Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
C’mon Mr Profit Take a good look at all the drivers in that clip. There were the best part of half a dozen drivers dropped their leg for one reason or another, probably reflex action to retain balance (editor’s note – yeah right). That’s my take on the matter. Good for one good for all. […]
Well we weren’t wrong about Taylor Ford’s penalty for her drive in this race at Geelong (shown above) being strongly deserved. Judge Bowman had this to say in his decision to dismiss Ford’s appeal. To employ the meaning of the Rule, the manner in which you drove was unacceptable. You drove the horse almost relentlessly […]
What the hell was Taylor Ford the driver of the $61 shot Bona Khan doing here in the first race at Geelong last night? Ford came out hard looking to cross the 3rd favorite Chasing Rex who was drawn the pole. Chasing Rex’s driver Greg Sugars made it clear that he wasn’t going to hand […]
The rules of harness racing are pretty clear, even if somewhat sexist, especially rule 170. It says that a driver shall, throughout the course of a race, drive with both feet in the rests of the sulky, unless he is activating approved gear. Neither this rule or any other makes an exception for those driving […]
You’d hope that QLD reinsman Brent Livingstone – a former junior champion who spent two decades on the sideline before coming out of retirement to drive for his dad John – drives better than he punts, because as far as sharp punters g0 he’s blunter than a butter knife. On Saturday night at the Creek […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/UGB30032509.mp4 Why did Leonard Cain, the driver of the favorite Royal Winkle, not kick up from barrier 1 and hold the lead? Does Cain know that in the past 12 months horses that lead from barrier 1 on the small, tight 700 meter track at Marburg have won almost twice as many races as horses […]
What the hell was Tom Ison doing on the leader here? Ison worked it over to get it to the front, and then without any care at all for the runners behind him he just jammed his down hard on the brakes and stopped to almost a crawl. It was a miracle that the one […]
Some people say that team driving in Tasmania stopped when Ben Yole got put out. They obviously haven’t been watching the Tassie trots. There is no better proof that the team drive continues on unabated than Saturday night’s Group 1 Tasmanian Cup. Unsurprisingly it involved the former Ben Yole stable drivers and associates, the brothers […]
19-year-old Victorian reinsman Ryan Backhouse was suspended for 7 days and fined $100 for using the whip or rein in an unapproved manner on Rio Rock in the 1st race at Mildura on the 26th of February. It seemed a harsh penalty because there was nothing in it. Take a look. Backhouse is in the […]
The Hewitt family had two runners in race 2 at Albion Park on Tuesday. Doug Hewitt trained and drove Alta Equus, drawn the pole. It was backed from $126 into $34, with most of the money coming in each way bets. Gemma Hewitt trained number 3 Life of Art, driven by Brendan Barnes. It was […]
