Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Watch Nathan Dawson’s drive on Majestic Lavros in this race. It’s the horse last in the grey. It wouldn’t have won, but gee it was unlucky when finishing fourth. Couldn’t find a run anywhere could it. That’s because Dawson wasn’t looking hard enough. Watch it again on the Steward’s vision, and keep your eye on […]
It was funny sort of race the 5th at Albion Park. Sweet Addition blew in the betting like the proverbial dunny door, blowing from $3.50 out to $6.50. She is a pacer who has been driven with a sit in all of its Queensland starts, even when drawn inside barriers. On Saturday night driver Peter […]
I was going to write this as a story about what a great and safe racetrack the Q1 Lakeside was compared to its trouble plagued sister circuit the Q2 Parkside; but before I did I decided to check to see if my observational analysis was right. Sadly it wasn’t. Yet another dog died at the […]
Trainer Trevor Rowe was questioned by Stewards about his decision to scratch Major Artie from race 3 at Cairns on Thursday. Rowe told them that upon reflection he decided that running the horse over 2100m with 61kg on its back might not be a good idea, and that he would look to find a race […]
Two things happened yesterday that show up how differently racing jurisdictions deal with the same offence. Both involve cobalt. In Queensland thoroughbred race trainers Wil and Peter Hulbert presented a horse to race and win at Eagle Farm in late April with cobalt levels above the threshold in its system. Neither Hulbert was stood down […]
John Lingard from letsgohorseracing.com.au has a few alternative ideas for the relocation of the trots. They are all good ideas, but are a snowflake’s chance in hell of ever happening. The last one brought back memories. ———————————————– Albion Park is owned by the Government so harness bosses have little bargaining power. It would be interesting […]
You may notice the name C. McGuigan in the ownership of many of the N40 horses trained by Michael Brennan. Catherine McGuigan is Brennan’s wife and mother of his kids. She is also a struck-off drug-using equine vet. Strange sort of person to have living at a registered training address and owning horses isn’t it? […]
This is an excerpt from the QLD Harness Racing Board Annual Report 2013. There are always lessons to be learned from history, particularly for those who weren’t there. With commissions paid from the TAB as a consequence of wagering turnover being harness racing’s primary source of income, it is essential that everyone associated with the […]
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play, Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, And the skies are not cloudy all day. On what should be the greatest night of harness racing in Queensland this century a chill wind is blowing across Albion Park carrying whispers […]
The Birdsville Jigger (pictured) In March 2023, in what became known as the Birdville Jigger Affair, Todd Austin was found guilty of commissioning an act of cruelty to a horse and two charges of providing false or misleading evidence to stewards at the inquiry into the matter. Austin was disqualified for five years. That means […]
