Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We are going to write at length about Harness Racing Australia’s new ‘Advance Australia’ concept paper released today, and examine the issue from both the for and against sides. Just for now though we want to alert you to the politics of the issue. Harness Racing Australia is governed by votes, as detailed in the […]
The Harness Racing Australia board (known under the articles of association as the ‘Council’) has 12 members. Six are the harness racing Controlling Bodies (Principal Racing Associations, or ‘PRA’s) from each State, who get two votes as follows: Harness Racing NSW (HRNSW)- 2 Harness Racing VIC (HRV) – 2 Racing QLD (RQ) – 1 Qld […]
Have you ever heard of a winner at the trots paying $881? Until yesterday I hadn’t either. This is the winner of race 3 at Globe Derby. I reckon it would be a world record. If it wasn’t a misprint. Doh!
They are no fun at all these HRA board members. Just when a bloke like Turbo spots a good and totally legal money making scheme, the stuffy shirts at HRA go and shut it down. It’s outrageous. What I am talking about is the newly introduced amendment to the National Ratings System applying to horses […]
How the hell does can an eight-year-old pacer with a record of 135 starts for 14 wins and 40 placings be rated as an NR31 under the new national handicapping system? Particularly a pacer who has won four races in the past eight month, run second four times too, and third once? It doesn’t make […]
