Have the QRIC Taken Nathan Dawson’s Phone? – Why?
People are saying that the QRIC have seized trot driver Nathan Dawson’s phone. I couldn’t imagine why. There is an older driver who probably could. We will wait, watch and see.
Belle of Burnie on the Ultimate Drivers Challenge – And Some Mail on the Last Slot
This is a marketing exercise as much as anything, need to attract young people. Angus is the hometown “young gun”, and Carter is very smart at marketing, and marketable, made a big impression in the US a few months ago, Blair might be the established driver but he doesn’t have what Carter has when it […]
Random Thoughts About the Ladbrokes Ultimate Driver Series
The Field Yannick Gingras (Bain/Summit) Dexter Dunn (Ladbrokes) Kate Gath (Gath Racing) Nathan Dawson (First Over Crush) Angus Garrard (Garrards) Bjorn Goop (Tumby Park) Carter Dalgety (N40/Boys Get Paid) Gary Hall Jr (Gloucester Park) Brad Hewitt (Triple Play) VACANT (Unharnessed Hawks) Random thoughts. Angus Garrard’s family have purchased his place in the field by buying […]
The Piss Takers Get Sprung
Do you remember the story ‘Taking The Piss’ that we wrote a few weeks back about driver Jack Brown and the switched urine sample at Goulburn? Taking the Piss – Jacko Stooges the Stewards by Pulling the Old Switcheroo Well we didn’t name the fellow driver who provided Brown with a sample of their urine […]
A Walker and a Duck Try to Break the Land Speed Record at Wagga – And Go Down in a Screaming Heap
Ultimate Geejay and Arklow are a pair of rating 36 and 37 horses, which is about as low as a horse can go, meaning that neither of them are much chop. Horses of their class can’t run fast early splits and keep going at the winning end, because they are just not good enough. So […]
The Greatest Conflict of Interest in WA Harness Racing Since the One Before
The Western Australian stewards decision to allow Chris Voak to drive the Michael Brennan trained Pinny Tiger in tomorrow night’s $450 000 WA Cup instead of driving the horse he trains himself in the race Sangue Reale flied in the face of the spirit and intent of the rules, and quite frankly defies belief. The […]
In the Space of 2 Weeks My Mate Super Seaton Turns a Rating 59 Horse into Caduceus
Merrywood Paul had won 9 races from 65 starts coming into the 2nd race at Newcastle on Friday night 6 of those wins had come from the front, 2 from off the leader’s back, and one from 3 back the fence. In other words, Merrywood Paul had never won a race when not positioned on […]
Stable Drivers For Cheating Trainers Need to Be Very Afraid Too
Canadian trainer Richard Moreau wasn’t the only one who was disqualified for 10 years after new Australian developed tests sprung him having spiked up his stable star Funtime Bayama with synthetic EPO. The horse’s driver Sylvain Filion was too. Filion, who drove the winners of $6 million in prizemoney last year earning him $300 000 […]
A Long Price Plunge Lands – With a Little Help From My Friend
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC01112403.mp4 Some very nice bets were landed when Aqua Sancta was backed from $151 into $21 to win the 2nd a Albion Park yesterday. The punters who got the cash should send rival driver Dayl Mach a Thank You card for making it all happen. Mach was on the $51 shot Bonnie’s Cam, who had […]
Merlin Sends Leap to Fame a Message – Remember the Alamo Larry, Auckland 2019 – Tell Your Mate Moses to Bring His Boxing Gloves to Addington – He’s Going to Need Them
Merlin’s devastating win yesterday in the Ashburton Flying Mile was a reminder to one-eyed Aussie trot fans that the race of the century in the New Zealand Cup next Tuesday is going to be far from one horse affair. The time was outstanding, his sizzling high speed sprint past leader Don’t Stop Dreaming up the […]