Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Jakes Sportswriter is ten-year old veteran pacer who coming into last night’s Globe Derby meeting hadn’t run a place at its past ten starts, many if not most of them in lower grade races than the one it contested here. The Shane Loone trained old boy had been beaten 72.2m at Port Pirie at it’s […]
Mark Pardon has made a huge call redirecting star 4yo Don’t Stop Dreaming Victorian campaign target away from the 4yo Bonanza to the Hunter Cup in the wake of his stablemate Akuta’s potentially career ending injury. That’s not to say that Don’t Stop Dreaming can’t win the Hunter Cup, but it’s a huge risk because […]
Tom Ison had 24 runners on the 9 race card at Tamworth on Tuesday, making him not quite Ben Yole but well on the way. In shades of Yole, 8 of the 9 starters in race 8 were trained by Ison. All of them were owned by either Summit and Bain, or by his father […]
The mail out of Tasmania is that Ray Murrihy’s final report into allegations of race fixing and animal welfare breaches by the Ben Yole stable is set to be released today. Will it be fair dinkum or will it be a farce? A lot of racing people and animal welfare advocates across the state are […]
Harness Racing NZ’s chief executive Mauro Barsi – the man formerly at the helm of Alexandra Park during the redevelopment debacle – has announced that the organisation’s General Manager of racing, marketing and communications Catherine McDonald has stepped down from her position and will be leaving in a fortnight. It’s a load of palaver. McDonald […]
Not content with scooping the pool in Tasmania and running 3rd in the Victorian premiership with nary a runner rated over NR60 in either, Ben ‘Chainsaw’ Yole has decided to head to NSW to rape the prizemoney there too. What you see is race 2 at the $15 million track at Wagga on Friday night. […]
The driver of the 2nd horse in the last race at Ashburton protested against the winner for alleged interference in the run home. Hope’s objection was dismissed, and rightly so, for it had no hope. When you drive up inside a leader’s wheel and get your own locked it’s driver error, not interference. Ben Hope […]
16 January 2024 , News Harness Racing New Zealand would like to remind everyone in the sport that last week’s draft dates calendar is just that – a draft. Since it was released there has been an outpouring of comment, and in some case strong criticism, with many believing the new calendar is set in stone. […]
New Zealand harness racing has been struggling for years. Breeding numbers have dropped, there aren’t enough races, the sport in the north island is collapsing, field sizes are too high in the low grade races and too low up the classes, and owners and trainers are selling or exporting their stock to Australia or the […]
