Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I went to high school with the later lawyer Julian Wagner. We were in the same class. So was Paul Zimmerman, now a senior Steward at the QRIC. Julian was a great bloke. I never knew knew a person who ever said a bad word about him, and there was no reason to either. He […]
Harness racing writer Brad Reid is famous in New Zealand for pulling off a full frontal cross-field streak 12 years ago at the Basin Reserve in Wellington in the first Australia v Zealand test match of the year. It was a superb effort. The bouncers didn’t even lay a finger on him. It’s gone down […]
A couple of days ago we tipped you to get on the crock Sicario when it hit the track in Jumping Jason Grimson’s colours. I hope you were quick, because the money has come early and the money has come hard. We’re still 18 hours from start time in the Group 2 Bendigo Cup, and […]
I strongly suspect that the revelations about the slings that he copped from the Butcher have a wee bit to do with the reasons that Tommy Berry has decided to take a month off riding. Apparently there are certain people who didn’t know about these slings, and when that person or persons asked to see […]
Have you ever seen a grown man cry? You would have if you were at Darrel Graham’s place last night when daughter Brittany was interviewed outside the Stewards room as the true realisation that Majestic Harry had made the Inter Dominion Grand Final washed across, and tears gushed from her shining eyes. Her Dad cried […]
It strikes me as a bit rum when one bloke niggles another bloke all night, for no real reason at all, then calls the other bloke outside, goes outside with the fella he has invited for the stated purpose, gets done like a dinner, and then runs off to the coppers and squeals about it. […]
A real weird thing happened while I was in court against APG in Brisbane on Monday. My phone started ringing off the hook, and then when I couldn’t answer it started beeping with messages like a maniac. All of them were about the one thing. Someone high up in a harness racing club out in […]
Gary McPhee is an all time rodeo great. The boy from Benalla has been riding bucking broncos for fifty years, and has excelled in all aspects of the rodeo game for near on half a century. In the 1970s he won four Australian All-Round Championships, and 13 other national titles. His horsemanship, roping skills and […]
