Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We all know harness racing at Mildura has always been red hot – think Rod Weightman and the Cramps – and nothing’s changed. You only need to look at Jack Laugher’s drive on the odds-on favorite Wattaflynn in race 5 last night to realize that. Wattaflynn is a fast beginner, and from gate 2 with […]
I know there was probably nothing in it, and that she can’t help who she is related to or that her horse is a hard pulling mutt, but if you didn’t know these things like a lot of punters don’t, then gee Dannielle McMullen’s drive on the favorite Im Boo in race 5 at Albion […]
Fate Awaits started $1.35 from gate 1 in the tenth race at Albion Park last night. He got beaten. I blame Grant Dixon for that. Dixon drove the fave out hard from gate 2 with an average beginner inside it, but Final Deadline from out in the deep began faster, and one Fate Awaits reached […]
Well the mystery of how trainer Luke O’Neill was allowed to attend Globe Derby on Saturday night is solved. O’Neill can attend the trots because Harness Racing SA Stewards have put no ongoing sanctions in place that prevent him from doing so. All HRSA did was suspend his license for 6 weeks from the 25th […]
Watch the horse in the yellow and white, in front on the rail as the film rolls. It’s driver Will Rixon pulls it off the fence to let Cameron Hart behind him in the blue and gold through. Then Rixon turns and looks, and sees that Hart doesn’t quite have enough room to get up […]
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 […]
