Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC14062416.mp4 A number of questions arise from Peter McMullen’s drive on Antetokounmpo in the race above, which was the 8th at Albion Park on Friday night. The first is why McMullen took the 3rd favorite out of the perfect 1-1 trail and put it 3-back on the fence in a pocket instead? It was a […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/nsw/PEC13062405.mp4 Take a look at the replay above of race 1 at Penrith last night, and ask yourself this question. Was Josh Gallagher on the grey horse driving to win the race? Or was he driving to get the odds on favorite in the lead beaten? It sure looks like the latter to me. The […]
We have published a number of stories over the past few months bemoaning the reluctance of Stewards in many states to take action against horses that run up inside the marker pegs at the trots. In these stories we have repeatedly called upon the stipes to take a hard line on drivers who cheat to […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/REC12062412.mp4 Driver Ricky Gordon copped a 3-week suspension for an unacceptable drive on the early leader Left To Rocknroll in this race at Redcliffe last night, and so he should have too for he drove the horse at speeds that it wasn’t capable of runnng, and as result it dropped out at 700m mark to […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/wa/GPM07062409.mp4 Just take a look at the mad arse driving tactics by Ryan Warwick on the inside on the 2nd favorite Navy Street and Gary Hall Jr on the outer on the $1.14 favorite You’re So Fine. The pair attacked each other mercilessly, Warwick looking to hold the lead and Hall trying to cross him […]
A soccer referee checks the players studs before a game. In boxing an official from the other side watches over a fighter’s hands being taped up to make sure it’s done properly. Netball refs check the length of each players nails. All of these things are done for safety reasons. But does anyone at the […]
NZ reinsman Tim Williams seems to have uncommonly good luck in the Stewards Room, so much so that many have long wondered whether he’s the Kiwi equivalent of the koala, a protected species. His streak of good fortune continued in the 9th race at Addington yesterday when he was acquitted of a charge of failing […]
Nobody knows Albion Park better than Dixon and he concedes barrier eight – inside the back row – makes things very tricky over the short 1660m distance. “It takes a lot of things out of your own hands,” Dixon said. “It’s too short a race to drag right back and get away from the inside, […]
I am not suggesting that 21-year-old reinsman Lucas Rando drove the even money favorite Gandalf dead in the 4th race at Newcastle last, or that his steer night was anything other than above board. I am sure that it was. But if you ever wanted to show someone how to drive a horse to get […]
… except when he’s marching straight ahead to the Stewards room The mail out of Newcastle is that Emilio Rosati, the owner of the pacer Destiny Stride that went down at $1.35 last night while carried a $300 000 bet on its back, was far from impressed with the contribution of some of the other […]
