Chariots of Fire Draw – Fireworks Guaranteed
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The Supermen Grim
NSW trot trainers Jason Grimson and Seaton Grima are making those in the rest of the country look like mugs, with the pair currently sitting 1-2 on the national metro strike rate list of those trainers who have had more than 10 runners in the season. Here is how the list looks: Grimson 45.5% Grima […]
Whatever Happened to Alabar’s Grand Plan to Make Ride High a Super Sire?
It was only a few years back that the leading stud Alabar paid a reputed $2 million to secure the southern hemisphere stallion rights to Ride High, the then boom pacer who had won just a single Group 1. The plan of course was to turn the super fast pacer into a super sire. It […]
Tips and Rumors at the Trots
Which NZ trot trainer missed the Christchurch sale last week because they were on trial in the courts for sex offences? Did the overseas buyer that the person was acting as agent for at Auckland know about their legal problems? How soon will the decison makers in the trial hand down their verdict? What sort […]
Did the SA Stewards Turn Up to the Track Six Races Late on Saturday Night?
According to the Stewards Summary of the meeting there were no horses swabbed – either pre-race or post, including the winners – in the first six races at Globe Derby last night. Then all of a sudden the swabs came with a bang, four pre-race and a post in race 7, and two pre-race and […]
Aiden De Campo Dodges a Bullet Fired From a Hocked and Loaded Gun
I don’t know about you, but I didn’t see driver Aiden De Campo trying to activate any gear on the horse outside the leader Navy Street when his foot slipped and made contact with its hind leg in the straight in this race at Gloucester Park on Friday night. What I saw was a driver […]
What a Chariots of Fire Spectacle We Have In Store Ahead
The final field for the Chariots of Fire looks to be set after the Paleface Adios was run and won, and it looks like this, listed in order of probable betting market order before the all important barriers are drawn: Frankie Ferocious – Jason Grimson (NSW) Don’t Stop Dreaming – Mark Purdon (NZ) Merlin – […]
How Did Just Believe Win This?
The champion trotter Just Believe’s lustre was ever so slightly dulled by his defeat by the French import Callmethebreeze last time out in the final of the Southern Star series, and some people – including those of my acquaintance – began to believe that the frog might just have the wood on him. After the […]
Didn’t We Tell You That Don Hugo Should Have Been in the Paleface?
In our story published earlier this week we blew up big time about Don Hugo having been denied a start in the Paleface Adios Stakes, the last qualifier for the Chariots of Fire, and explained to you why. The Field Selection Method for the Paleface is Crook – Luke McCarthy and Owner Tony Licastro Have […]
How and Why Ben Yole and Friends Got Off – The Guts of It Is, Tasracing Stuffed it All Up
Ben Yole with his gun lawyer Damian Sheales A lot of people are shaking their fists at the sky and cursing the Tasmanian Racing Appeal Board for letting Ben Yole off the hook by upholding his appeal against being warned off and allowing him back into the harness racing game. “How could this possibly have […]