Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
We have obtained a copy of the Globe Derby (SA Harness Racing Club) Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2021, and the news is all bad. The club has $1.6 million in the bank. It owes Kevin Seymour $3.5 million that is payable by the end of next year, and owes a former […]
A pacer named Whistle On By drawn the pole was backed from $4.40 into $2.90 in the first at Globe Derby yesterday. Given that it hadn’t won in it’s past 27 starts, and had only won 2 from 34 in its lifetime, many wondered why. They don’t anymore. Whistle on By won. His winning time […]
Harness racing is nothing like the gallops. Group races mean something on the turf, which is why NSW and Victoria are locked into war over the Group 1 status or otherwise of the Everest. There are no such problems over her at the trots. You can just buy a Group race any day of the […]
If I am reading the Stewards summary correctly – and I am certain that I am – then only 4 of the 9 winners at Globe Derby last night were actually swabbed after the race. Only two of the nine were swabbed before the race. That is outrageous. If you don’t actively drug test winners, […]
The Port Pirie trots in South Australia were cancelled at the last minute tonight, supposedly because of rain. It was only raining lightly, nowhere near enough to flood a track. The first race was scheduled for 4.40pm. HRSA Stewards called the races off at 3.47pm, and announced it on Facebook. Many participants whose horses were […]
A fortnight ago we told you about the dead horse drive by young James Kettel at Globe Derby, and opined that the way things were going so fast downhill in the stewarding ranks in South Australia it was more than likely the stipes would let the kid off with a slap on the wrist with […]
As you can see from the Stewards report above driver Michael A. Smith hocked Celestial Trekker – kicked him hard up the arse – multiple times in the preliminary to race 7 at Globe Derby on Saturday night. It appeared pretty clear to me – and let me be clear this is simply my opinion […]
Is this Adelaidease for ‘the TAB haven’t paid us yet so we have no dough to pay you’? Does it mean ‘our computers have crashed and we can’t afford to fix them’? Or is there just a genuine issue affecting the manual payment of prizemoney? Who knows? The only thing certain is that landlords, feed […]
Is it any wonder that no-one bets on the South Australian trots anymore? This is the start of race 4 at Globe Derby on Monday. What a goddamn shemozzle.
