Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Trot trainer John Livingstone was a well known face and fixture at harness race meetings around South-East Queensland and the Tweed for the better part of four decades, until his grief-driven retirement from the game about a dozen years ago in the wake of the tragic, far too early passing of his beloved wife and […]
At its previous start prior to last night the Seaton Grima trained and driven Go Oh Mickey had been sent out a $1.70 favorite in a weak NR55 mares race at Newcastle, which seemed a bit over the odds considering that it had beaten a similar class field the start before at the same track […]
Seaton Grima had two horses running in race 1 at Newcastle last Friday night, Supa Dupa Luce and Rakadan. Supa Dupa Luca was drawn gate 2, and on the back of an excellent second at Menangle behind the smart mare Sweet Coco at its first-up run in Australia it was sent out the $1.55 favorite. […]
Prizemoney, operating costs and staff numbers are the supply side of harness racing’s dilemma. The real problem though is on the demand side of the equation. Racing QLD CEO Jason Scott lays it out bare. The trots take up 45% of the time on Sky at night, but produce only 8 percent of the revenue. […]
Does anyone remember John Livingstone, the old trot trainer from Tweed Heads who used to kick around the tracks of Queensland most weeks with his horses? That bloke who was related to one of the Elder boys by marriage, and was good mates with trotting identities like Noel Daley, Brian Pelling, Ross Croghan, John McMullen […]
Bay of Biscay Race record: 13: 7-4-1 Best winning time: 1.51.4 (1609m Melton 13/7/24) 3YO whose only start outside its own age group was a last start win in a rating 80-89 race at Melton against a weak field of pacers other than the Victoria Oaks winner Aunty Bella, who was also having her first […]
The $2.1 million Eureka is the richest harness race in the world. Is it the best? No, it’s not even in the top ten in the Southern Hemisphere, let alone in the world. The AG Hunter Cup, Victoria Cup, Miracle Mile, Chariots of Fire, Blacks a Fake, Sunshine Sprint, NSW and VIC Derbies, NZ Derby, […]
You don’t often see a win like this down the short home straight at Gloucester Park. Wow. Whooshka! Take that.
The whisper on the Kiwi streets is that former harness racing participant Brent Mangos, who earlier this year relinquished his licenses in circumstances that are known but must never be spoken about, is soon to be seeking approval to be relicensed as a stablehand. It is said that licensees Ken Barron and Hayden Cullen are […]
Ben Sarina has been warned off since the 25th of January 2013, almost 12 years. His warning off is indefinite. That doesn’t mean that its forever, despite the way it’s currently being applied. Indefinite means lasting for an unknown or unstated period of time. Which means it can end. The Special Stewards Panel (SSP) that […]
