Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Haven’t Naomi Kerr’s horses started flying again since NSW harness rogue Shannon Wonson started taking after dark drives from his workplace at Darren Weir’s pre-training center in Baringhup up to Mildura to visit friends. It’s quite remarkable really. https://www.hrnsw.com.au/news/1745/mr-shannon-wonson–recommencement-of-disqualification Kerr had runners in 6 races at Broken Hill. She won 4 of them, and ran […]
When’s the last time you saw an unraced early season 2-year-old run home its last quarter in 26.2 seconds at its first ever race track trial, and in driving rain and all? Like never. Until Tuesday night when Emma Stewart’s Poster Boy colt The Highlight Reel did it. This youngster who is yet to debut […]
The BHA and the IHRB have announced a new joint anti-doping initiative which they claim will prove they are world leaders in the fight against doping. They claim that in recent days their staff have visited 14 different training yards in Britain and Ireland to take 250 samples from 120 horses entered at the Cheltenham […]
The retention barn at Menangle is used to house runners in major races under security and supervision from midday on the Thursday of the race until 2 hours before start time on the Saturday night. It’s supposed to ensure that none of the horses are doped within 60 hours of the race. That would be […]
HIS HONOUR: Many people enjoy betting. Many people enjoy betting on horse races. A lot of people do not, but those that do are entitled to have things as fair as possible. They are entitled to have horses run on their merits and they are entitled to have the authorities act properly in ensuring that […]
Prior being transferred to Seaton Grima’s stable five weeks ago Bully Bourne was just an average plodder from the bush with a best winning time of 1.56.0, which he recorded on debut two and a half years ago on the big fast track at Wagga The average time he had run at his past 1o […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/nsw/BRC24022405.mp4 What the hell did this give this horse Iambecauseofyou that recently smashed the track record at Broken Hill by three seconds? Just watch it go. If this wasn’t a milkshake job and then something a bit more I’m not here. Iambecauseofyou is a good horse, but not this good. His trainers have a bit […]
What is OSPHOS® (clodronate injection)? OSPHOS® (clodronate injection) is a safe and effective FDA-approved treatment marketed by Dechra Veterinary Products for the control of clinical signs associated with navicular syndrome in horses 4 years of age and older. The use of OSPHOS in horses less than 4 years of age has not been studied. What […]
A few days ago, I was playing a game of Words With Friends and put the word “GRAMS” down on the board, using my letter “S” to reach the Double Word spot and get 20 points. My worthy opponent then added the letters P-I-C-O to spell PICOGRAMS and burn me with 40 points! I thought […]
We often talk about trainers extraordinary winning strike rates on this site, but none we have ever seen match the numbers being recorded by English trainer Charlie Appleby and stable rider William Buick’s at Meydan racecourse in Dubai. Appleby is training winners to runners this season at the extraordinary strike rate of 44%, a figure […]
