Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
HE BETTOR STEP ASIDE NZ– Stewards withheld the declaration of All Clear to review the run to the finish with regards to LOCHIEL NZ shifting out under pressure. Driver Blake Fitzpatrick having also reviewed the films of the home straight elected to lodge a protest against LOCHIEL NZ for that runner shifting out under pressure over the final 200 […]
The hot mail is that the sale of the historic NSW standardbred stud Yirribbee has gone belly up. They say that the buyer Jake Stockton – who too over the stud on a lease in September last year and renamed it Wingate – couldn’t raise the balance of the required finance to pay the deferred […]
In NSW a bookie can’t offer or accept a bet that involves an interest in the result of the working of the totalizator on an event, unless they are both licensed, and present at a licensed racecourse. https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-045#sec.88 A licensed racecourse is exactly as it reads. A licenses course where races are held. https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-114#sec.7 A […]
Harness Racing NSW have dismissed suggestions that a number of horses were ineligible to race at Riverina Paceway on Saturday night. While the Wagga Pacers Cup was part of the program, chief executive John Dumesny confirmed Carnival of Cups conditions, which would have ruled out a number of New Zealand bred pacers from competing, did […]
There were 10 races on the card at Menangle yesterday. One horse was pre-race swabbed in each. They used to swab two, but I guess someone has realised that the way HRNSW go about the swabbing business that was an absolute waste of time and money and have cut it in half. Given the events […]
Keep looking Joe. We are too. One thing that seems to have flown under the radar on Saturday is the appalling performances of the trio of Joseph O’Brien runners. His three runners weren’t bad, they were awful. Baron Samedi had great staying form in Europe and in the USA. He had won the Vintage Crop […]
On Saturday night the Wagga club hosted the finals of the Riverina Championships. Two $100 000 finals were run, one for 4 and 5YO mares, and one for 4 and 5YO horses and geldings. There was no problem with either of those. The issue is with 5 of the other events on the card. 7 […]
Some great champions have won the QE2. Which ones are the best. First among them has to be Winx, who won it 3 times. She’s the greatest horse in Australian racing history. 2nd is Phar Lap, who won it once before he went to America. Once was enough. The immortal Carbine is third on the […]
The Wagga Harness Racing club has appointed popular local sporting identity Bob Hay as its new CEO to replace the little liked Canadian import Gangles. Bob is an IT expert who has most recently been working running the systems at Charles Sturt University, and he has been involved in local footy and athletics administration for […]
It was an absolute ripper of a race day at Randwick today. Rain no rain, wet or dry? Who except shark like pro punters, bookies, trainers and owners gave a bugger about the state of the track? They make up about 0.1% of people who love racing and love a bet, so they can take […]
