Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Once upon a time ‘Super’ Mario Borg was the darling of the South Australian harness administrators. That was back in the days when he was the President of the SA Country Harness Racing Clubs Association, and those in charge needed his vote on the board to assist them in the cause of their civil war […]
Trainer Shane Loone is going easy on his 14-year-old warhorse Bien Hoa this season, He’s only had eleven starts in the past six weeks, and eight in the last month. The next thing you know Loone will be putting him out in the paddock for a winter spell. What a shame there is no racing […]
Jimmy Mack is the best pacer in South Australia by panels. Since coming across from WA the horse owned by Merv Butterworth of Copy That fame had won 12 of his 15 starts coming into the 6th race at Globe Derby last night, which is why he started at $1.28. The only times that Jimmy […]
Question: What the hell is going on in South Australian harness racing? Answer: Everything. It’s a free for all, and I don’t mean the class of the race. Now they are even allowing drivers to turn around and punch rival runners in the head. The reinsman you see in the picture with his fist cocked […]
Not a day goes by when there isn’t a hot race at Globe Derby, so the only surprise about there being another one on Monday would have been if there wasn’t. That’s what terribly low prize money and the need for cash to feed your horses does to a sport. Monday’s red hot one was […]
About a month ago we told you the story of an 11-year-old veteran SA pacer named Ghent, and how he had miraculously improved his recent standing starts times by two seconds to win a race at Globe Derby and land quite a decent plunge for his trainer Frank or Gaita Pullicino (choose one). The picture […]
The All-clear for the race was delayed to permit Stewards to review the Judge’s initial placings as it was their observation that KABAYO KING and ARCTIC PEGASUS had carried the incorrect numbers and had started from incorrect positions, although on the correct handicap mark. Having reviewed the official vision the Stewards satisfied that the identity […]
I doubt that we are going to very popular in South Australia at the moment, for since we published our story yesterday about the horses that ran under the wrong numbers at Globe Derby without the Stewards noticing, they have now noticed. The official Stewards comments on the race have been changed. Suddenly the trainers […]
If, after all that we have told you, you still need any further proof that South Australian harness racing is ruined, and rotten to the core, then just look at the 2nd race at the metro meeting at Port Pirie last Saturday night. It was the hottest race in history, and the Stewards who officiated […]
See number 5 there? It’s not the horse that it supposed to be. The word is that South Australian police officers were at Globe Derby Park yesterday checking on the systems and checks and balance in regard to their ongoing investigation into the Shane Loone runners ring-in a couple of months ago. While the police […]
