Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
All the attention is on the 3YO Harness Millions finals tonight, and both of the big ones are interesting contests. The field for the fillies final is perhaps not as strong as in the seasons that champion like Bettor Cover Lover, Lauraella, Venus Serena, Spanish Armada, Amazing Dream, True Fantasy and Millwood Nike won the […]
Good Morning, I think you have made an error re Village Kid winning all three races in 1986 when you rightfully called out Hamilton for not doing his homework. Phil Coulson never drove Village kid to win the Miracle Mile. Village Kid did indeed win the Miracle Mile (24.01.86), the Hunter Cup (08.03.86) and the […]
Carisbrook trot trainer Paul Watson may not be thinking it right now, but he must have been kissed by a fairy. In late December 2022 one of Watson’s horses threw a positive swab to Cobalt after winning a race at Maryborough, and then the next month the Stewards performed a surprise visit at Watson’s stable […]
The QRIC review has been going for around a month, and it’s only on Wednesday that Botra send out information about it to its members. What they sent wasn’t a progress update. It was the Terms of Reference, for an inquiry that’s already off and away. BOTRA President Darren Garrard invited and urged industry members […]
Hot And Treacherous was a very smart young pacer in New Zealand who raced against the very best of his generation, and beat a few of them too. He was good when he came to Australia as well, but not grand. Then Jason Grimson got his mitts on the horse, and all of a sudden […]
The Lost Storm is going to Tasmania!Get the full update from Mark Pitt after his first trial back today. 👇 pic.twitter.com/WhRKBlQjdR — The Trots (@TheTrotsComAu) February 13, 2024 We learned from driver Mark Pitt yesterday that the former boom pacer The Lost Storm is headed across the Bass Strait in a fortnight’s time to make […]
68 year old NSW trainer Keith McDeed has had just 19 runners at the races in the past 20 years, and in that two decades has prepared just two winners. He hasn’t even had one at the races since 2o21. But that’s all about to change at Newcastle tomorrow night, for like Lazarus – the […]
Hi AB I don’t disagree with you on Mick Stanley’s competence as a driver. However I did enjoy that race as he dealt with the arrogance of Grima and brought him undone as well. Grima may be the greatest trainer we have ever seen!!! HRNSW is like Disneyland! Chopper Editor’s comment – Like Disneyland on […]
UBETCHA TIGERPIE– Pre-race blood sample. Worked forward to the lead passing the 1000 metres. Stewards questioned driver Michael Stanley with regards to the tactics he adopted through the early and middle stages of the event, in addition to the overall performance of the gelding which tired over the concluding stages to finish in sixth placing […]
In January of this year the young former pony trots star Chelsea Prothero (pictured above with boyfriend Seaton Grima) applied to Harness Racing Victoria for the grant of a trainers license. On the 11th of January she was interviewed by HRV Steward John Packer, and based on her successfully passing the interview, on the day […]
