Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Take a look here at the 4th horse back on the fence, Quiet Storm. You can’t quite entirely see it from the side-on view but the driver of the horrse Xavier O’Connor breaks the rules by taking it inside 7 marker pegs up the straight to run into 3rd place on the line. Marker pegs […]
Do any two races over 1720m at Melton ever start at the same spot? Here are six of the races run at the track over the distance last Thursday night. Note that the gates release in a different spot in each one. Starting races from mobiles is obviously not an exact science, but when vast […]
Last night at Victoria’s only harness race meeting at Mildura there were races run for stakes of $6000, $7000 (x2), $9 000, and $10 000 (x2). Meanwhile at Menangle in NSW there wasn’t a race run with a purse less than $20 400. The lowest staked race at Albion Park in QLD was $11 620 […]
The word on the street is that the racing lab may have found traces of something a lot more explosive than saline in the tubes of the drips seized from Emma Stewart that lead to her presently stayed 6 month disqualification. Something much more explosive indeed. If the mail is correct, this is going to […]
In January of this year the young former pony trots star Chelsea Prothero (pictured above with boyfriend Seaton Grima) applied to Harness Racing Victoria for the grant of a trainers license. On the 11th of January she was interviewed by HRV Steward John Packer, and based on her successfully passing the interview, on the day […]
When Bernard Saundry was the CEO of HRV was when Ian McEwan was chair, and that was the era that HRV built the new 1000m tracks and closed a number of country tracks (not clubs) in favor of racing on the new bigger, better wagering turnover tracks. Denis Napthine undid that in his stint as […]
28 horses crossed the Murray River from Victoria to race at Albury in NSW last night, instead of going down to Melton to have a crack. Who could blame them? They were all just chasing the cash. Prizemoney at the main Victorian track Melton last night was just $6800 per race on average. Every single […]
Trevor Craddock, pictured right with the Mouseketeers Harness Racing Victoria is saddened by the passing of former Chairman Trevor Craddock. Mr Craddock headed up the Trotting Control Board from 1984-88, and also served as treasurer on the Inter Dominion Harness Racing Council and Australian Harness Racing Council in 1987-88. HRV chairman Dale Monteith said Mr […]
Have a look at this Steward’s Report from Saturday night at Melton, authored or signed off by Chief Steward Peter ‘Pete the Plodder’ Chadwick. https://www.harness.org.au/racing/stewards-reports/stewards-reports-detail/?mc=MX030224 Medical attendants had to attend toa patient medical officers had to attend toa patient Maori Franklin gave ground and it’s tire in the home straight, which must have made it […]
The Southern Star series for square gaiters is one of the highlights of the harness racing year. There are two heats and a final, all run on the same night, with the field for the final not being finalised until after the heats have been run. For that reason, it’s important that punters can see […]
