Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Harness Racing South Australia has just $122 657 in the bank. That is less than the total of the organisation’s monthly prize money commitments, without adding on wages and bills due to be paid. The organisation is existing hand to mouth, and is totally reliant on the monthly checks that Tabcorp pays it as its […]
This is an extract from Acting Chief Steward Graham Loch’s address to the people of the trots as published in Harness Racing South Australia’s 2020/21 Annual Report. It is a bald faced lie. There was indeed a harness racing driver who tested positive to an illicit substance at an SA harness race meeting in the […]
Have you ever seen a more blatant hook job in your life than Samantha Pascoe’s pull up on Stylish Heaven in the last race at Globe Derby on New Year’s Eve? I mean come on, this is just so blatant that it’s outrageous. Have a look at it. Pascoe is on the horse that sweeps […]
Shane Loone – the SA trot trainer who is facing charges over a ring-in, but is somehow still allowed to train and race – took the old pacer Bein Hoa out onto the Globe Derby track to race on Friday night with a big swelling on its neck. The obvious reason for such a glaringly […]
Kenny Rogers is a thrice disqualified drug addicted driver, who is presently serving yet another stint for driving while high on Ice. Belinda McCarthy is a NSW trainer who was disqualified after her horse threw a positive swab to Boldenone, a banned steroid. Amy Steenhuis is closely related to Zac Steenhuis, a trot trainer who […]
South Australian harness racing is about as healthy as an 80 year old pack a smoker with COVID. This announcement was made today by Harness Racing SA. The Southern Cross Series is their equivalent of the NSW Breeders Challenge, or the Vic Bred Super Series, or the Triad in Queensland. In other words it is […]
You read our story yesterday about Globe Derby only having had enough horses entered to put 6 races on Saturday night’s card. Well the reason is that all the good horses went to Mildura to race last night. I counted 21 of them, which is a hell of a lot considering the distance they had […]
A fortnight ago the new CEO of Harness Racing South Australia Mr Dean Elliott made a huge announcement about the future of the sport in the State. It’s rooted. Of course that is not what the CEO said, but why would you listen to a bloke who tries to tell you that cutting the prize […]
Two horses on the front row locked wheels in the score up to the start of race 2 at Globe Derby last night. They came back and checked Aces Daughter, the horse drawn behind them on the back row. The interference caused that horse to gallop, and miss the start by miles. Caller Jim Jacques […]
Mark Billinger is a legend of South Australian harness racing. His whole family is. Dad Val fell in love with the trots as a kid driving a horse and cart around Adelaide delivering flowers. He became a hobby trainer and kept it up his whole life, even during the forty years he worked at the […]
