Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Harness Racing NSW’s newly introduced Carnival of Cups b0nuses are a great idea that have already after one race attracted huge interest from trot fans across the regions and beyond. The promotion offers a bonus of $100 000 to the connections of any horse who wins 3 of the 5 Cups run across the State […]
Tommy Berry has been praised from the rooftop by his adoring fans in the mainstream media since returning to riding after serving time for his corrupt dealings with the accused criminal Zaid Miller, aka the Butcher, with the madding crowd seemingly forgetting the context and content of his relationship with Butch, including clear references to […]
Rex Horne is a former Chairman of both the NSW Harness Racing Club (was Harold Park, now Menangle) and Harness Racing NSW, and the recipient of Australian Harness Racing’s highest award, the Ern Manea medal. The grandstand at Menangle is named in his honour. Leon Jurd is one of his close friends. The pair share […]
One of the more interesting matters coming out of Randwick yesterday was the scratching of three James Cummings trained 2yo’s from the first race, leaving it with a field of just 7, a number that it is well known has a substantial negative effect on wagering turnover. It turned out that none of the trio […]
HRNSW regional boundaries There are huge rumblings in NSW harness racing outside Sydney, with red hot mail circulating through the industry that a number of the current club CEO’s at regional clubs about to be given the Khyber Pass and replace by regional administrators appointed by HRNSW. How this can happen other than at the […]
On a day of all round excitement and intrigue yesterday at Randwick, one of the most interesting things to see was the appearance of the recently retired former Hong Kong chief steward Kim Kelly on the panel for the day headed by his former deputy Steve Railton. The vastly experienced and hugely respected Kelly, who […]
The reaction says it all 😯 I Wish I Win barrier 1, which was exactly what Peter Moody didn’t want 👇 pic.twitter.com/P534byp2YI — Racenet (@RacenetTweets) October 10, 2023 Yes Peter Moody says he didn’t want I Wish I Win to draw the rail, but I don’t think that he will be as upset about the […]
Young trainer Cameron Ross seemed to have been terribly harshly treated when he copped a 17 month disqualification after one of his horses threw a positive swab to Dexamethasone, an anti-inflammatory drug. Ross was a first offender, and stuffed up by nebulising his charge with Dexapent – a drug containing the substance – within the […]
40 years ago the great racing writer Bert Lillye was braying about the poor prizemoney for the Hill Stakes, and campaigning for it to increase t0 the levels that a time honoured Group race won by champions like Phar Lap, Peter Pan, Chatham, Bernborough, Shannon, Sky High, Gunsynd, Emancipation, Beau Zam, Super Impose and Saintly […]
Have you watched the first part of the newly released series about the Everest? The Race it’s called, and it’s a cracker. You can find it here at the link below. I highly recommend it. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/the-race-documentary-meeting-date-clash-the-latest-salvo-in-bitter-interstate-battle/news-story/f4a85c3dde78a7dff83fb61f339d6d71 PS –Â Love the name too. Won’t the Victorians be loving this. Wonder if they will try to copy […]
