Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The cancellation of Friday night’s Broken Hill Cup meeting by Harness Racing NSW has not been well received by people at the grassroots. Cup night at the 602m track in the famous remote mining town of 18 000 people is one of the best attended trot meetings anywhere in the State, and I include Miracle […]
Last week, thanks to the genius of his barrister Jim “the Magic Man: Murdoch KC, Queensland gallops trainer Lindsay Hatch had his nine month disqualification for a positive swab to cobalt reduced by the Racing Appeals Panel to a mere $750 fine. Hatch, a repeat offender, also had the reinstatement of his previous suspended sentence […]
Trackwork rider Brock McDuff, who has a history of drug use, had been refused a license by Racing NSW Stewards the week before Christmas. Ho ho ho. It didn’t bother him though. He just kept riding trackwork like he normally did, license or no license. McDuff was out on the track at Griffith riding one […]
A young trainer on the rise who is having a real hot streak is Chris Judd. In just his third year of fair dinkum full-time training and his sixth in all, Judd is training winners in 2025 at a strike rate of 33%, Emma Stewart like numbers. 24 starters he’s had, for 8 winners. They’ve […]
Four out of the five race meetings scheduled for today were canceled, which meant that there was more money in the pools for the last man standing, Goulburn. Big pools Grandma. “All better to plunge you with” said trainer Richard Collett, big time jockey Jason’s dad, and a very canny horseman in his own right. […]
It’s not often you see a $151 rank outsider that is tailed off last at the 1000m catch the field, come ten wide around the turn, and fly home to finish third paying $25.00 for the place. You did yesterday in the seventh race at Cowra. Graeme’s Shout was the horse. They tell me Graeme […]
This last time last year we wrote a scathing article condemning Harness Racing NSW for exercising its discretion to leave Don Hugo out of the field for the Paleface Adios Stakes in favour of some lesser performed pacers, and thus denying the horse the opportunity to qualify for a run in the Group 1 Chariots […]
Our Miracle Mile night preview and selections proved very accurate, with your author landing the winners of 8 of the 9 races in our top three selections (3 winners from no 1 pick) and our guest tipster former Group 1 trainer/driver Jumping Jack Flash finding every winner on the program from his top three (2 […]
A former Group 1 winning trainer/driver of our acquaintance turned professional harness racing punter – who we shall refer to by the sobriquet Jumping Jack Flash, to protect their privacy – has kindly sent us their selections for the massive Miracle Mile night program at Menangle tomorrow night. Just to see how good they are […]
Paul Tonkin (no relation to Peter or Clayton) is a small-time trot trainer from Victoria who from time to time crosses the border to race his tiny team at Wagga in New South Wales. Tonkin suffers from chronic pain resulting from injuries he suffered in a car accident some years ago, and is dependent on […]
