Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It’s a good question isn’t it? Anyone got an answer? There are basically two choices. Clayton pretending to be Emma wins it. Or Luke McCarthy posing as Belinda does. It’s 5 v 2. Expensive Ego has the worst draw of the lot, but he is one of the two. Beyond Delight is the other. Ego […]
This minor infringement fine issued to Nathan ‘Cracker’ Jack for cheating in the 3rd and final round of the ID22 Trotting heats is both outrageous, and a clear example of how the stewarding in Victoria is on the nose. Cracker’s horse Always Ready was drawn in gate 2, directly behind the $151 shot Teetreetommy, which […]
Have you ever seen a grown man cry? You would have if you were at Darrel Graham’s place last night when daughter Brittany was interviewed outside the Stewards room as the true realisation that Majestic Harry had made the Inter Dominion Grand Final washed across, and tears gushed from her shining eyes. Her Dad cried […]
It’s not the stuff on the label. It’s better. Coming into last night’s final round of ID22 heats the track record at Geelong for the 2570m journey was 1.56.5. Act Now came out in the 2nd heat and obliterated it. The Tonkin trained 4YO ran 1.54.9, a full 1.5 seconds or 20m faster than any […]
I have been to 8 of the past 20 Inter Dominions on both sides of the Tasman, and there were two things that were a feature of them all. One was that the heats and finals of each of these series I attended were all held at the same track. There was no running around […]
The pre-race swabbing (PRS) regime in the Inter Dominion 2022 series continues to raise huge integrity concerns. Here are the horses that were swabbed in the pacers heats at Shepparton last night, listed according to finishing place in their heats and price. Below that are the horses that were well up in the betting market, […]
So far there have been 6 heats of ID22 run. meaning that there have been 18 placings in these heats. Horses trained by Tonkin and Stewart have filled 9 of these 18 spots. Belinda McCarthy trained pacers have filled a further 4. That’s just two stables that have produced 13 of the 18 placed horses […]
The Inter Dominion was once the jewel in harness racing’s crown, a battle of attrition contested by the best horses from across both side of the Tasman, a gruelling contest of speed, grit, stamina and guts run over 4 races in 2 weeks for the coveted prize of being acclaimed the best horse in the […]
32 Honolua Bay 27 Act Now, Mach Dan 26 Expensive Ego 25 Better Eclipse 24 Narutac Prince 23 Spirit of St Louis 21 Beyond Delight 20 Bundoran 19 Zeuss Bromac 18 Majestic Cruiser 16 Torrid Saint, Petes Said So, Wolf Stride ———————————————————————– 14 I Cast No Shadow, Bettor Call Me 13 Alta Orlando, Max Delight, […]
