Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A horse named Our Mantra failed to finish in the Kangaroo Island Cup on Saturday. The five Stewards on a sojourn to the island for a weekend away must have all been watching Justin Huxtable making a goose of himself by standing up in the irons to give the salute and then promptly falling off, […]
See the horse above named Ghent? The one that has been backed from $7.00 into $3.50 without any falcons passing on a tip. It is trained by Gaita Pullicino. Gaita and/or her son have been banned from harness racing in just about every State in Australia, bar South Australia, which issued her a license to […]
Ghent is a trotter. He is usually not a very good one. That is because he is slow, and 11 years old. In 10 starts this season until yesterday, this Gaita Pullicino trained old bloke hadn’t run a single place in a race. So it was a surprise when all these folk of Maltese and […]
Want to know how a race fix at the trots works? Then watch this one above. Wayne Hill is on the odds on favourite Deadline. It is drawn in gate 2, and sails to the lead as expected. Hill’s sister Dani is on the second favourite Illawong Kim, drawn in gate 6. It comes across […]
We wrote yesterday about the outrageous decision in the case of leading SA jockey Jason Holder, who switched his dirty urine sample for one that was clean, deceived and lied to Stewards, and then finally threw a positive test result to banned substances when forced to do a second test. In a disgraceful decision that […]
The track record over the 1780m at Redcliffe – a distance the best horses rarely run – is 1.53.3. All the best horses run over 1800m at Globe Derby. The track record there is 1.53.9. So Redcliffe is on paper 0.6 of a second faster than Globe Derby, but in reality it is at least […]
Jason Holder Stewards concluded an inquiry into the circumstances relating to two urine samples provided by licensed jockey Jason Holder on Thursday 9 December 2021. Evidence was taken from Jason Holder and written submissions by third party professionals, relating to Jason Holder’s personal circumstances, were also considered. After considering the evidence Stewards charged Jason Holder […]
At a time when the harness racing industry in South Australia desperately needs to unite to grow (save?) the sport, it appears that there is a civil war going on down there between certain licensees. What you see above is a savage sledge that Shane Loone posted on Facebook about a young female trainer/driver. I […]
Alright Albert Einstein, you are living in South Australia and own pacers, and you want to run them at Port Pirie. Please explain in layman’s terms which race you are going to put them in, and why, and how the grading and handicapping works. Waiting … waiting …… waiting ….. I’m no Albert Einstein, but […]
A week ago I wrote about the moral dilemma of bagging a race cheat who is dying of cancer. I didn’t know whether it was right or wrong. Well the race cheat has answered the question. A cheat is a cheat whether they are sick or well, and a cheat who doubles down on his […]
