Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
First we had the selectors deciding that pacers like Birkirkara, which has never won a Group or Listed race; Hesitate, whose best performance is a second in a Group 2 at Bathurst; and Betterthancash, whose only black type victory was in a Listed country championship series; in the field ahead of Captains Mistress, last years’ […]
Jett Turnbull (pictured) is only 17 years old, but even at this early stage of his career the record setting junior driver appears to have some of his more senior rivals rattled. Mat Rue is one. At Dubbo on Friday night Rue drove three favorites or 2nd favorites in a row in races 4-6 against […]
The money was on My Ultimate Felix in the last at Redcliffe on Wednesday night. It was smashed from $19.00 into $4.00, and it was stable money too. Someone forgot to tell the driver about it. Or perhaps he didn’t hear them. Firenstorm was hammered late in the betting too. $51.00 into $8.00 it firmed. […]
