Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
What the hell did driver Kevin Weidenbach think he was doing at the start of this race at Port Pirie last night? His horse Celestial Daybreak was drawn the inside of the second row, and was required to begin from there. But when the one drawn the pole galloped Weidenbachh decided to sneak into its […]
Archie Regarding your story about the protest at Charlton. I’d like to suggest that perhaps the driver of the winner Lachie Cook just can’t kick a horse in the hock and steer straight at the same time. Maybe he should ask Josh Gallagher for lessons. Exclusive: Bombshell! – Did the Driver of the Winner Hock […]
There was a protest 2nd v 1st in this race at Charlton yesterday. The grounds were interference in the home straight. I would have upheld it. The winner Royal Division definitely shifted off its line at around the 100m mark and came out underneath the second placed Kiss, causing that filly’s driver Mark Pitt to […]
How hot is the streak that James Herbertson’s been on this week? Herbie drove four winners at Shepparton on Tuesday, two at Terang on Wednesday, three at Bendigo that night, and another three at Kilmore last night, to make it a dozen wins in just three days. Not even his granddad Mick Clover could do […]
John Filardo is quite possibly Australia’s most unsuccessful driver. In the almost 25 years of this century Filardo’s had almost 900 drives, and won just 13 races. His record of achievement in the cart over the past 6 years is about exactly the same as famous Frankston racing identity Mandrake the Mug’s record on the punt […]
Take a look at this drive will you? It’s race 10 at Albion Park on Friday night and we are watching Boston Bronski, the horse in the Donny Smith colors of lime green and black driven by Adam Richardson. Watch what Richardson does, and remember that Albion Park has a sprint lane. See that? Adam […]
Racing on merits 147. (1) A driver shall race a horse on its merits. (2) Action or non action by a driver during the course of a race which prevents or impedes the horse driven by that driver from racing on its merits shall be sufficient to establish non compliance with sub rule (1). (3) […]
Josh Gallagher is a talented reinsman, there is no doubt about that, but more often than you should with an Inter Dominion winner you really do have to sometimes question have question his drives. Last night in the first at Penrith was one of those occasions. Gallagher was on the 3rd favorite Bara Riley, drawn […]
One of the most common questions we are asked the casual harness racing observer on this site is a simple one. “How hard is it to fix a trot race?” Not very is the answer, particularly when you have two drivers in on the fix. In 2014 the infamous now banished father and son team […]
Outside of the State drivers premiership, in which the energizer bunny James Herbertson leads by 36 wins and has at his mercy, the race for the rest of the Victorian titles is as close as its been in recent memory. Mark Pitt and Greg Sugars are tied at the top of the metropolitan drivers ladder […]
