Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
You ever heard of the Retention Barn at Menangle? That is the supposedly secure facility that HRNSW paid millions of dollars to build and who knows how much to maintain to ensure that runners in big races compete on a level playing field, with the aim that no horse gains an unfair advantage over another. […]
This Industry Notice was issued by Harness Racing NSW in March 2012 to all licensed or interested participants in the State. You are warned it said. Be vigilant. Root out plants or trees that could make your horse throw a positive. Or else …..
Want to see the most blatant and absolutely disgraceful breach of the harness racing whip rule in the past decade? Then watch this. The driver is Corey Johnson, the South Australian whose family has been the target of clandestine fire bombings and graffiti attacks in recent months. If you didn’t know better, and realise that […]
On the one hand the Stewards Report from Miracle Mile night says that Bulletproof Boy hung out after the start and contacted the sulky of Don Hugo. On the other it says that Don Hugo shifted in an caused Bulletproof Boy to contact its cart. Which one was it? Was it Don Hugo’s fault, or […]
Kingman is heading to the paddock and won’t be crossing over the ditch to run in the Race By Betcha. Really? Gee whiz. “That (huge) Hunter Cup run took its toll on him,” Kingman’s owner Mick Harvey said. “When Swayzee was losing ground (in the Miracle Mile), he (Kingman) would normally go straight past him, […]
I have just been corrected. It was not Harness Racing NSW that altered the distance of the NSW Derby from 2400m to a mile, it was Club Menangle. For mine that makes it even worse. Since when did Club Menangle own the Derby? All they do is host it. The Derby, a Group 1 classic, […]
I am sure the connections of winner Hollywood Strip would disagree, but I have to say that in my opinion the first – and only so far anywhere in Australia – running of the NSW Derby over a mile was a fizzer, even if I did back the winner. Derbies aren’t meant to be run […]
Know who ran the fastest mid section in the Miracle Mile? By miles? It wasn’t the great Leap To Fame, the winner who ran the 1200-400m split in 55.06. Or the runner up The Janitor who went through it even faster in 55.01, the second fastest of the race. It was Bulletproof Boy. The horse […]
We slagged off the selection of Kingman for a place in the Miracle Mile from the moment it was made, and remined trenchant in our criticism of Club Menangle’s selection the entire week leading into there race. No-one can ever say that we were wrong can they? Kingman went like a busted arse. Had the […]
The aged 8-year-old pacer Hector has been through the hands of some pretty good trainers during its career. Emma Stewart. Kim Prentice. Andy Gath. Jason Grimson. Multiple Group 1 winners, one and all. Not a single one of them could get the horse to win in faster than 1.52.9. None of them were Mitchell Dawson […]
