Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Imaginary Bet is a grand-daughter of the champion broodmare Scuse Me, the dam of the superstar million dollar earners Adore Me and Have Faith In Me, multiple Group 1 winners the pair. Imaginary Bet is the mother of Merlin, New Zealand’s best pacer on his ear. It’s been a big weekend for the dam. Merlin […]
What sort of drive was this by Jack ‘Turbo’ Trainor on the horse on the leader’s back? It was the 2nd favorite, the leader was the fave. The one in front went relatively slow times for the first 3 quarters. It was blindingly obvious that Turbo needed to come out of the position behiond it […]
This is an article from a Perth newspaper published in the year 2004. Look at the sums of money being quoted. Almost 20 years later the same developer mentioned in the story bought almost half of Gloucester Park for just $10 million paid in 5 x conditional instalments of $2 million a year and a […]
A trotter moves its legs forward in diagonal pairs (right front and left hind, then left front and right hind striking the ground simultaneously), whereas a pacer moves its legs laterally (right front and right hind together, then left front and left hind). Pacers propel themselves forward by using their front and backs legs on […]
In 2019 the national peak body Harness Racing Australia finally listened to the long shouted cries from harness racing participants around the country about the inequities of the then complex handicapping system, and introduced a simple ratings based system akin to that employed at the gallops to address it. From now on horses would be […]
Tasracing has won a courtroom battle to block harness racing identities Ben Yole, Tim Yole, Nathan Ford, and Mitchell Ford from entering racetracks under its control. The move to ban the foursome came early this year, with Tasracing issuing “warning-off” notices on February 2 to those adversely named in the Murrihy Report into the harness racing […]
Hi mate What a great form grab re Merlin tonight. You predicted the race as if you wrote the script. Congrats my friend. What a horse who knows how to win ,and win he did. Unfortunately here on Jontiem Beach in Thailand yourTAB, Sportsbet, Ladbrokes, etc account is blocked by the Thai government. However a […]
What a horse. What a drive. What a win. Merlin is a superstar. We told you he was before his first ever start. And guess what? We were right. His win in the Race By Grins tonight was absolutely outstanding. Merlin has just broken Ultimate Sniper’s 5-year held NZ record over 2200m by 3/10th’s of […]
The Race By Grins is on tonight, and it is an absolute cracker. This 11 horse field has won $7.5 million in stakes and a multitude of Group races between them. With the exception of Leap to Fame who has stayed at home they are the best pacers on offer on either side of the […]
