Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Another drive that raised questions was that of Grant Dixon aboard the favorite Fire and Passion in the $50 000 2yo Breeders Final at Albion Park. Dixon had two chances in the race, his other being the $6.00 third favorite Fight For Victory driven by his wife Trista, which was seemingly disadvantaged by the back […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/IJB18052505.mp4 Serious questions need to be asked about race 5 at Marburg on the 18th of May. Scrubby, drawn in gate 2, had not won a race since August 2023 and had been beaten by an aggregate margin of 247.1 meters at its previous five starts. This horse was backed from $81.00 into $18.00 with […]
Don’t you be a bad boy JohnnyDon’t you slip up, or play the fool – Men at Work He’s Chiming was the $1.95 favorite to win race 5 at Bathurst last night. Its driver John O’Shea obviously didn’t back it. He might have laid it though. O’Shea is sitting pretty third the fence as the […]
You see some very questionable drives when you watch a lot of trot races like we do, and Bryse McElhinney’s steer here on Aladdin Sane in race 2 at Albion Park was one of them. Aladdin Sane had won at both of its previous two starts in higher grade than this race, so despite its […]
Hi Archie, Re; The protest at Bunbury trots last Saturday night. First of all, there is no mention of the protest in the race results. Secondly, the stewards report states the protest was fourth against second (see picture at top of story). Thirdly, if you watch the replay, the interference is caused by Kyle Harper […]
Arch Pop Quiz. Are there more snakes in Sweden than Australia? Someone obviously told Brad Hewitt there were, and that they were all on the fence during The Locomotive’s heat of the Elitloppet on the weekend. A deaf, dumb and blind man had forever to take the horse to a position three back on the […]
We have written many stories pleasing for the authorities to take trot driver J0hn Stariha’s license off him on safety grounds, and all with good reason. Yesterday at Marburg we saw yet another example 0f the justification for our calls. Stariha, who was sitting behind the leader on Magicol Ideal, suddenly pulled the horse out […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APM24052511.mp4 Feast your eyes on the deadest drive in the world. It’s Nathan Dawson on number 2 Chap Daddy. The horse has been backed from $7.50 into $3.00. Suckers. Look at Dawson take it back off the arm. Watch him work overtime to surrender a good sit in the line. See him succeed and bury […]
Take a look at the video above and watch Carter Dalgety in the maroon and white colors come off the fence and smash Craig Ferguson in the teal silks out three-wide. Ferguson’s horse is checked by Dalgety’s actions – which were in breach of the rules in every sense – and it ends up costing […]
Take a look at this race above – race 4 at Bathurst last night – and ask yourself this question. What the hell was Jett Turnbull doing? The answer is easy. Trying to tank the odds-on favorite on his inside so as to get it beaten. He succeeded. It’s hard not to when you force […]
