Welcome to Globe Derby
A picture tells a thousand words they say. These ones tell a million. Welcome to Globe Derby. The showpiece of South Australian harness racing.
A Trainer to Watch as His Quality of Cattle Improves
Prominent South Australian owner Gary Crocker, who owns his horses under the Walk Proud banner, and names them eponymously, looks to have a smart one in the shape of Spook Crocker, a 4yo gelding who won impressively yesterday at Mt Gambier in very smart time. Crocker looks to have an even smarter one in the […]
On the Radiant and Slot Races Generally
Hello Archie On watching the Radiant slot race from over the border on Saturday night, I was left wondering if they are the answer to reinvigorating harness racing or not. Clearly, the media hype on social media was extreme, which resulted in a healthy crowd, and that is a good result. The negatives on the […]
No Sprint Lane, No Problem – The Pullicino’s Will Create Their Own
Tony Pullicino led in the last race at Kapunda on Sunday on his horse Normie. His other stable runner Perfect Playgirl driven by his mum Gaita was on his back and travelling, but hopelessly bailed away with nowhere to go. Coming to the turn it looked liked Perfect Playgirl would be stuck there all the […]
SA Harness Racing is a Goddamn Awful Mess
It is hard to know what went on here at Globe Derby last week. Who was responsible for the melee we just can’t ascertain. What is known is this. A Steward was there observing the events. We were wrong about Wayne Hill being small. Trainer Lane Johnson and Hill appear to be entangled. South Australian […]
SA Driver Corey Johnson and His Father Stood Down, Banned From Attending Races After Globe Derby Punch Up
Globe Derby Park Incident – 28 September 2026 Harness Racing South Australia (HRSA) Stewards are conducting an Inquiry into an altercation which occurred in the stalls area at Globe Derby Park following Race 2 on 28 September 2026. Pending determination of the Inquiry: Stewards have directed Mr C Johnson, under AHRR 183(b), not to drive […]
A Fine Representative of the Sport and the State
Well Archie So Corey Johnson punches the top driver in the State in the head 3 times & he is chosen to represent South Australia in the Australasian Young Drivers Championship in NZ. You are kidding aren’t you HRSA! Billy from Bungendore —————————- EDITOR’S NOTE The incident involving Wayne Hill and Corey Johnson occurred on […]
Gaita’s Girl Defies Gravity and Breaks the Globe Derby Track Record
How does an 8-year-old mare rated NR40 that has had 121 starts and never won a race in faster than 2.01.04 suddenly come out in a weak race at Globe Derby on a Monday afternoon and equal the track record set two tears ago by a topline NR120 rated trotter? You tell me. But yesterday […]
The Great Globe Derby Dust Up
Long simmering tensions overflowed yesterday at Globe Derby yesterday, culminating in a major dust up between drivers Corey Johnson and Wayne Hill that ended up in the wild scenes depicted in the video above. We don’t the know what sparked the melee, or who was responsible for the violence that ensued, but we are told […]
Thous Shalt Not Make the Sport in This State Look Shit – Even If It Is
This was the image beamed around Australia and across the world from Globe Derby on Saturday night. Isn’t it a cracker? Let’s Talk Dirty and Just Wrecking, with both sides leaning over like drunks making their way home from the pub. That’s the image a progressive, professional principal harness racing authority wants to show off […]