Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Remember the story we told you on Sunday about the hottest race in the world at the Menangle trots the night before, on the opening night of ID21? The race the Stewards convened an inquiry into that we assured you would end up nowhere? This one. https://peterprofit.com/2021/11/28/the-hottest-race-in-the-whole-wide-world/ Well gee, we were right. Nothing can spoil […]
Melbourne racing can at times be a joke. Saturday was one of those times. I guess it was always going to be really. After all, how can you run the Sandown Cup at Caulfield and expect people to take you seriously? It’s impossible. Working out how Dragon Storm managed to turn its form around from […]
It was a funny old night at Bathurst. The fave in the 1st blew from $1.60 to $1.95, got planted in the death outside the 2nd fave and got beaten a head, in a deceptive finish in which it appeared that driver Amy Day stopped driving and took a huge grip three strides too early. […]
There were four TAB gallops meetings held in Queensland yesterday, at Caloundra, the Gold Coast, Toowoomba and Roma. So the QRIC employed its full resources and sent the Integrity Investigation Team to do surprise inspections at Gympie. It was time and money well spent, They caught one trainer who put mineral salted mud on its […]
A lot of people including myself were wondering why the hell former NSW harness racing Chief Steward Grant Adams resigned a few months ago to take up the lesser role of Deputy Chief with Harness Racing Victoria. It was announced at the time as being for family reasons, and no doubt it is, but the […]
This is race 2 at Gatton on Monday. If Michael Hellyer wasn’t a good horseman and jockey he might well be dead or in a wheelchair for life as we speak. There was a hole in the track where his horse fell. You can’t see it in the videos, but multiple trainers and jockeys have […]
The WA race day integrity system employed at all Friday night metropolitan harness race meetings is the best in Australia of any code. There are four stewards at each meeting, one of whom may be a cadet. An investigator or compliance officer from the Principal Racing Authority (Racing and Wagering Western Australia, or RWWA) is […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC11112106.mp4 Sometimes all the stars just align. On Thursday afternoon at Albion Park the multi-talented media presenter, horsewoman, form expert, broadcaster, marketing graduate, breeding analyst, trainer, driver and who knows what else Brittany Graham drove a dazzler to win the 7th race at the Creek on Maggie, the former Kiwi mare named after my wife […]
21.11.12 APL229-19 Reasons
Two days ago we told you our views about race 1 at Terang on Tuesday night. The Stewards report is now out. Here is what we said, what the stipes found, and our comments. Not much of it is good. RACE 1 – REID STOCKFEEDS 3YO PACE (1680 MS) Alex Ashwood has 2 runners in the race, […]
