Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We wrote earlier about the rules being bent to allow Gary Hall Jr drive horses in races trained by others against his own horses that he trains, and here we have another example, again from Friday night. Gary Hall Jr’s (Junior’s) father Gary Hall Sr (Senior) is one of WA’s leading trainers. Junior also holds […]
152 Priorities concerning horse to be driven (1) The owner or trainer of a horse in a race shall not drive any other horse in the race except with the permission of the Chairman of Stewards. (2) A person who owns or trains more than one horse starting in a race and who desires to drive […]
Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country – John F Kennedy, Inaugural Address Kevin Seymour is the first to admit that it’s been a tumultuous last six months. From being at death’s door after a heart attack to the euphoria around his boom pacer […]
Jason Grimson’s record of 2 winners from his past 10 starters would be worn as a badge of honour by most trainers, but for Grimson it’s a comedown that has lead many harness racing pundits to question whether the Group 1 winning trainer might have lost his edge. They have no reason to. Let’s go […]
Winning a bronze medal is not quite as good as landing the gold, but when you’re a man like Keith ‘Movie Star’ McDeed who had only trained 2 winners in 20 years before making his Lazarus-like comeback recently, it will do, especially when you’re the sole lessee of the horse and get to scoop up […]
Andrew ‘the Canary’ Fitzgerald came good yesterday. Well sort of. Queen of Swords won heat of the Magnus Benrow Sires Stakes for 3yo fillies She was one of the 4 horses that Fitzerald syndicated in 0.2% slices worth $160 000 all up, or $64o per microshare. The prizemoney won by Queen of Swords yesterday was […]
In the 10 years between 2005 and 2015 SA harness trainer Lou Trotta spent 66 weeks suspended or disqualified for various conduct related offences. Since then his reord looks something like this: 5/12/16 – Abuse 3 licensees and a Steward – 12 month disqualification 29/3/2017 – Drive in a race while under the influence of […]
One of the most interesting racing cases of the year will be heard in the Supreme Court in Sydney today. It is the matter of Goadsby v Harness Racing NSW, in which racing participant Aaron Goadsby is challending the right of the regulator to take possession of mobile phones registered to his various mining transport […]
Archie If you have nothing to do, take a gecko at Race 7 at Pinjarra on Monday….Koolbardi Navajho….some performance from her, heavily supported favourite. Best mare in WA. Draws outside front line, drops back to last. Malakie driven by Kamikaze Symington, against the instructions of the connections (see stewards report) charges from the 1200m under […]
The office of the NSW Harness Racing Integrity Auditor was created by proclamation of the Harness Racing Act (NSW) on the 12th of May 2009 after it had been passed by both houses of parliament. This was what the explanatory notes attached to the bill for the legislation said (I have added the bold type […]
