Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I had a call from our man Dirk tonight. You know him, the world’s greatest fan of The Janitor, the bloke I bagged the bejesus out of until I became a convert to cleaning, which took a while. Dirk demanded an apology for me saying he was an idiot for claiming that The Janitor was […]
Well we are not being smart about it, but you can’t say that we didn’t put our balls on the line to give you the tip can you? Big credit is due to Pete the Putter for bouncing the form off me and back at him and back at me again and hit repeat (pardon […]
Peter Please print my views unabridged. Harness racing in NZ has been told it’s unsustainable once the Entain guaranteed money runs out — and that falls squarely on Brad Steele. He’s had more funding than any CEO before him and has wasted it. Instead of fixing the fundamentals, he’s pushed costly ideas like NextGen while […]
The first wave Aussie raiders hit the Cambridge trots in just over an hour. Leap to Fame is not there yet, but the other two Queensland stars are. Gus got his arse kicked by Keayang Zahara last time out in the Hammerhead at Menangle after a poor Peter McMullen drive, but being beaten by the […]
Story by Eliza Barr: Daily Telegraph Multiple harness racing industry identities have been charged with allegedly ferrying drugs and cash on passenger flights and through the mail between NSW and Tasmania, court documents have revealed. The harness racing world was rocked after Menangle Park horse owner Justin Downey was charged with directing an alleged syndicate […]
We are yet to see the report of the TAB Advisory Committee referred to in this press release issued today by HRNZ, but reading between the lines its content is obvious. HRNZ has received all this money from Entain in addition to having their income guaranteed for five years from the date 0f signing of […]
Story by Lucy Rutherford: Adelaide Advertiser Original Operation Ironside arrest Andrew Benz awaits fate for trafficking 50kg of methamphetamine concealed in horse feed An original AN0M player, known as ‘The Pope’ awaits his fate after he made the “catastrophic” decision to transport 50kg of methamphetamine hidden in horse feed. A horse trainer with a “nothing […]
Oakley Shard was a slow pacer in New Zealand that won just 2 races from 25 starts during its three and four year old seasons, the fastest of then in only 1.59.8, which is pedestrian even at Manawatu. The mare then came to Australia and joined the Hollywood Keith McDeed stable, for whom she had […]
People are always trying t0 tell me that Jett Turnbull is tactically no good. He gets the best drives in races and drives them like the best horse and they win, they say. A monkey could do it. Oh yeah. They think that because I rate Jye Coney the greatest young driver I have seen […]
APG Sale, Adelaide. Well what can one say and where can we go from here? Australia wide Harness Racing is CACTUS. Australian Harness Racing Council down the administration has absolutely no idea of what is needed how to administer it and more importantly how to guide the sport in the right direction not DOWN , […]
