Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S MOMENTUM GROWS: HRSA ANNOUNCE PRIZEMONEY INCREASE In the first of what will be four announcements this week, Harness Racing South Australia (HRSA) is excited to unveil a new prizemoney model which will see an increase to stakes across all segments. Saturday night prizemoney (not including feature races and heats into finals events) will […]
The premier meeting last weekend was at Victor Harbor on Sunday, as is the case during the country cup series (Strathalbyn, Kapunda, Mount Gambier, Gawler and Victoria Harbor – with the Country Cup Finals night to be held at Port Pirie on Saturday week). Meaning, the Saturday night meeting at Globe Derby was the non-premier […]
Hello Archie I just thought i would drop a quick line re the ring in case with Shane Loone over there in South Australia. All that I can say is thank god there are some people left in this world like yourself who attempt to “keep the bastards honest”. Dean Elliot and his crew seem […]
Given where we’ve come from, where we’re heading, and how we’ll get there, it’s important to keep lines of communication open. I know that some of you prefer to keep to yourselves, which is more than fine, whereas others like to put forward thoughts, opinions, questions, theories, etc – that’s fantastic too, and much welcomed. […]
IN THE MATTER of an Appeal by MR SHANE LOONE against a decision of Harness Racing SA Ltd Stewards. BREACH OF RULE: AHR Rule 168(1)(a) “168. (1) A person shall not before, during or after a race drive in a manner which is in the opinion of the Stewards: – (a) careless (b) reckless (c) […]
Dear Mr Butterfly Your queries will be addressed in due course. As you could appreciate, we are a small operation in SA and have a number of priorities currently. With respect, it would be disingenuous to suggest you are not aware of what I’m alluding to. I attend about 65 harness meets per season. Being […]
GLOBE DERBY INVESTIGATION – Saturday 4th September HRSA Stewards have continued their investigations into the circumstances in which the registered horse LETS GET SHORTY contested Race 5 at Globe Derby Park on Saturday 4th September 2021 in place of stablemate, JAKE SPORTSWRITER. On Wednesday 8 September 2021 Stewards heard further evidence from Trainers S Loone […]
Take a look at what happens here in the last race at Victoria Harbour yesterday afternoon. Officials at the track say that the mobile lost power. Many say that the barriers weren’t tested before take 2 of the start. Fortunately if they are correct. then the arm started properly second time around. It still should […]
In the 10 years between 2005 and 2015 SA harness trainer Lou Trotta spent 66 weeks suspended or disqualified for various conduct related offences. Since then his reord looks something like this: 5/12/16 – Abuse 3 licensees and a Steward – 12 month disqualification 29/3/2017 – Drive in a race while under the influence of […]
The alarm on our crystal ball just started beeping and flashing red. When we ran over to check what the ball knew it spat out a weird prediction. What it told us was that Ryan Hryhorec would encounter problems getting My Ultimate Levi to the Broken Hill track to run in Friday night’s Cup, and […]
