Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Tapentadol is a heavy duty painkiller, a synthetic form of heroin, which in itself is a synthetic type of morphine. Bob and Vinnie Knight’s success was born on morphine. Feel no pain, run pain free. Paul Tonkin had an excuse for horse throwing a positive swab to trace elements of the stuff. He had been […]
What you see at the top is New Zealand harness racing rule 869(3)(b). Can you read what it says in red? Any time a driver hits a wheel it is an offence, punishable by a fine or suspension. Junior driver Seth Hill knows this. He recently shifted in and hit another driver’s wheel during a […]
MENANGLE Race 4 Hollywood Strip is 6 from 6 and a potential champion. Too short too back, but the time will be interesting if Hewitt lets it go full bore. Race 5 In all the totally justified Leap To Fame, Swayzee, Kingman, Republican Party hype many have forgotten Don Lou. They shouldn’t. You don’t go […]
Story by Imran Ali, Emma Sudano and Edward Russell: Herald Sun The case of a Melbourne harness racing identity, extradited from the Northern Territory and charged with serious alleged drugs offences, has been delayed as phone transcripts are not ready. Hassan Taiba, who owned Captain Ravishing — which was regarded as the most exciting horse in the sport […]
If there is one thing in this life that I hate, it’s being taken for a f**king idiot. Call me crazy, call me mad, call me a total idiot if you like, and you won’t be far wrong on any count. Just don’t call me stupid, because I am not. Even if the HRV Stewards […]
It’s now near the end of February, and still we haven’t heard a word from the Auckland Trotting Club about how they are going to secure a buyer for the Franklin Park training center so the club can pay down its $80 million debt. The debt incurred in the process of the club selling prime […]
Archie Regarding the WA handicapping system. Certain very high profile trainers, operating outside established channels, sought and got meetings with certain RWWA Harness officers to specifically pitch for RBD and changes to programming because they and their privileged owners were being made to sing a bit harder for their supper with their NZ imported stock. […]
When you sell a yearling at auction you are obliged by the terms and conditions of sale, and many would say by law, to disclose any serious impediments that the youngster is afflicted with to all of its potential buyers. If, for example, if it only has 3 legs, or if it has 4 and […]
I have no idea what driver W. Clarke was thinking or doing on Gammalite in this race, and I don’t want to because it could never make sense. Questions. Why Didn’t he kick up at the start and try to hold the lead from gate 1? When he pulled back didn’t he do a slip […]
It’s bloody amazing isn’t it? Jason Grimson has only 26 horses in work, and among them are three of the fastest twenty ever to race over the mile at Menangle – Rakero Rocket (1.47.3), Himynameisjeffn (1.48.4), and Swayzee (1.48.6) – another who no doubt will shortly be joining them in Captains Mistress (1.50.0), and a […]
