Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Gaita Pullicino got a bit keen on the horse outside of the leader here didn’t she? I lost track of how many times she broke the whip rule from the home turn on. It was like watching one of those old races at the Showgrounds. Me thinks Aunty Gaita is going for a spell. The […]
Take a look at the replay below and keep your eyes on Trigger. It’s the horse behind the leader in yellow silks with mauve diamonds and green sleeves. I want you to count how many marker pegs he goes inside. How many did you get? I think I saw six. Trigger won. Simple mathematics tells […]
On what is turning out to be a very bad day for the sport, the money lender who is the subject of this story that appeared this evening in the Adelaide Advertiser is rumored to be a prominent South Australian harness racing owner. It’s a tough game the trots. A very dangerous one too. By […]
By Himangi Singh: Herald Sun An Adelaide horse trainer accused of trafficking more than 100kg of cannabis through his family business allegedly told police “fanciful” tales of being “set up” and raking in big bucks selling hay and horse meds, a court has heard. Luke O’Neill, of Adelaide, fronted Mildura Magistrates’ Court on Thursday for […]
Andrew Benz, second from right in the polo shirt Reports out of South Australia are that disgraced owner Andrew Benz, who is on bail awaiting sentence for trafficking $37.5 million worth of the evil drug methamphetamine (ice), had until the trainer’s own arrest on serious drug charges last Friday been working in the stables of […]
Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, by Il Sodoma, c. 1525 The horse that collapsed in the video above that collapsed during race 3 at Globe Derby last Saturday night was pronounced dead at the scene. It’s name was Saint Sebastian, trained by Samantha Hill and driven by Wayne Hill. Saint Sebastian was just six years old. He will never […]
If Wayne Hill didn’t drive the odds-on favorite The Irishman dead in race 3 at Globe Derby today then the Pope’s not a Catholic. This drive wasn’t just hot, it was burning. The Irishman was backed from $3.30 into $1.65. It’s stablemate Jamieson blew from $1.85 out to $5.50. Jamieson’s 3 career wins had come […]
South Australian harness racing trainer Luke O’Neill will remain in custody until at least Thursday after being arrested in Mildura yesterday on serious drug charges. O’Neill, who is currently 3rd in the SA trainers premiership, was driving a horse transport vehicle when he intercepted by Victorian police, who allegedly found a commercial quantity of cannabis […]
Peter Profit Just a quick observation on your story for Ikigai. There was never a change of gait and trotters are allowed in pacing races have been for as far back as I remember so I’m not sure where you think rules were broken. (Editor’s note – I posed the question in the alternative: i.e. […]
The Stewards want to know how the TAB opened Ikigai up at $23.00 to win race 4 at Globe Derby and who immediately backed it into $2.80 on the first fluctuation. So do we, because if that was the price offered it was the biggest case of overs you would ever see. IF it was […]
