Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
That was about all she wrote, except for three things. Chadwick’s whip use. Or non-whip use really – he was only hitting his horse to make it duck in behind Le Blanc’s. Gaudry running her horse up behind the one in front instead of looking for a run. She is in the Black Caviar type […]
The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men, / Gang aft agley (often go astray) – Robert Burns Kiwi drivers Blair Orange and Gavin Smith has it all worked out in the 9th at Addington today. Orange’s was on A Bettor You, the odds on favourite from the Mark Purdon stable at $1.80. It was […]
42.8! That’s ridiculous! A ridiculous lead time. That is the fastest for trotters by a furlong, and these are 2YO Fillies! Dan Milecki wasn’t wrong. Brad Williamson went mental in the Group 1 Breeders Crown 2YO fillies trot on the Kiwi Aroha Kenny (it means Love Kenny, which it’s driver didn’t). He took the favourite […]
VIC – Stewards Supplementary Report Echuca – 31 May 2022 RACE 9 – APG OFFERS $2.2M IN PRIZEMONEY PACE (1755 MS) HRV Stewards have concluded an Inquiry which was opened following the running of Race 9- “The APG Offers $2.2M in Prizemoney Pace” into the circumstances of the race winner, Border Cross, obtaining a run to the inside […]
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 […]
We come to race 8 at Gloucester Park last night. The favourite is 2-1 on in the old parlance, or $1.50 in today’s language. A horse named Alcippes Delight, who was drawn on the outside of the back row, was backed from $13.00 into $4.80 to beat it. One guess who owns Alcippes Delight, or […]
VIC – Stewards Supplementary Report Mildura – 1 July 2022 RACE 7 – TASCO PETROLEUM PACE (1790 MS) Stewards initially adjourned an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the winner of the event Budd Sidewinder being able to obtain a run to the inside of the leader Sammys Ideal (Ashleigh Markham) inside the final 200m. During […]
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 […]
South Australian trot trainer Luke O’Neill had three horses in race 6 at Globe Derby on Saturday night. He drove the one drawn the front in the blue, named enrolled. The other two of his were the two in black and white colours, the $11 shot Armchair Drive, and the $1.60 favourite Champagne Party. The […]
Note one very important thing. There is no mention by the Stewards that Luke O’Neill also trained the two that he deliberately let through. Why not? Yeah, why not? Oh, and note one more important thing. Race fixing isn’t just a rule breach offence any more. It’s a crime. The Stewards inquired into the circumstances […]
