Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
What a shit coverage of the trots tonight on 7 Mate. It’s like being put on hold. Surely we can do better than this with the rare TV opportunities the sport gets. What a lost opportunity. The clowns are running the circus. Keith from QLD
RACE 5 – ID26 TROTTERS ROUND 2 HEAT 2 – 2138m The withdrawal of the well fancied Susan Is Her Name from the series throws the cat among the pigeons, and leaves the former Kiwi square gaiter Lovemeto as the $1.85 favorite. If you want to take that price you are welcome, but I would […]
Eligibility for Nomination 119B. Unless the Stewards otherwise approve, a horse shall not be eligible to be nominated for a race unless for a period of at least twenty eight (28) days immediately prior to the date fixed for nomination the horse has been trained by a licensed trainer and that trainer has lodged with the Controlling Body a stable return for that horse. In all my years of watching the trots – and there have been plenty of them – I have never before seen a horse switch stables mid-series in an […]
Tonight is the second and last round of the heats of ID26, and for some of the early fancies to win the pacing series it’s desperation stakes. The ridiculous bonus points system for the fastest final splits (see below) makes it somewhat difficult to predict with any certainty the final number of total points that […]
Earlier this week we wrote an article saying that Ikagai, which had galloped at 10 of its 14 previous starts, including in the first round of ID26 heats, should be banned from the series. Blessed Are They Who Gallop in an ID26 Heat, For They Shall Be Forgiven – If They Behave Chris from Clontarf […]
I hate to say it, but this Inter Dominion 26 pacing series is absolutely shite. All we have is Leap To Fame v a badly drawn The Janitor and Bay of Biscay v Grimson’s born again pretend superstars Minos and Dangerous. What a joke. Just look at the first 2 heats on Saturday night. The […]
Ikigai is a trotter who had broken into a gallop at 10 of its previous 14 starts coming into Saturday night’s first round heat of ID26. She should never have been allowed to start in the series, because the horse is a danger to other runners. In the heat he again busted up at the […]
Race 6 – ID26 Pacers – Heat 3 – 2138m The Leap To Fame stakes. Larry wins. The Janitor runs second. Ubetcha Tigerpie gets a cozy run on the fence and finished 3rd. Selections Leap To Fame The Janitor Ubetcha Tigerpie Suggested Bet Trifecta – 5-6-2 Race 7 – The Great Square – 2138m A […]
Race 1 – South East Derby 2138m This is one of the hardest races of the night. Forget Maxo Mighty’s run last time out when he galloped at the start and lost all chance. It doesn’t mean that he is a certainty here, only a risk, but if he paces all the way the Grimson […]
Jason Grimson has had Dangerous for at best a couple of weeks. He got it off the horse’s life long trainer Shane Sanderson, a Group 1 winner. Dangerous has always been a very good horse – he ran 4th in the 2024 Inter Dominion final – but he has never been considered a superstar. Not […]
