Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Whoever said that modern day harness race driving wasn’t a young person’s game is either delusional or a liar. 26-year-old Cameron Hart drove six winners at Menangle last night. Across the border at Melton 25-year-old James Herbertson landed five winners. Up in Brisbane 29-year-old Nathan Dawson scored four. Gone are the days of the likes […]
It’s Saturday night at the Creek, race seven. Angus Garrard is driving number 1 Sista Sammy NZ, the horse behind the leader with the white wheels. How many marker pegs does he run over or hit? I count at least five or six. He went inside 4 or 5 before that too (see pictures below). […]
Gaita Pullicino got a bit keen on the horse outside of the leader here didn’t she? I lost track of how many times she broke the whip rule from the home turn on. It was like watching one of those old races at the Showgrounds. Me thinks Aunty Gaita is going for a spell. The […]
Getting a long odds-on favorite beaten at Albion Park is easy. You don’t have to dope it, or tinker with the gear, or even pull it up. All you have to do is park it in the death. Outside of the leader without any cover. That will do it almost every time. Darrin went out […]
Colin McDowell celebrates his Breeders Blue win with a feed Have you ever heard of the standardbred sire Lord Zin Zan? No? Me either. That’s because in five years at stud he has only ever served 12 mares who have produced just nine live foals. His runner to winner record is alright though, for four […]
Trainer Emma Stewart had two runners in the last race at Melton on Saturday night, Captain Perfect drawn gate 5 and Storms Collide drawn outside it in gate 5. Clayton Tonkin shares in the ownership of Storms Collide, Bain and Summit own the other horse. Captain Perfect blew in the betting from $1.80 out to […]
Amateur Kiwi driver Cheree Wigg has been suspended for four months for causing a fall. Her own. That’s tough luck isn’t it. Or not. Wigg almost caused the horse outside her to fall too. She has done it before. Amateur drivers only drive once a fortnight, so Wigg has actually only been outed for 8 […]
Watch this race and keep your eyes on Bettys Gold Class, the horse in the lime green and black. What you are about to witness is the deadest drive in the world. He didn’t try one bit. https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/REC22082503.mp4 He is Shane Graham, one 0f Queensland’s leading freelance reinsman. Graham drives a lot better than that. […]
If Wayne Hill didn’t drive the odds-on favorite The Irishman dead in race 3 at Globe Derby today then the Pope’s not a Catholic. This drive wasn’t just hot, it was burning. The Irishman was backed from $3.30 into $1.65. It’s stablemate Jamieson blew from $1.85 out to $5.50. Jamieson’s 3 career wins had come […]
Watch Nathan Dawson’s drive on Majestic Lavros in this race. It’s the horse last in the grey. It wouldn’t have won, but gee it was unlucky when finishing fourth. Couldn’t find a run anywhere could it. That’s because Dawson wasn’t looking hard enough. Watch it again on the Steward’s vision, and keep your eye on […]
