Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Mexicana was a seemingly fit and healthy high class three-year-old square gaiting filly who started her career as a juvenile at the All Stars barn of Rasmussen and Purdon. She ran four placings from four starts for them, and then was transferred to the stable of Josh Dickie. Dickie won two races in a row […]
Australia’s cleanest and most honest trainer/driver pair David Kennedy and Jackson painting have uncovered the new Lombo Pocket Watch. Remember Lombo Pocket Watch? He was that champion Mick Lombardo owned colt who won 17 of his 18 starts as a 2-year-old, and became the first horse of that age to ever be named Australian Pacer […]
Miss Puediepie is an average sort of low class mare who had been going like a busted arse all year. Sure she won a weak sex and class restricted race at Coolamon in April, but the mares she beat were walkers, and her final quarters of 30.9 and 31.3 for a last half of 62.2 […]
Have a read of this. It’s a story that appeared in the Perth newspaper the West Australian yesterday. It’s true too. But it’s not the full truth. This couple involved are a high profile WA harness trainer and his wife. The husband played stick and ball at the Olympics for Australia. It seems the love […]
If I am reading the Stewards summary correctly – and I am certain that I am – then only 4 of the 9 winners at Globe Derby last night were actually swabbed after the race. Only two of the nine were swabbed before the race. That is outrageous. If you don’t actively drug test winners, […]
Quite a few people have asked me why the veteran 50 something journeyman jockey Peter ‘Hammo’ Hamilton has been denied a license by the QRIC. The simple answer is that I don’t know, so I can’t tell you. Instead I will just present a couple of facts to you, and leave you to work it […]
Peter Hamilton IR0110-21 17 November 2021 Original decision Refusal of Application for Thoroughbred Jockey Licence Final outcome Original decision confirmed – Refusal of Application for Thoroughbred Jockey Licence
NSW gallops mentor Garry White has never been a great trainer, or really anything much more than struggle street Stan. His career strike rate is about 11%. Between April and September this year he all but doubled it. 10 from 50 at 20% White returned during this period. It would be nice to think that […]
As it set out to root out cheaters, the Jockey Club found two kindred spirits across the Hudson River, at the Meadowlands racetrack in New Jersey. Jeffrey Gural, a second-generation New York City developer, runs the track, which hosts thoroughbred and harness racing. Brice Cote, a former minor league relief pitcher and police detective, is its […]
Changes have been made to the rules around blood spinning in the harness racing industry. But Harness Racing New Zealand is refusing to go public with the revised rules. The process of blood spinning, also known as ACS or PRP, involves collecting blood from the horse using a needle, processing it in a laboratory, and […]
