Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Rumors are swirling around the track that prominent owner cum stablehand cum trials driver Josh Davine threw a personal positive swab to a prohibited substance, namely amphetamines. The rumor is true, but its not what it seems. Josh Davine, like myself, suffers from the medical condition Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and takes a small […]
Adam Hamilton is a discredit to himself, his profession and the sport of harness racing. The tragedy is that he was once a great journalist, the doyen of trot writers and commentators in Australia. I don’t know what has happened, but these days he seems to be just a sycophant who prefers the easy type […]
by Adam Hamilton After a race Down Under harness racing should have celebrated for weeks, the unfortunate dark side of the game ruined it for one of Australia’s top young drivers. Amidst the disappointment of Leap To Fame’s luckless yet enormous run, in defeat to wonder mare Captains Mistress, in the Inter Dominion pacing final, […]
The horse drawn the pole Amys Baby Angel was backed from $2.60 into $1.33 on the TAB. Whata Optimist drawn behind it in 7 firmed from $7.00 into $4.20. The fluctuations made sense, because it was a weak race and Amys Baby Angel looked certain to hold the front early with What Optimist equally […]
It is real hard life being a punter. There are so many myriad of ways you can get beat. Just when you are counting the cash, suddenly out of nowhere defeat can be snatched from the jaws of victory. Like here in the last leg of the quaddy at Marburg on Sunday. The leader and […]
Daniel Jack has always been a brilliant harness racing driver. You don’t win three Group 1’s by being a bum. Jack D is also a man with a deep love of the sport, and knowledge about its history. I know this, because I have spent many hours in his company discussing all sorts of things […]
Hi Archie Have a look the drive of Jason Lee on the 1.75 fav Keayang Kurki in race 8 at Melton last night. Lee hands up to his cousin Glen Craven on the stablemate No Money No Honey at a stage in the race when no-one would. Craven then walks them in front on No […]
Tom Ison may not have driven to get his other horse up in race 2 at Tamworth yesterday, but he certainly did drive to get the first two in the betting market beaten, including the favorite, his own. Ison drives the 4 Nashville Bart. It is $2.15. Jemma Coney is on the 1 Ceejay Haich. […]
QLD Stewards have opened an inquiry into the running of race 9 at Albion Park on Saturday night, the Group 3 Free For All trot. What they are interested in are trainer Graham Dwyer’s driving tactics on the roughie Koda Da Moda, in particular Dwyer allowing the better fancied stablemate Ikigai to drop from the […]
I am not going to pile into Grant Dixon’s drive in the final, even though it cost me a 4-figure collect. Dissecting the driven now is not going to help me or anyone else, so I will keep it brief. Leap To Fame was drawn out in the car park on the second row, and […]
