]
Kiwi junior driver David Anderson was outed for a month on Sunday for failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures to give his horse Bobbie’s Rock its best chance of winning race 10 at Forbury Park. It was the wrong offence. Anderson should have been charged with Slaughter. Bobbie’s Rock was the favorite in […]
