Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Jackie’s Gift as a weanling, with her mother Chevrons Sweetheart. They were sold as a pair in December 2021 for $22 000. Grant Forrest is that rarest of thing, a NSW harness racing trainer who only prepares trotters. The man based in Mount Fairy doesn’t generally go near pacers. If it doesn’t square gait, Grant Forrest […]
Chelsea Prothero, the young former Victorian driver who moved to NSW to Prothero pleaded guilty to charges that: During an interview on 11 January 2024, as part of their application to upgrade her licence from a Stablehand to a Grade B Trainer, she knowingly or recklessly furnished false information to HRV Stewards by stating that […]
So the winner takes it allAnd the loser has to fallThrow the dice, cold as iceWay down here, someone dearTakes it all, has to fallAnd it’s plain, why complain? – Benny and Bjorn, Abba Benny and Bjorn obviously didn’t go to the trots at Gloucester Park when they toured Perth in 1977, for if they […]
About a month ago we wrote a story about the huge amount of money that Harness Racing SA and the SA Breeders Owners Trainers and Reinsperson’s Association were wasting on so-called classic Kindergarted Series for 2YO’s, and after staring into our ever faithful crystal ball we declared that a non-sales entry from the Tonkin/Stewart stable […]
Oh lady, running down to the riptideTaken away to the dark sideI wanna be your left-hand manI love you when you’re singing that songAnd I got a lump in my throat‘Cause you’re gonna sing the words wrong – James Keogh for Vance Joy For Real Life and Frankie Ferocious first met as 2YO’s in the […]
Current Albion Park chairman Brad Steele has firmed even further in the betting market for the next Harness Racing New Zealand CEO job, and is now priced at $1.05 to usurp the other 3 candidates from at home, Austalia and Europe to get the gig. Steele may be surprise applicant for the position, but he […]
Launceston meeting 28/4/2024 7 races – 63 starters Number of full fields (12 starters) – NIL Number of races with less than 8 starters – 2 Number of Yole stable runners on card* – 18 Number of Yole stable winners* – 2 Corresponding Launceston meeting 12 months ago 9 races – 99 starters Number of […]
Hobart meeting 26/4/2024 5 races – 38 starters Number of full fields (12 starters) – NIL Number of races with less than 8 starters – 1 Number of Yole stable runners on card* – 16 Number of Yole stable winners* – 2 Corresponding Hobart meeting 12 months ago 7 races – 78 starts Number of […]
Never Ending got chopped in half in the Nullarbor two Fridays ago, was squeezed, checked, galloped and lost all chance. The big question was whodunnit? Was it Stuart McDonald on Jumpingjackmac, or Kate Gath on Catch A Wave, or was it Never Ending’s driver G. Hall Jr himself, trying to push his way clear of […]
Trainer Bryce Stanaway has been disqualified for three years after refusing to allow a Racing Victoria vet to provide emergency care to his horse on a racetrack. Stanaway was found guilty of seven misconduct charges at the Victorian Racing Tribunal in August, after Racing Victoria stewards alleged the Torquay-based trainer threatened officials and refused to […]
