Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Even though Snow has refused to co-operate, we will continue to pursue the matter to ensure the integrity of thoroughbred racing has not been compromised That is Peter V’Landys speaking in 2019 in the wake of the TAB’s boss of fixed price racing Sally Snow – the god-daughter of Robbie Waterhouse – being warned off […]
Was that debacle at Scone yesterday the worst day’s racing since the one the week before? Does PVL really have to inflict this sort of rubbish on us just so that he can keep his patron John Messara sweet by running a metro meeting at the bloke’s home track? Hasn’t V’Landys transcended that sort of […]
Following a meeting between the CEO and the kind, hard-working Mrs Clements, the issue regarding the provision of refreshments in the drivers room at the Wagga trots has been resolved. The cakes and sangers are back on, and even better, Mrs Clements will no longer have to pay for the snacks that she has been […]
Until recently a community minded harness racing lover named Christine Clement used to – out of the goodness of her heart and for no personal reward – but a hundred dollars a week worth of sandwiches and cakes from the club run canteen at the Wagga track, take them down to the stables, and share […]
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result Albert Einstein In season 2005/2006 the then board of Harness Racing NSW undertook a comprehensive review of the breeding incentive schemes operated by the peak body, and after determining that further stimuli was required to address the […]
Beware Trojan horses: it is not a $15 million increase as it is being sold; the boost is plus $5 million, maintained over 3 years (if we are lucky) Harness Racing NSW this week announced a warmly welcomed $5 million annual increase to funding for the sport, the largest part of which will be allocated […]
https://www.webetnet.com/AboutUs Webet is a company that was recently registered by the NSW Liquor and Gaming Commission to conduct an interactive (online) bookmaking business. That is interesting, for the company is run by a couple named Garry and Glenis Clarke. They were pivotal figures in the Fine Cotton ring-in in 1984, their role being to place […]
The NSW breeding industry is the big winner from the announcement, with breeders given the incentive of $2250 for every live foal bred from a NSW-based mare and an Australian or New Zealand stallion based in the state. The breakdown of payments starts with $250 for a 42-day positive test for mares located in NSW, […]
What the hell was Sofia Arvidsson doing here? She is on the $1.33 fave Dance Secret in a very weak 7 horse race. It gallops out for no seeming reason at all. Arvidsson is out the back and there is nothing to her inside or outside, or anywhere around. Instead of just steadying it back […]
Majestic Cruiser ran 4th of 5 in a claimer at Ballarat on Boxing Day 2020. He had 22 starts after that, and won just one of them, in an NR80-94 at Melton After he ran a poor seventh in another NR80-94 race at Melton on the 26th of June last year against weak opposition, Majestic […]
