Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The problems with Wayne Haylen KC sitting on the Ben Sarina appeal due to apprehensions of potential bias have become manifest as a consequence of the Principal Member failing to issue Sarina with a ‘Parker Warning’ that his sentence may be increased, and thus denying him the opportunity to withdraw his appeal based on that […]
1. On 15 November 2023 HRNSW Stewards concluded an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding a serious melee between numerous harness racing participants that occurred in the race day stalls at the Tamworth Harness Racing Club meeting held on 2 November 2023. 2. Two participants were charged under AHRR 231(1) (e), namely, that a person shall […]
Warning before increasing your sentence If you have appealed against your sentence to the District Court, the Court must warn you if it is considering increasing your sentence. This is known as a ‘Parker warning’. The Court must give you the opportunity to withdraw your appeal. If you withdraw your appeal, the decision of the Local […]
Ben Sarina’s appeal against his 7-year disqualification for assaulting a long ago Steward was decided this week, and it didn’t go well for him. We will tell you more about that later. For the moment we want to discuss the issue of whether the Principal Member of the Panel Wayne Haylen KC should even have […]
Note to self Turbo – never let yourself get photographed in front of what looks like a prison wall Jack ‘Turbo’ Trainor was yesterday disqualified for a further 18 months for his second positive swab to Levamisole offence. Turbo is currently serving a 10-month DQ for his first Levamisole positive. That term expires on 9 […]
How’s that for a plunge? $15.00 into $1.90 Jilliby Fabio in the last at Menangle yesterday. The eagle landed. Guess who the trainer was? Chris Judd, the fella we’ve been telling you about lately. The bloke is a genius. He gets once fast horses like Jilliby Fabio and makes them fast again. https://www.harness.org.au/racing/horse-search/?horseId=823436 It was […]
I must be having a bad hair day, because I can’t work this one out either. According to the Harness Racing Australia records, based on information provided by Harness Racing NSW, top driver Cameron Hart has been suspended for one day, which was yesterday the 16th of March. What exactly Hart was suspended for is […]
I must admit to being initially sceptical about Harness Racing NSW’s decision to throw a potential million dollars in bonus money at the Carnival of Cups, wondering if the million have been better spent on integrity or grassroots prizemoney. They are both pretty well looked after in NSW though, and the Carnival of Cups promotion […]
The Australian Turf Club has put two questions for its members to vote on. These two questions are, in essence, should the ATC (a) Sell Rosehill to the NSW government? (b) Replace Rosehill with a new Group 1 quality racecourse. Simple questions really, but multi-layered with complexity. For a start the phrase Group 1 racecourse […]
The indicator that a person is very good harness racing trainer is in the times horses run for them, and whether or not they can improve those times on what the previous trainer could get it the horse to run. Pacers run remarkably consistent times all through their careers by the age of four onward. […]
