Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
When was the last time you saw a rating 63 class pacer that had won just 5 races from almost 50 starts framed at $6.00 fourth favourite in the pre-post market t0 win a Hunter Cup? Until today, how about never? That’s all changed now though, thanks to the Sir Jason Grimson factor. If the […]
Hi Archie I read with interest your story about Race 10 on Friday night at Glopucester Park, and totally agree with you. The driver of the leader Dylan Egerton – Green should get 12 months. It was blatant team driving from the Brown camp, and as you pointed out his sole purpose appeared to be […]
Sir Jason Grimson has only been back in Sydney for less than a week, but it was plenty of time enough for him to pull off another of his famous miracles. Denis William hadn’t raced for a year and half since breaking down at Cranbourne in July 2022 when trained in Victoria by Simone Walker, […]
We told you a few weeks ago that well-known and much-liked SA businessman and harness racing identity Joe Carbone was in the ICU fighting for life after suffering a serious medical incident. Well Joe fought a great fight, but the good Lord who had tried to take him to the Pearly Gates track before this […]
Remember that Bill Murray movie Groundhog Day, where the same thing happens over and over again? The Breeders Crown meeting is Groundhog Day. Emma Stewart’s stable wins pretty much everything every year, and they did it again last night at Melton winning the rich finals of both the male and female two and three-year old […]
Our least favourite lawsuit threatening NZ harness racing licensee Mark ‘Bones’ Jones apparently used to be able to drive horses capably, although in the past decade we have seen little evidence of that, with his record over the past 4 seasons being just 20 winner from 254 starts, similar stats to Bozo the Clown when […]
Phil Holden was born ad raised in Invercargill, a cold rugged town in the deep south island of New Zealand, where the early settlers were whalers and Scottish immigrants, and people to this day still roll their R’s. Holden completed a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing at the well-respected University of Otago in the mid […]
The last at Gloucester Park last night was a 5 horse race for 2YO fillies. Trainer Colin Brown had two horses in the race, the $4.40 second favourite Exceptional Arma who is a smart filly with a redord of 9 wins from 15 starts and best time at GP of 1.56.8, and the $51.00 pop […]
No it’s not Grant Dixon we are talking about, surprisingly enough. Colt Thirty One and Leap To Fame’s killer has nothing on WA reinsman Shane Young. They are not even in the same league. Young part owns, trains and drives the brilliant Wonderful To Fly, who would quite possibly be the best of her sex […]
Auckland harness racing’s woes continue with just 63 horses slated to start tonight at the metropolitan meeting at Alexandra Park, on a card where only 5 of the 8 races boast a field of eight or more runners. Two of the races have miserable fields of just 6 starters, with another having only 7 horses […]
