Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There’s a story floating around the traps that trainer Seaton Grima was so highly aggrieved about both the deal offered to him by Summit Bloodstock and Aaron Bain to train their horses, and by their reluctance to up and have horses taken to the vets that he told them to stick it where the sun […]
There have been a lot of knocks on the Racing Victoria Chairman elect Gillon McLachlan, most of them being that he lacks the racing experience to stand up toe to toe with Peter V’Landys in the internecine war between the two veto holding states on the Racing Australia board. So RV have decided to fight […]
The outgoing Chairman of Racing Victoria and his guileless CEO blame all of racing in the State’s problems on a decline in wagering turnover across the industry. It’s bullshit, and a callow cop out. Sure, Victorian racing’s wagering revenue decreased by almost $3o million. But NSW’s went up by around $21 million. That’s a swing […]
Adam Pengilly and Chris Roots February 1, 2024 — 7.44pm Racing NSW is in conflict with Tabcorp – the major sponsor of its flagship race, The Everest – after starting legal proceedings against the wagering company. In a move which could have huge ramifications for the billion-dollar racing industry, the state’s regulator has served legal papers on […]
The Controlling Body or Stewards may reject a nomination without assigning any reason Australian Harness Racing Rule 23(1)(13) As you can see above, the principal racing authorities in each State – HRNSW, HRV, HRSA, RWAA and Racing QLD or the QRIC – and/or the Stewards in each of those jurisdictions has the right to reject […]
We wrote recently about how veteran NSW trainer David Waite has suddenly found a golden vein of success after taking over the reins of disqualified drug cheating trainer Leon Jurd, but whatever his new found secret of success is, Waite’s hot run is not contained to Jurd’s former horses, for all of a sudden he […]
Illavabubbles was a relatively ordinary performed mare that had won 7 races from 42 starts in New Zealand and QLD, and had run a fastest winning time of 1.56.3 on the fast track at Albion Park (record 1.49.2) before it was sent down south to get the magic from Jason Grimson. That means that the […]
Coming into yesterday’s Randwick meeting Newcastle based trainer Scott Aspery had only won 8 races in the previous 2 1/2 years, and only one in the city. Fortunately that win was in a Midway worth $55 000 to the winner last year. Still and all, it’s been a hard way to eke out a living […]
Caulonia Courage – name after a small village in Calabria that fought off the fearsome Turkish army during a siege in 1597 – was an average muddler from Mildura who had won 6 races from 47 starts until it recently left the stable of Vince Vallelonga and came to the barn of Seaton Grima, or […]
Until last Saturday week Jason Grimson was the trainer of the 7YO pacer Firefox. Under his expert tutelage, the horse won 4 of its first 5 starts, but then it went off the boil and ended up racing (and winning) in a claimer in Melbourne. It won 2 more races after that, the last of […]
