Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This is race 7 at the Mildura Trots on Friday night. The leader in this race and the one on it’s back are $13 in the betting. Both are trained by Ashleigh Markham. He drives the leader. The horse in the death is the $1.25 favourite. Markham puts on a suicidal pace in front, running […]
The word out of Victoria is that many good judges hold grave concerns about the integrity of the last race at Echuca on Wednesday night. In fact they think it was a fix. I do too. So why don’t the Stewards? Here is the background. There are four horses in the betting. They are: Number […]
The Chris Frisby trained pacer Feelgood Express was backed from $1.95 into $1.75 in the 7th race at Redcliffe last night. I very much doubt it was the stable’s money. If it had been it is highly unlikely that Shane Graham would have driven it the atrocious manner than he did, most unlikely indeed. Feelgood […]
The mail is that talented Tasmanian harness racing trainer/driver Conor Crook has applied for and been granted 16 boxes at the newly constructed Shepparton Training Centre in Victoria, if and when it is ever completed (more on that later). His move can’t come quick enough for Tassie punters, who to a person are sick and […]
As we predicted a year or so ago, all of the police charges laid against harness racing identities flowing from New Zealand’s Operation Inca have been dropped. That was as expected. Now the real fun begins. The RIB wants the police to hand over their evidence so that it can be considered in relation to […]
I’m a huge fan of WA trot caller caller Richard Bell, and have sung his praises on many occasions and described him as Australia’s best in his niche profession. But just lately there have been a few little things that Bell has said or done that have made me stop in my tracks and scratch […]
Lindsay Harper is a crook, a life long one too. Harper was very, very lucky to get his life ban lifted, and only did so because a whole lot of heavy hitters felt sorry for him and swung their weight behind the campaign to get the cheat relicensed. And how does he repay them? By […]
They say the man who put the bets on is Stephen Walters, the brother of ‘Roll Off (the Fence)’ Robert Walters, the man who made it all happen. Coincidence of great coincidences – Steve Walter is the the cousin of Mrs Ben Yole. Funny that. Steve Walters is or was a registered bookmaker. Even funnier […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/vic/ECC31052209.mp4 Ben ‘Chainsaw’ Yole brought two horses all the way from Tasmania last night to race in the 9th at Echuca. One was Machavelli, a 7-year-old rating 37 mare who had won 5 of her 43 starts in the Apple Isle over the past 2 seasons. She was drawn in the one gate and driven by […]
Remember we told you last week about the $101 into $2.90 plunge landed at Globe Derby on a Phil Westbury trained pacer? Well here’s two in a week. On Saturday night a horse named Run For Stikka was backed from $61 into $19 to win and land another big plunge. Run For Stikka, like Westbury’s […]
