Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
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 […]
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’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 […]
Watch driver Tiarna Ford’s use of the cane on the winner Hurricane Rock from the 400m mark on in the 6th race at Launceston on Sunday. Hurricane Rock’s the horse in the green and gold coming around the outside. Ford doesn’t just breach the whip rule, she smashes it into little pieces as she smashes […]
We couldn’t find the points scoring rules and conditions for the Australian Women’s Drivers Championship held at Launceston yesterday published anywhere, so this article has been written based on the Australian Drivers Championship (ADC) rules published on the HRA website. Click to access aust-driving-champ-rules.pdf Under these rules Western Australia’s Deni Roberts (pictured) has won the […]
Watch driver Tiarna Ford take off for home a lap early in this race at Burnie last Friday night. Ford sees the horse in front of her in the death under the whip, gets a rush of blood and loses count of the laps. She thinks that its the final one. It’s not. There is […]
Remember the story we told you last week about Tasmanian trot driver Mitch Ford hooking an Emma Stewart trained odds-on favorite named Free To Play at a recent Launceston meeting? Well the Tassie stewards have found Ford guilty of failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures during therace to ensure that Free To Play […]
What the hell was driver Mitch Ford doing here in the 6th race on the Emma Stewart trained Free To Play (no 9. 2nd from the inside on the 2nd row)? Why did he allow the despised $91 outsider Shooin to cross him at the bll? Why didn’t he come out 3-wide ahead of Didyoulousaroosta […]
We wrote earlier in the week about the case of Kiwi driver Tim Williams, who drove carelessly and flattened another runner in a race yet escaped with a mere $300 fine. It’s now become clear why. The RIB Penalty Guide had previously stipulated that the starting point for a careless driving offence was a 3-day […]
