Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Two years ago last month NSW harness driver Nathan Xuereb drove his pacer Fifteen Aces dead in a race at Menangle, deliberately ensuring that the horse was beaten. Xuereb did so not because he had laid the horse – or not that we know of anyway – but because he wanted it to finish 7th […]
“The Dallas Mavericks’ decision to restrict key players from fully participating in an elimination game last Friday against Chicago undermined the integrity of our sport,” said Joe Dumars, NBA executive vice president and head of basketball operations. “The Mavericks’ actions failed our fans and our league.” The NBA said the Mavericks’ decision was made to […]
Seriously all fours drives were brilliant? You could have had concession drivers on all of them. CAW draws 1 on the fence and leads…… MS draws 10 follows the 1 out and sits leaders back Luke goes back initially then goes around to the breeze Deni follows Luke, continues to the breeze and gives him […]
Deni Roberts – the top flight driver that Belle calls the Duchess Archie You can’t put all the blame on Luke (McCarthy). Duchess Deni (Roberts) wasn’t smart enough to move right up on Catch A Wave (CAW) early enough to give the 1×1 horse (the Luke driven stablemate) on her back a chance to keep […]
Gary Hall Jr treated us to a masterclass on Mister Smartee last week in the Nullarbor, and last night in the Group 1 Fremantle Cup with the same horse he did it again. Hall drove Mister Smartee hard up the inside at the start from his inside of the backrow draw after Kate Gath fired […]
The suspect race at Globe Derby on Monday wasn’t Wayne and Samantha Hill’s first team driving rodeo. They pulled another one at the same track 9 days before. In this one Mr Hill drove the $3.50 shot Fly The Banner, drawn barrier 5, and Mrs Hill drove Alive And Free, which was $4.80 in the […]
To the surprise of no-one QLD reinswoman Jordan Topping has failed in her appeal against a 4-week suspension for driving the pacer Altana Blue unacceptably at Marburg on the 13th of April. We won’t bore you with a blow by blow description of the Racing Appeals Panel’s decision because anyone could see that Topping was […]
Wayne and Samantha Hill (pictured above) https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/sa/GDC28042510.mp4 Trainer Samantha Hill had two runners in race 9 at Globe Derby yesterday. Hill drove the 2nd favorite Alleyes, her husband Wayne Hill drove the favorite Twixten. When the field settled early Twixten landed in the 1-1 on the back of Gaita Pullicino’s horse Ima Destroyer, with Alleyes […]
Nullarbor winner Gary Hall Jr, a great driver Cameron Hart sure is a slow learner. He made the same mistake twice, and it cost Swayzee the Nullarbor. We showed you Swayzee’s vulnerability a few weeks ago after he was run down from in front at Menangle. On that night he ran his second quarter in […]
Cameron Hart (left) with Swayzee’s trainer Jumpin’ Jason Grimson Swayzee suffered a shock defeat at Menangle last night, going down to Max Delight at odds of $1.10 after appearing to have every possible chance. Did he have every chance though, or was his loss directly attributable to driver error? Swayzee had raced four times over […]
