Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I have said it before, and I will say it again. Peter V’Landys is the greatest racing administrator in history. Not just in Australia, but in the world. Just look at yesterday’s Royal Randwick meeting if you don’t believe me. Sydney has been under water for weeks, and the Randwick track has been deluged with […]
We wrote the story at the top a fortnight ago. In it we told you that Mr Brightside carried 9kg more in the All Star Mile than he would in the Doncaster Handicap, and that his effort to finish fourth in the Mile was the biggest run in the world. What more did you need […]
The company sponsoring the Wagga Cup is called CLEANAWAY, not CLEANWAY. I guess the new Canadian CEO is confused. It’s probably got something to with being an anti-vaxxer. That or the club’s withdrawal of refreshments for trainers and drivers on race days. Oh well, at least their won’t be much rubbish for the sponsors to […]
I reckon this protest decision is dead wrong. The winner Brillar is in the Godolphin blue. Willie Pike’s mount Givara that protested is in the red, black and white colours. Verbek in white is the meat in the sandwich. Take a look at the side-on first. The margin is skinny isn’t it? In another stride […]
You may remember the case of Norm Loy, the country gallops trainer who was last year disqualified for three months after the following comment on his Facebook page about the then NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian: “You are the biggest fucking moron Gladys Berefucklien. How can you lockdown an entire state you stupid fucking mole. All […]
The CEO of Harness Racing NSW Mr John Dumesny (pictured above) has been in touch early this morning to advise that the control body certainly does not condone or support the types of sexualised post that we highlighted overnight as appearing on the Wagga Harness Club’s Facebook page. Mr Dumesny says that he suspects that […]
This is what I found on the Wagga Harness Club’s Facebook page today when I went to have a look at it researching an intended story about the inaugural Dachshund Dash family event that the club is running on Saturday night to raise funds for a worthy local animal rescue charity. What on earth is […]
Group races in galloping are for the best of the best. Some of them are age restricted, but every one of them is open to all comers, and they are almost always won by horses who are at the top of their game. It’s different at the trots. Lots of things are, particularly in NSW. […]
The NSW gallops stewards must eat the same crackers for breakfast as their colleagues at the trots do, because their standard of officiating is about the same. Their whole suite of skills was on show at Rosehill yesterday. In race 3 Sam Clipperton pummelled his horse with the whip all the way down the straight, […]
The idea of pre-race blood testing is to stamp out cheating. It only works when you test the right horses. Which makes you wonder why Harness Racing NSW don’t. I suspect we all know. It’s all just random they say. Just like the chook raffle at the pub where the barmaid palms the winning ticket […]
