Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It appears from the debacle we saw on Sky yesterday that the broadcast box that the race caller works from has fixed glass windows that cannot be opened. When it rains hard and the wind is blowing into the window it seems that it becomes like a car windscreen in a torrential downpour when the […]
For those of you who were wondering how the hell Royal Supremacy turned around its recent form of 14th of 14 beaten 5.88 lengths at Scone then 11th of 14 beaten 11.8 lengths at Randwick to win the 6th race yesterday at the same track, the answer is simple. Ciaron Maher took off the Norton […]
$1.20 Tim Hale SC – Elected Director (pictured) Waterhouse man. Leading silk. Big wheel at the top end of town. Led the successful anti-sale campaign. Incumbent Vice-Chair. His time has come. We’re tipping him a cert. $4.10 David McGrath – Govt appointed Independent Director. So was rejected and just resigned Chairman Peter McGauran, and look […]
Harness Racing NSW have launched an inquiry into Ashleigh Delosa’s drive on the Michael Stanley trained runner Soho Majestic in the 3rd race at Menangle on Monday, and it’s easy to see why. Soho Majestic opened in betting as the long odds on $1.12 favorite but blew like a gale out to $2.25. Fellow Michael […]
If you’ve never seen a team drive before you have now. Race 1 at Newcastle last night. Darren Elder trains the 7 and the 9. 7 is driven by regular stable driver Blake Hughes. 9 is driven by Elder’s son Brad. Darren Elder’s daughter Melanie Elder trains the 3. Her mum Nicole owns it. It […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/nsw/PEC01072506.mp4 Have a look at the run of the horse in the brown and gold colors. Tuapeka Lou is its name and it having its 2nd start for Jason Grimson after coming to him from Brad Hewitt. It never ran faster than 1.55 for Hewitt, win lose or draw. At its first start for the […]
NSW harness racing trainers Peter Hanson and Dylan Xerri have had their licenses suspended after their horses threw positive swabs to the drug Xylometazoline after winning races in the past few few months. It is believed to be the first time that an Australian horse recorded a positive to the drug. Xylometazoline is the active […]
Jett Turnbull (pictured) is only 17 years old, but even at this early stage of his career the record setting junior driver appears to have some of his more senior rivals rattled. Mat Rue is one. At Dubbo on Friday night Rue drove three favorites or 2nd favorites in a row in races 4-6 against […]
Greg Bennett was once a champion trot driver, the best in NSW of his time. Then he got embroiled in the Green Light affair, and after deliberately handing over the wrong phone and then refusing to answer questions about it he was disqualified for 7 years. Since that disqualification ended in 2017 Bennett has made […]
What you are about to read in this and the stories to follow are the transcripts of discussions between corrupt then recently resigned HRNSW Stewards Matthew Bentley (now deceased) and Paul O’Toole, who was later jailed. In what became known as the Green Light affair, both stewards had been accepting bribes from crooked trainers and […]
