Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Saginaw – trained by Seaton Grima’s close associate ‘Smokin’ Joe Connolly, a servind NSW police officer – ran in the first race at Menangle on Saturday night and finished a weakening 7th. After the race Saginaw was inspected by the vet and diagnosed with colic, which is most unusual condition for a horse who five […]
The horse Major Cyclone that you see above is an unraced trotter that is trialling at Rangiora today, which in normal circumstances would be apropros of nothing and a case of so what? But this one is a little different, for there are huge question marks over the bona fides of its registered owner and […]
The leader in this race was the odds on favorite. Trainer Tom Ison had 4 runners in the race. One of them was the horse he drove, the one that used to attack the leader unmercilessly from the death. It finished out the back after doing it’s job and softening the leader up enough toget […]
Prodigal Guiness was a moderately performer winner of 3 races from 18 starts before being purchaed by Australian interests and brought across the ditch, but he was a troupled pacer too, plagued by leg injuries. He had already had one 6 month breack from racing at home, and by the time he made his debut […]
Travis Bullock was awarded the Bathurst Junior Driver of the Year Award, and good on him too. But doesn’t it seem a bit strange that a 37-year-old like Bullock can compete for a junior driver’s award in the first place? He is, but the phrase ‘junior’ is misleading, for it should be called the concession […]
He looks a bit like his trainer Swayzee, doesn’t he? I cast doubt earlier in the week on Jason Grimson’s ability to bring Swayzee back for a successful third prep in the Brisbane Winter Carnival, but on the evidence of his win at Menangle last night it appears that I may have been very, very […]
Many readers have been asking where former trot broadcaster Jason Bonnington has been since he lost his job with Harness Racing Victoria, and now we have the answer. He’s been away for a long while, but Bonno’s back! Direct to you from his lounge room doing a podcast called Tongue Tie Off with his fellow […]
As we told you a month ago that he would, the disqualified for 8 years drug cheating Kiwi harness trainer Nigel McGrath last week exploited a ludicrous provision in the NZ rules to attempt to have his DQ cancelled. The rule in question is number 1205 Cancellation of Disqualification, which reads in the relevant part […]
Wasn’t this superb targeted pre-race swabbing (PRS) by HRNSW officials last night at Penrith? Only one favorite all night was swabbed. Neither of the odds on faves were among them. 5 of the 8 horses pre-race tested were at double figure odds, with 4 of the 8 at prices of $20.00 or longer. What the […]
When astute New South Wales harness racing trainer Keith McDeed decided to give the sport away about 20 years ago, he didn’t think for one minute that he’d be back. “I sold up everything and really believed that was it. I’d broken about 10 or 11 bones over the years and was feeling a few […]
