Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Relating to matters at the start and during the race 162. (1) A driver shall not – (n) take or attempt to take an unfair advantage in a race; (u) drive in a way which causes or could cause interference or jostling; (www) allow his horse to shift ground in a manner which impedes, hinders or advantages […]
OFFICE OF RACING INTEGRITY and MR MITCHELL FORD Date of hearing: Friday 29th March 2024 Stewards Panel: Neil Finnigan (Chair); Roger Brown Present: Mr Mitchell Ford Rule: Australian Harness Racing Rules Charge: That Mr Mitchell Ford did present to drive at the Tasmanian Trotting Club meeting on Sunday 25th […]
Mitch Ford pleaded guilty to the charge of having Amphetamine, Ecstasy, Benzodiazepines and Cocaine Metabolites in his system when he presented to drive at the Hobart meeting on Sunday the 5th of February, and was sentenced on the basis of his claim that the drugs were the residue from a single pill that he had taken […]
Harness Racing South Australia last year declared it Southern Stars yearling sale an outstanding success, and has done so again this year, but at the risk of the peak body’s CEO Dean Elliott calling this author a fabricator again and declaring shame upon us we have to ask the question: has the sale been any […]
Watch this. That twirling baton/flying spear aimed straight at driver Emma Ison, and landed in her lap. Ison drove the horse that finished 2nd in the Cup. Ducking the baton/spear cost her 2 lengths. He horse was only beaten by one. The only mention of the bayonet/spear – which was actually a marker peg – […]
You might remember our story a couple of weeks ago about the serial SA harness blow up merchant Lou Trotta being handed a 14 month disqualification for abusing first his own driver after a race, and then later a steward at the hearing into the original matter. It was Trotta’s umpteenth conduct breach offence, and […]
This is the Stewards Summary listed on the form of Saturday night’s Menangle winner Familiar Tricks for it’s previous start. Note that Familiar Tricks was subject to an Age Horse Vet Examination. All well and good you might say, and congrats to the Stewards for telling us. No. An aged horse vet exam is usually […]
So the way to get Illavabubbles beaten is now obvious. Make her run two quick early quarters in a row. Illavabubbles has had 8 starts for Jason Grimson, and has won 6 of them. https://www.harness.org.au/racing/horse-search/?horseId=819909 She showed blinding early speed in each of the wins, but was allowed to back off and run a comfortable […]
The remaining 6 races from the aborted Globe Derby trot meeting tonight has been rescheduled to Monday, which at least gives participants a chance to win some money that might otherwise have been lost if it had been abandoned, even though it leaves many of the drivers having to explain to their boss why they […]
The Globe Derby meeting tonight has been called off after just three races due to an on course power outage knocking out the lights. As you can see from the photo at the top the rest of the suburb still has the lights on, so the power failure is restricted to the track. How do […]
