Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Why exactly did Adam Sanderson elect to put his drive Miracle Moose into a zip fastener instead of jumping onto the back of Despondent when that horse went three-wide at the Stewards tower to attack? Sanderson’s tall tale about the Moose hanging in and being unable to navigate the turn is nothing more than that, […]
HIS HONOUR: Many people enjoy betting. Many people enjoy betting on horse races. A lot of people do not, but those that do are entitled to have things as fair as possible. They are entitled to have horses run on their merits and they are entitled to have the authorities act properly in ensuring that […]
HIS HONOUR: Corruption in sport is an ongoing problem and noted recent examples have included cricket, rugby league and horse racing in its various forms. I have before me an offender, Paul Anthony O’Toole, who, through his corrupt conduct, has tarnished the reputation of a particular form of horse racing, harness racing in New South […]
As a driver, trainer and breeder, Peter Bagrie left a huge imprint on harness racing. After a more than 50 year involvement in the sport he died last week, after a battle with cancer. Among his many achievements : In 1978 he drove Gentle George to win four times during New Zealand Cup week, one […]
Prior being transferred to Seaton Grima’s stable five weeks ago Bully Bourne was just an average plodder from the bush with a best winning time of 1.56.0, which he recorded on debut two and a half years ago on the big fast track at Wagga The average time he had run at his past 1o […]
The Freddie Taiba trained Nathan Street, the winner of last year’s NSW Breeders Crown, was second-up and only about 4/5ths fit when he contested the heats of the NSW Derby last week. Despite all this and an early gallop in the race that saw him lose 4 lengths, Taiba’s youngster somehow managed to run home […]
The hot word around the streets of Sydney’s west is that former Harness Racing NSW CEO and long-time Peter V’Landys handbag carrier and mate John Dumesny is about to be appointed to one of the three vacant independent spots on the board of the NRL club Wests Tigers. In fact the mail is that the […]
That’s not a rooster or a another derby Daz – it’s a fish! Was that Brittany Graham’s dad Darrel I spotted in the crowd during the broadcast of the NRL double header in Vegas yesterday? It sure looked like the great man who won the 2011 Chariots of Fire with triple Derby hero Lanercost, the […]
Ben Yole is back at Burnie and he wins four races, one of them as usual with every runner in the field. Chainsaw’s 72 year old father Wayne – who has trained just 3 winners in the past 15 years, but had a whole bunch of Bain/Summit/Solotrek horses transferred to him after his son was […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/nsw/BRC24022405.mp4 What the hell did this give this horse Iambecauseofyou that recently smashed the track record at Broken Hill by three seconds? Just watch it go. If this wasn’t a milkshake job and then something a bit more I’m not here. Iambecauseofyou is a good horse, but not this good. His trainers have a bit […]
