Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Okay, you’ve heard what Jimmy Jacques had to say, and what he says the Chief Steward said. Everything is sweet. Bien Hoa jumped in fright at his own spit and knocked over one of the top 3 in the market. It was all sweet. Graham Loch said so. And they expect us to believe this […]
In 50 years of harness racing I have never seen a more blatant race fix that the one pulled in the first at Globe Derby. It was absolutely disgraceful, and you know what? Almost everyone was in on it. At the very minimum four drivers were – Michael A Smith, Dani Hill, Wayne Hill, and […]
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can’t hit what the eyes can’t see.” Muhammed Ali If an Acting Chief Steward wants to lay down his credentials for a soon-looming job* by playing the tough guy, wouldn’t you think that he would try to get the wording of the charge 100% right before […]
Kevin Seymour is a man that people in harness racing tend to have very polarised views about. They either like him or they don’t like him, and most hold a view. By and large in recent years they have been against. It’s not because Seymour is an unlikeable man – he is certainly not, in […]
Prizemoney Increase Last 5 Years – (including breeders bonuses and payments) QLD – 65.5% NSW – 9.0% VIC – 8.4% Prizemoney as Share of Revenue QLD – 82.1% NSW – 49.2% VIC – 46.0% Profit/Loss 2021/2022 Financial Year NSW – $15.7 million VIC – $2.9 million QLD – ($7.3 million) loss See these figures above? […]
Editor’s Side Note I will tell you something else about Kevin Seymour too. He’s a very good friend if you are in the team and stay loyal, and indifferent and no problem if like me you are not (in the team that is, not disloyal). But if you do the wrong thing by him, and […]
I don’t know what to say about the standard of South Australian stewarding, or at least nothing that I haven’t said a million times before. Look at the decisions in these three races in a row at Globe Derby this week, and you make up your own mind. Stewards inquired into an incident near the […]
It was only 3 months ago that Chief Steward Chadwick issued the directive above to QLD trainers and jockeys. Apprentices must claim their full allowance or ride at their declared minimum riding weight (MRW). Under no circumstances will an apprentice be allowed to ride over their MRW. Chief Chadwick also this issued this one – […]
Ben Yole had 60 of the 99 runners in Hobart last night in the three races he contested. That’s just ridiculous. What is going on when he brings horses over to race in Victoria is even worse. Chainsaw had two runners last night. The first one Miss Tyler was driven as dead as a doornail. […]
Jockey James Baker felt ill when he arrived at the stalls on Champagne at Dawn for the 3rd race at Mackay on Thursday, so poorly that he advised the starter and asked to be inspected by the medical staff. They gave him a quick once over and passed him fit to ride, which is a […]
