Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Twenty-two year ago Daren Garrard contracted a brain tumour that that threatened his life at an early age. He beat it, but received a 2nd blow when the doctors told he and his wife Gayle that they could never have kids. Never say never, for shortly after the miracle happened and 19 years ago Angus […]
We declared Angus Garrard to be the next big thing in racing, an absolute superstar, years ago when he was just 16. Now in the first two rounds of ID23 the Kid has proven us right. There have been three standout drivers in this series so far: Greg Sugars, Cam Hart, and young Garrard himself. […]
We’ve written a couple of articles critical of Michael Stanley’s steering of Rock N Roll Doo in recent months, and here is another one on what was once the southern hemisphere’s biggest stage. Did you see Stanley’s drive on Doo in Heat 1 of ID23 last night? If you did you’ll wish you didn’t, for […]
Nathan Jack is from some little hillbilly hamlet called Uranquinty, about 40 minutes out of Young, which is where he cut his teeth as a junior horseman. He’s been gone a long time as his star has risen, fallen, and then risen again, but last night on Young’s biggest trot night of the year he […]
Hi Archie I read with interest your story about Race 10 on Friday night at Glopucester Park, and totally agree with you. The driver of the leader Dylan Egerton – Green should get 12 months. It was blatant team driving from the Brown camp, and as you pointed out his sole purpose appeared to be […]
Our least favourite lawsuit threatening NZ harness racing licensee Mark ‘Bones’ Jones apparently used to be able to drive horses capably, although in the past decade we have seen little evidence of that, with his record over the past 4 seasons being just 20 winner from 254 starts, similar stats to Bozo the Clown when […]
The last at Gloucester Park last night was a 5 horse race for 2YO fillies. Trainer Colin Brown had two horses in the race, the $4.40 second favourite Exceptional Arma who is a smart filly with a redord of 9 wins from 15 starts and best time at GP of 1.56.8, and the $51.00 pop […]
No it’s not Grant Dixon we are talking about, surprisingly enough. Colt Thirty One and Leap To Fame’s killer has nothing on WA reinsman Shane Young. They are not even in the same league. Young part owns, trains and drives the brilliant Wonderful To Fly, who would quite possibly be the best of her sex […]
Driver James Locke is on the inside here. Driver Taylah Osmond is on his outside. Locke knows that she is there, because before the tape started rolling he looked across and saw her. It is not so easy from this angle to see what happens next, but it did happen. For reasons known only to […]
A mate of mine claims that Gary Hall Jr is the greatest driver in Australia. I think he’s mad. Great drivers don’t fall asleep on $1.30 shots and get them beaten through inattention like Hall did on the hotshot Star Lavra in the WA Country Derby yesterday. Fast forward it to where they enter the […]
