Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A rolling pole burr with copper points (pictured) Industry Notice- Banned Gear and Equipment 27 January 2026 | Harness Racing Australia Harness Racing Australia (HRA) wish to advise that, following a national review involving stewards from all six states, it has been determined that the following item of equipment is to be placed on the […]
I wish I could have got $263.40 about Siangdi in the last at Gloucester Park last night. It would have been the overs of the century, Siangdi started at $3.20. Go HRA. There is nothing like a control body on the ball.
There is no better example of the vagaries of the National Ratings system employed in harness racing and its inherent unfairness than the first race yesterday at Menangle. It was trotters race for square gaiters rated up to NR 55, and the field it threw up was a dog’s breakfast. At one end of the […]
peterprofit.com welcomes the news of the appointment of journalist and Racing QLD executive manager of Communications and Corporate Affairs Richard Goodbody as the replacement for Andrew Kelly in the role of CEO of Harness Racing Australia. We don’t know a lot about Richard, but those who have worked with him at RQ and at the […]
After the result on Saturday night Harness Racing NSW might want to perhaps consider renaming The Eureka, and call it The Emma instead. It would be a fitting title for the race that Stewart has dominated in the three years it has been held. She won the first running of the Eureka with Encipher, and […]
We have written a number of times previously about the manifest inequities in penalties between NSW and the rest of the nation for trainers whose horses throw positive swabs to cobalt, and the decision in the case of Menangle based trainer Tony Bertwistle provides another vivid highlighting of the issue. Tony Bertwistle, a former Lone […]
It seems that not everyone shares our high opinion of outgoing Cambridge harness CEO David Branch. In the interests of democracy and balance here are some of the dissenters thoughts. As always the letters are genuine, only the names and locations have been changed. —————————————————– Kia Ora Everyone has their own opinion and they are […]
Good Afternoon Archie, Chester and I were sharing a nice warm cup of Bonox on the porch this morning as we read all about your prognostications concerning HRA seeking a new CEO. Chester hit the nail on the head. Pearl, he said Pearl, “Can you name something positive that the HRA or it’s various CEO’s […]
Sometimes two unrelated events in the universe collide and produce amazing unexpected outcomes. Serendipity it’s called. That’s what the resignations in the past fortnight of Andrew Kelly as CEO of Harness Racing Australia and David Branch as CEO of the Cambridge Raceway is. Serendipity. HRA Chairman Graham Campbell had publicly stated that the peak body […]
We warned you three months ago that just like the Ballarat miners of old, standardbred breeders were rising up in unity against the levies imposed by Harness Racing Australia purportedly to fund the Eureka, and the modern stockade of horseman would see the end of the race after this year. The divisions over the issue […]
