Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A hitherto healthy 4yo mare named Badlifedecision races at Mackay on the 2nd of April and goes like a busted arse. She is loaded onto a float to be transported home, slips, staggers and flips, becoming prone on the ground. The mare regains its footing, then staggers and falls again falling, becoming prone. A short […]
Three days ago we asked a rhetorical question about whether five SA greyhound Stewards had been stood down. I say rhetorical because we already knew the answer, but to be on the safe side were just awaiting double confirmation that our mail was correct. It was. Apparently Channel 7 broke the news “exclusively” a few […]
So the punters who bet on You And I in race 5 at Eagle Farm today do so thinking that the horse is wearing blinkers and a tongue tie, because the Racing Australia and RQ websites don’t tell them otherwise. The horse’s trainer Jackson Morris doesn’t present the horse to race with either. While I […]
Further to our earlier story about the appointment of Roddy Butt as an NZRIB harness racing steward, we are advised that measures have been put in place to ensure that the conflicts we envisaged in the story will not occur. Butt is presently undergoing 3 months training in the South Island, and after that is […]
See the Steward R. Butt? That’s Roddy Butt. Brother to Anthony, who is now a driver in the Canterbury area, and Chrissie Dalgety, who is a trainer in partnership with Cran Dalgety and mother of gun driver Carter. Roddy Butt is related to all the Butts – Chris, David, Kimberley, Bob and more – and […]
See the screenshot at the top? That is the Racing QLD policy on harness horses qualifying to race in this State. To be eligible for a mobile start race a horse must – MUST – qualify in a mobile start trial. And to take it a step further they must run a mile rate of […]
Want to see the most blatant and absolutely disgraceful breach of the harness racing whip rule in the past decade? Then watch this. The driver is Corey Johnson, the South Australian whose family has been the target of clandestine fire bombings and graffiti attacks in recent months. If you didn’t know better, and realise that […]
Nostra Bella is or was an absolute walker that at it’s last 4 starts had finished as follows: Last of nine beaten 8 lengths in a 3YO Handicap at Geelong Last of twelve beaten 8 lengths in a 3YO Handicap at Flemington Second last of eight beaten 4 lengths in 3YO and up at Flemington […]
Ben Thompson is a very, very good jockey. He currently sits at number 3 on the national premiership with 92.5 wins for the season. So how do you explain his ride on Redford in the 7th race at the Gold Coast yesterday? Pilot error? A simple misjudgment? Or something a whole lot different again? Thompson […]
Lorenzo Carbone is a registered Victorian greyhound trainer and owner, who has most of the dogs he owns trained by others. He is also a man who is active on Betfair. During the year 2021 Carbone had seven of his dogs race for one or more of these other trainers. Most if not all of […]
