Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ben Yole has won his appeal against his warning off. Tim Yole, Nathan Ford and Mitch Ford have too. Thanks to the total Friar Tuck up by Tasracing and the genius of lawyers Damian Sheales (for the Yoles) and Matt Hammond (for the Fords), they are all back in the game. More to follow.
Punting on the trots is an activity full of misfortune and hard luck tales. Sometimes however the luck turns the poor moth ridden mugs way. Tuesday night in Perth was one of those times for the punters who backed Lucksafortune and Always Be Teddy. Neither of them quite scored up properly, but after the pole […]
North-West NSW trainer Tom Ison seems to have become the Ben Yole of the boot scooting music capital of NSW, with him turning out 24 of the 89 runners at yesterday’s Tamworth trots, the majority of them owned by Summit Bloodstock and Aaron Bain Racing, and many of them having being formerly trained by Mr […]
