Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Archie Following up on your story regarding GAITAGATE. Sorry if it’s a bit long winded. Key players in the story are the Gaita and Tony Pullicino and their horses Perfect Playgirl and A Major Star – the story starts back in September – bear with me. 1/9/26 – A MAJOR STAR – Won at GDP […]
Harness Racing New Zealand published a notice advising that in a late change to the line-up for the Australasian Young Drivers Championship Jason Kittel had replaced Corey Johnson as SA’s representative. Harness Racing South Australia didn’t say a word about Kittel having replaced Johnson. They just said that Kittel was their rep, with no explanation […]
The Stewards report into the Gaitagate scandal is in. Or not, as the case may be. Tony Pullicino has been suspended for 21 days for cutting off another runner entering the turn into the back straight. He deserved it too. His mother looks on face value to deserve a whole lot more. Stewards have convened […]
Want to see a future Group 1 horse? Here it is at just its third start. Confucious Flyer is its name. It is a dead set freak, the next Special or Redelva, or some sprinter like that. I wouldn’t put The Everest beyond it. The 1000m track record at Morphettville has stood for 20 years,. […]
Messages have been flooding in from all parts of Australia tonight about the running and handling of race 1 at Globe Derby tonight, and to a person all of the correspondence relates to the drives of the Tony Pullicino trained pair, the $81.00 shot A Major Star driven by him, and the $1.80 favorite Perfect […]
Reinsman Corey Johnson has been dropped as South Australis representative in the Australasian Young Drivers Championship kicking off at Cambridge in NZ next week. Jason Kittel will take his place in the SA colors. The late switch comes as no surprise given that Johnson is the focus of Stewards attention in their investigation into the […]
Things may be crook in Tallarook, but they are absolutely dire in South Australia, at least as far as the trots go anyway. Prizemoney has been slashed by almost half a million dollars in the last year. The cash reserves of the Principal Racing Authority have declined by almost a quarter of a million dollars, […]
I am no trot driver so I can’t tell. I am however a punter, and gee from that perspective it looked for all the world like Wayne Hill dropped his hands on the leader here in race 1 at Globe Derby yesterday, and that is not at all a good look. Whether what Hill did […]
A picture tells a thousand words they say. These ones tell a million. Welcome to Globe Derby. The showpiece of South Australian harness racing.
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 […]
