Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Hello Archie I just thought i would drop a quick line re the ring in case with Shane Loone over there in South Australia. All that I can say is thank god there are some people left in this world like yourself who attempt to “keep the bastards honest”. Dean Elliot and his crew seem […]
Given where we’ve come from, where we’re heading, and how we’ll get there, it’s important to keep lines of communication open. I know that some of you prefer to keep to yourselves, which is more than fine, whereas others like to put forward thoughts, opinions, questions, theories, etc – that’s fantastic too, and much welcomed. […]
IN THE MATTER of an Appeal by MR SHANE LOONE against a decision of Harness Racing SA Ltd Stewards. BREACH OF RULE: AHR Rule 168(1)(a) “168. (1) A person shall not before, during or after a race drive in a manner which is in the opinion of the Stewards: – (a) careless (b) reckless (c) […]
Dear Mr Butterfly Your queries will be addressed in due course. As you could appreciate, we are a small operation in SA and have a number of priorities currently. With respect, it would be disingenuous to suggest you are not aware of what I’m alluding to. I attend about 65 harness meets per season. Being […]
GLOBE DERBY INVESTIGATION – Saturday 4th September HRSA Stewards have continued their investigations into the circumstances in which the registered horse LETS GET SHORTY contested Race 5 at Globe Derby Park on Saturday 4th September 2021 in place of stablemate, JAKE SPORTSWRITER. On Wednesday 8 September 2021 Stewards heard further evidence from Trainers S Loone […]
Take a look at what happens here in the last race at Victoria Harbour yesterday afternoon. Officials at the track say that the mobile lost power. Many say that the barriers weren’t tested before take 2 of the start. Fortunately if they are correct. then the arm started properly second time around. It still should […]
The Michael Stanley trained $81 shot Soho Honey Rider won the $100 000 final of the Group 2 Bathurst Gold Bracelet on Saturday night, but if it hadn’t been for driver error by Zara Fitzpatrick’s dad Blake it wouldn’t have. B. Fitzpatrick had the leader and favorite Lux Aterna’s back on his brother’s horse Libby […]
The already seemingly golden season of superstar 2yo pacers had another contender for best in show added to its ranks when the Russell Jack trained Its Confidential brained its rivals by 31m yesterday over 1760m at Wagga, running final sections of 27.9 and 26.9 to record an overall mile rate of 1.54.2. That’s super time […]
After Carter Dalgety won the last at Addington on Saturday with a brilliant steer on Watermelon Sugar, the Trackside NZ commentator declared that he was the best young driver New Zealand had seen since the days of Dexter Dunn or Anthony Butt. It’s a proposition that’s pretty hard to disagree with based on his record […]
The last race at the feature Bathurst Gold meeting on Saturday night ended after 11.00pm. After that the trainers and their drivers had to attend to swabbing requirements, wash their horses down, load them and their gear onto their floats and trucks, take them home, unload the horse, stable them and make sure they have […]
