Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Not long after we published our story about the missing Stewards Report from last Saturday night’s VicBred semi-finals at Melton, it finally went up. We learnt from it this. Emma Stewart has 39 starters in 11 races, with multiple runners in 10 of them. Only 3 of her 39 runners are pre-race swabbed. Only one […]
It is 6.00am on Thursday morning and the Stewards Report from the meeting held at Melton last Saturday night has still not been published by Harness Racing Victoria. Why has publication of this report for the feature meeting been delayed? It is very poor practice and totally unacceptable. If HRV can’t organise itself to deliver […]
Dean Elliott, the chief executive enabler Harness Racing South Australia announced yesterday that trainer Shane Loone has been charged with corruption, deception, improper conduct and betting offences in relation to a race at Gawler last month. If HRSA had done its job properly in the first place it never could have happened. About three years […]
Want to see something that should ring alarm bells? With the exception of Showsomejoy, who ran 5.8 seconds faster than its previous best winning time to take out race 1 in 1.53.8 off a soft sit on a slick pace, every single one of Emma Stewart’s eight other VicBred Super Series semi-final winners ran times […]
Emma Stewart turned out 39 runners in the semis of the Breeders Crown last night at Melton. 34 of them qualified for the rich grand finals. Stewart won 9 of the semi-finals, ran the quinella in 7 of them, the trifecta in 3, and the first four in 1 more. All up her stable took […]
These are the good times? I suppose it’s perspective isn’t it. For Chantel and Pete McMullen another satisfying treble at the Creek. Dawsons usually good for at least 5 a week. The Dixons are still on a high and looking forward to future riches thanks to a handy nag. The owners are certainly embracing the […]
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Archie HRV does spend 25% of its income on welfare and integrity. Just not on the horses. It’s spent on the dead wood staff in the offices. RWWA traditionally follows and adopts all its policies (all codes) from Vic. WA harness participants should be very afraid…….. And yes RWWA have bungled an industry land asset […]
I don’t think I have ever in my entire life seen a less impressive performance than the one that HRV Chairman Adam Kilgour gave when trying to justify his board’s failures in an interview on SEN earlier this week. Kilgour – whose day job is as a lobbyist to clients including property developers – looks […]
The picture speaks for itself. Mick Stanley might be the first, but he certainly won’t be the last. God save the Queen, for under HRV’s leadership nothing can save Victorian harness racing.
