Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Gloaming. Heroic. Windbag. Phar Lap. Bernborough. Delta. Tulloch. Gunsynd. Kingston Town. Emancipation. Might and Power. Lonhro. Winx. Knights Order. Can spot the odd one out? It’s not very hard. This is a roll call of Chelmsford Stakes winners. It has always been a great race. Until today. This year’s version was a race for first-up […]
Sometimes in this racing life things happen, or – in the case I’m about to talk about, don’t happen – that render you speechless and leave you sitting there thinking if this is it, what’s that? Today was one of those days. 13 days ago the Chris Waller trained Durston raced in a 2000m Group […]
About four months ago we warned you that the Western Australian vego-fascist animal activist and adult entertainment artist Tash Peterson was planning to disrupt the Million Dollar Chase. We were not making it up. It didn’t happen in the end because Peterson couldn’t put together a crew to pull it off, but it was going […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/nsw/PCM27082202.mp4 You will not be able to see this at full speed, I betcha, no matter how many times you try. The NSW Stewards didn’t, or can’t. What I am about to show you is the fine art of cheating in Group 1 races, as practiced by Nathan Jack. Nathan thinks I am an imbecile. […]
Ever since the Menangle track was built there have been an army of critics who claim that it needed/needs a sprint lane. I have never worn that uniform, or fought on that side. It’s a 1400m track. No sprint lane is required, just patience and driving skill. A little bit of Luke McCarthy in front […]
Jack ‘Turbo’ Trainor had runners in the second race at Menangle last night. One was the $1.25 favourite Braeview Kelly, which he drove. The other were the $10 proposition Jeradas Delight driven by Cameron Hart, and the $14 shot BK Swy which was driven by Turbo’s junior driver Jack Brown. Braeview Kelly had raced twice […]
Said …. Said …. Said …. That you shouldn’t count your chickens before they hatch. The new Panthers stadium is no certainty at all. PVL has really pissed Perrottet off. The trots at Penrith might be going nowhere at all. Free apartment dreams are made to be broken. Watch this space.
We broke the story this week about Marc Van Gestel leaving Sydney to take up the Chief Steward’s role there, and although the mainstream press haven’t caught up yet, you can be guaranteed it’s true. Based on his performance post race 5 at Rosehill today, they can have him. I’m not sure what was the […]
Dear Archie What a great idea. I agree that they should honour this legend of the game. When I was young boy he didn’t live too far away from me. I lived at Wentworthville and Tappy lived at old Toongabbie. I remember him driving in commentators races against the likes of Frank Kennedy, Bill Ellis […]
Peter V’Landys has just named a Group race after Kenny Callander and Max Presnel. It’s a crying shame that he had to pinch it off Stan Fox, but it’s an honour richly deserved. Harness Racing NSW should name a race after Johnny Tapp too. It has to be a Group 1, because Tappy is a […]
