Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Here are two different views from readers about the Boort Cup fiasco on Sunday. It seems that there is more to the whole thing than meets the eye. Hi Archie, Just reading your post on the Boort Cup, perhaps stewards have taken no action against Ewa Justice as they belatedly realised the sprint lane they […]
A licensee who was close up to the action at Marburg on Sunday has written in to say that he clearly observed that Neilson’s horse ALWAYSMISSINGYOU paced roughly in the approach to the start, and said that if he had chased the horse off the gate it would have galloped. The observer also said that as far […]
Below is the Stewards report into Collective Works disqualification from its win in Sunday’s Boort Cup (see earlier story). What is quite amazing about the whole thing is that while the horse was disqualified because its driver Ewa Justice broke the rules, Justice herself was not charged with any offence despite having already been ruled […]
We texted Anthony Butt on Saturday morning to wish him luck and a safe trip on Tact McLeod in the Cordina Sprint, and to tell him I had a feeling that tonight he was about to remind us of his genius. (Keith from QLD had put the idea in my head the night before when, […]
Yesterday’s Boort Pacing Cup was a very weird race, both during and after. Collective Works, who was first past the post, lost the race on protest to second placed Lincoln River, who became the official winner. Then, after the protest was decided, Collective Works was disqualified from the race completely, and all placegetters were promoted […]
Archie I appreciate a lot of your work, but from the perspective of a former driver, nowhere near the calibre of Nathan Dawson, I’d ask you to rewatch the race and question why stewards are wasting time and money on this. At the time they asked why he didn’t move three wide they were going […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APM01032502.mp4 QLD Stewards have opened and adjourned an inquiry into Nathan Dawson’s drive on Momentum Swing in the first race at Albion Park last night, and with excellent cause too for at first glance the leading reinsman’s actionz looked highly suspect to say the very least. Momentum Swing quickly found the 1-1 position on the […]
The whispers that there is some funny business going on with certain drivers at Albion Park have reached a crescendo in the past couple of weeks since former rails bookie at the gallops turned professional punter/layer on Betfair Lindsay Gallagher was banned by Stewards from entering the birdcage and stabling area at the track during […]
Can anyone please explain why the Albion Park Stewards allowed Adam Richardson to drive Richard Hutchinson’s runner in race 4 on Tuesday instead of driving one of the two starters that his wife Alanah had in the race? To take the question further, can anyone tell us why the Stewards didn’t charge Richardson with the […]
Adam Hamilton has penned an opinion piece published on harness.org.au arguing for owner and trainers colors to be abandoned, and replaced by drivers wearing their own signature silks in every race no matter what horse they drive. The basis of Adman’s argument is that it is the drivers who are the stars of harness racing, […]
