Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Race 7 at the Ascot Park Invercargill trots last night was the hottest race in the world this week, the world being New Zealand. There were two heavily backed horses in the race: Mabalene, driven by Brad Williamson, which firmed from $10 into $7; and Show Me Heaven, steering by Tim Williams, which was $3.20 […]
T. Williams was driving for Team Telfer, and his horse was owned by that stable’s backer Stonewall Stud. Stonewall Stud is owned by Steve Stockman, a well-known huge punter who for reasons no-one can understand spent $3 million at last week’s yearling sales. Some suspect that he might have been trying to get some back. […]
Dani Hill is South Australia’s leading trot driver. She is also a match fixing cheat. If you don’t realise that by now you ain’t looking. Just in case you have just found your glasses after they have been lost for a couple of years though, here is another reminder. D. Hill drove the odds on […]
How does this Stewards report from the Newcastle Mile make any sense? Luke McCarthy is questioned about the sub-standard performance of the superstar pacer Expensive Ego, the Miracle Mile runner-up and first past the post in Inter Dominion 2021 before he lost it on protest. He tells the stipes that the tempo didn’t suit, particularly […]
There are five (5) NSW trainers presently on charges for throwing positive swabs to Levmisole. Three of them were never stood down from training. These three are Mark Buckingham, Kerry Ann Morris and Jack ‘Turbo’ Trainor. Mark Buckingham is a Victorian trainer, and his matter has been thrown back to the integrity authorities there. Turbo […]
We have had a couple of calls since we put up the story about Jaden Lloyd being allowed to claim 2 kilos off Hatchet’s weight when he replaced the over weight Ryan Maloney at the last minute in the $127 500 QTIS 3YO Handicap at Caloundra on Saturday, and most of them are saying that […]
The rule that is printed at the top of this page relates to the replacement of riders at race meetings, in situations where for whatever reason one jockey cannot meet their declared commitment to take the mount, and another jockey must ride it instead. The words in the rule are simple and clear – another […]
See the horse above named Ghent? The one that has been backed from $7.00 into $3.50 without any falcons passing on a tip. It is trained by Gaita Pullicino. Gaita and/or her son have been banned from harness racing in just about every State in Australia, bar South Australia, which issued her a license to […]
Ghent is a trotter. He is usually not a very good one. That is because he is slow, and 11 years old. In 10 starts this season until yesterday, this Gaita Pullicino trained old bloke hadn’t run a single place in a race. So it was a surprise when all these folk of Maltese and […]
The tale of David Moran’s suspension is an interesting one, and quite salacious too, but setting that aside it raises some very serious questions about the integrity of Harness Racing Victoria, and the Principal Racing Authority’s commitment to honesty, fairness, justice and the truth. For the purposes of this discussion, we wish to concentrate purely […]
