Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The mix-up in drivers for the Grimson horses in race 6 at Menangle last weekend raises an interesting question. What rule exactly did the stable representative and drivers breach? Julie Henman, Blake Jones and Matt Rue were charged with, and pleaded guilty to, a breach 0f rule 239A, which reads that: A person whose conduct […]
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 […]
The hopes of he two favorites Cardigan Dan ($3.20) and Fire and Passion ($3.60) were deader than Elvis after the field in Saturday night’s $500 000 Protostar had gone just 100m. It was all the Victorian visitor Atua Magic and his junior driver Ryan Sanderson’s fault. Sanderson couldn’t control his wayward horse, which took over […]
Queensland is not the only place where trot drivers team drive and cheat for family members. They do it in Victoria too. What happened in the first race at Ballarat tonight proved it. John Murphy trained the 1 and Brent Murphy drove it. It was $151 and was pushed out hard early to lead. B. […]
Harness Racing NSW have launched an inquiry into Ashleigh Delosa’s drive on the Michael Stanley trained runner Soho Majestic in the 3rd race at Menangle on Monday, and it’s easy to see why. Soho Majestic opened in betting as the long odds on $1.12 favorite but blew like a gale out to $2.25. Fellow Michael […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APM05072510.mp4 What the hell was Adam Sanderson doing with his drive on Oscar Bonavena in heat 1 of the ID25 Trotters Championship on Saturday night? Did he deliberately drive the second favorite dead? Or was it just the worst drive we have in an Inter Dominion trotters series since Brian Healy got stage fright and […]
Archie What was Grant Dixon doing with his left arm in the Rising Sun clip you published in your last story? It was moving well outside the confines of the sulky. Isn’t that an offence too? Or is if you’re not in QLD and your name isn’t Dixon I thought…. Belle From Burnie
Night one of ID25 promised to be a team driving extravaganza, and it was. Here are some of high/low lights. Race 1 Tom Callaghan is drawn the inside of the back row behind the favorite and likely leader Captains Mistress on the Chantal Turpin 3rd stringer Checknoutthetalent. The obvious thing for Callaghan to do if […]
I wrote this the morning of the Rising Sun, but I never finished it. The “Dele Row leads easily and The Janitor follows it across” spruikers got into my head because there were so bloody many of them, including a number whose opinions I admire and respect. So I chickened out instead of backing my […]
If you’ve never seen a team drive before you have now. Race 1 at Newcastle last night. Darren Elder trains the 7 and the 9. 7 is driven by regular stable driver Blake Hughes. 9 is driven by Elder’s son Brad. Darren Elder’s daughter Melanie Elder trains the 3. Her mum Nicole owns it. It […]
