Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Who the hell do Harness Racing Australia think they are to presume that just because I write observational opinion pieces about the trots, I am therefore deemed to be bound by the rules that they – without any consultation with me, or consideration of my views – have drafted and enacted. And who do half-baked […]
I was a strident critic of John Dumesny during his reign as HRNSW CEO. Some of my criticism deserved, some of it not. But whichever way the dice landed, it is impossible to argue with his appointment as Chairman of Harness Racing Australia. especially when I tipped him a while back as the man for […]
Yeah good Harness Racing Australia. Nice try. Ever heard of a VPN? You won’t be blocking me boys and girls. There is more than one way to skin a cat. Consider yourself skinned.
Why the hell do some people keep trying to fix things that aren’t broken? The Auckland Trotting Club tried to become property developers so that it could ‘secure the future of harness racing’, which was already sitting pretty and travelling well. Instead they sent the sport into the abyss, and their club and track with […]
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 […]
