Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
by Jake Kenny Early one spring morning in 2018, teams of police officers began storming harness racing stables around the country. Over the next two days, 17 properties – stables and homes in Canterbury, Manawatū and Invercargill belonging to some of the sport’s top identities – were raided, culminating in 11 industry figures being accused […]
Anyone who religiously follows the Tonkin/Stewart stable is eating cold porridge mixed with water this morning after both of their runners at Maryborough yesterday went down. Vague Beauty started at $1.90 in the 4th race and looked home to the world down the straight, before it lost interest and fell in a hole to throw […]
No wonder they couldn’t afford to build Norwell!!! So Redcliffe is getting new lights, sounds good to me, (I am going to move there!) but at a price tag of $6m?? Seriously for just lights? https://www.harness.org.au/media-room/news-article/?news_id=65009 2 odd years ago Melton got new lights and remodelled their infield to make it a multipurpose venue at […]
Rosedale is a tiny little town of 438 people near Baffle Creek, on the way to Captain Cook’s 2nd landing spot in Australia at the Town of 1770, officially known to no-one but government wonks as Seventeen Seventy due to the naming rules prohibiting numerals in names. I don’t know what connection the pacing mare […]
Hi Archie, In relation to Kyle Symington having his suspension reduced to allow him to drive in the Freo Cup, there is a process in WA called remission. If you receive a suspension and you have a good record you can apply to the General Manager Integrity, Denis Borovica to have your suspension reduced by […]
WA harness driver Kyle Simington copped an 8 day suspension at the Gloucester Park meeting last Friday week (12 April) for careless driving causing severe interference to a rival runner that ruined that horse’s chances of winning or placing in the race. It was a fair cop and Symington pleaded guilty to it, but he […]
Tasracing has endorsed the issuing of notices to ban four racing industry participants adversely named in the Murrihy Report on Friday. Tasracing chief executive Andrew Jenkins said the Warning Off Notices were issued this morning (last Friday) and would take effect immediately. “Warning Off Notices cannot be open ended in terms of time,” he said. “An […]
Hi Archie The Balmain Boxer calling in from Jontiem Beach jn Thailand where I’m sitting here smoking hot and sweating watching the Tigers lose again, which is getting so depressing that I’m about to go and get a massage to ease the pain. But before I do I would like to comment on your story […]
Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonlkin – under whose name the pair’s team are trained these days – had starters in 3 of the 4 Nutrien Sales final races at Melton last night and won them all. Bay of Biscay trained in Emma’s name won the 3yo colt’s final, earning $75 000 as a reward. The […]
Tt was the 5 handed Clayton Crew v the one out Grant Dixon and Nathan Jack last night in the Nutrien 2yo final at Melton . A team of five will usually beat two single gunslingers in a shoot out in their home town, and despite Dixon’s best efforts that’s what happened when the Clayon […]
