Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The standardbred yearling sale kicks off on Sunday with the APG auction at the Gold Coast, and continues for the next 2 months solid after that. We thought it might be useful for prospective buyers to know which sires fire at the top level, and which ones don’t. Here it is. There were 50 Group […]
Is it true that Ben Yole’s Victorian stable foreman Robert Walters has been caught on at least a further 2 occasions driving the unregistered and unroadworthy truck of Yole’s whilst unlicensed? We are told that Walters was pulled over following the Wagga meetings last Friday and again Tuesday. This is unconfirmed, but our sources tell […]
Surprisingly Burwood Stud haven’t brought a whole lot of quality to the sale, with its 6 lots being predominantly by bargain basement sires. I can’t get enthused about any of them, just as none of Cobbitty Equine Farm’s draft excites me very much. The Vagg family’s drafts often feature foals by bargain basement sires and […]
Stewards inquired into the reasons Aqua Cruiser (Angus Garrard) shifted out in the back straight on the final occasion when leading, which afforded Tactfilly Miracle (Adam Richardson) an opportunity to obtain a run to the inside which was trailing Aqua Cruiser at that point in the event, and gain a substantial advantage leaving the 550metres […]
Further to our story about Luke McCarthy’s rumored move to the US, a knowledgeable reader wrote in to say the following: It’s a very big stretch to say that Dexter Dunn and the two McCarthy brothers aren’t in the top 50 drivers in the USA. Admittedly on their number of wins they aren’t, but on […]
There is a harness racing game called Catch Driver. The promoter of the game and co creator/ harness participant in Canada established a fond relationship with an Aussie syndicate manager who’s girlfriend was also developing an app. The friendship evolved to include a trainer in Australia from Menangle. This person who promotes Catch Driver (a […]
Trainer David Waite’s recent run of success as the stand-in trainer for owner Rex Horne, following the former HRNSW and Club Menangle chairman’s first choice trainer Leon Jurd’s disqualification for drug cheating continued last night at Penrith when he recorded a rare double. That made Waite’s tally 8 wins for Jurd and 16 in total […]
If the rumors are right that Luke McCarthy is intending to take a crack at a new career driving in the USA after the Miracle Mile carnival, then he is setting himself a highly difficult but potentially lucrative path. Last year no Aussie driver – not Dexter Dunn, or either of McCarthy’s hitherto very successful […]
Caulonia Courage – name after a small village in Calabria that fought off the fearsome Turkish army during a siege in 1597 – was an average muddler from Mildura who had won 6 races from 47 starts until it recently left the stable of Vince Vallelonga and came to the barn of Seaton Grima, or […]
PARK LANE NZ– Caught wide in the early stages of the race, before being restrained into the running line. Approaching the 100 metres the sulky worn by PARK LANE NZ collapsed causing driver Chris Alford to gradually fall to the ground, Driver Chris Alford was able to pull PARK LANE NZ up. Driver Chris Alford […]
