Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
While harness racing has a rich history, we can’t bemoan the loss of what’s in the past or cry for the resurrection of things that worked 20, 30 or 40 years ago. This is now. Everything is faster, slicker and more polished. We’re in a ‘bite-sized’ world, but harness racing has remained largely unchanged. An ode […]
Inner Perth land prices have increased by 300% over the past 20 years. By simple (and quite basic) calculations, that would mean that if the land Gloucester Park sits on was worth $40 million in 2002, it would be worth $120 million today. Half of $120 million is $60 million. So why have the club […]
BY MIDYEAR the WA Trotting Association’s 2000 members must decide whether to move from historic Gloucester Park, the home of harness racing in WA for nearly a century, or to take a punt on redeveloping the 14ha site into a pacing and residential complex. The decision has been forced on the association by the realisation […]
If you want to understand how badly the actions of Ben Yole and Anthony Bullock affect the integrity of racing, then just go and show your kids the pictures that we have published in the stories above. Take them to work, or to a dinner party or BBQ, and show them to your friends and […]
In short: Right to Information documents have revealed the head of Tasmania’s racing body feared the fallout from an ABC Investigation into alleged team driving and race fixing would “go nuclear” just weeks before it aired What’s next? The findings of an independent inquiry into the allegations of team driving and race fixing in the Tasmanian […]
The mail is that the Chinese buyers are currently scouting for horses in Canterbury. Mares they are looking for. These horses won’t be racing of course. We all known where they are going. So here is my message to the RIB. They are out there. So is their man. Keep your eyes open. Get to […]
Penrith Stadium will likely undergo a major refurbishment but won’t be knocked down and re-built. The Weekender can reveal Labor will deliver on its $309 million election commitment to the stadium, but that figure won’t be enough to cover a complete redevelopment. Panthers are preparing for the refurbishment to take place in 2025 but will […]
Here are Victorian harness racing Stewards reports from July. All but one. Notice something missing? It’s the report from the meeting held at Bendigo on the 19th. It isn’t there. Guess who the Chairman of Stewards was on the night? Chief Steward Peter Chadwick. Pete the Plodder. The word out of Victoria is that Chadwick’s […]
I can’t quite work out what went on here in the 7th race at Newcastle yesterday.. So I will have a guess. Summit Bloodstock and Aaron Bain had 2 horses in the race. Dollarsign was trained and driven by Brad Elder, Baker Creek was trained by Darren Elder and driven by Blake Hughes. Baker Creek […]
The bets were on, and now it was time to go. They score up behind the mobile and the first thing we see is that the horse who has been backed from $7.50 into $4.80 in the final seconds of betting Dollarsign is in a muck lather of sweat. Horses who sweat like that before […]
