What you see at the top is what driver David Moran told the world before the race about his firm driving tactics on Captain Hammerhead in the Singo at Menangle last Saturday night . Moran backed up his statement just 90 seconds before the race when he told the on-track presenter the same thing. These […]
Nathan Dawson is a Koala – He Wiped Out Half the Field in a $150 000 Group 1 Race and Should Have Got 2 Months – Instead He He Gets a $500 Fine
Stewards inquired into an incident which occurred on entrance to the home straight in the run to the finish where it was established Cosmic Flyer and Attachment were checked to varying degrees. After taking evidence from the drivers concerned, Nathan Dawson was charged pursuant to AHR rule 168(1)(a) for driving in the careless manner in […]
The QLD Trot Swabbing Regime is a Joke
There was $880 000 prizemoney on offer at the Albion Park trots last night. That is a hell of a lot of money for a harness racing meeting. It’s probably one of the single top 10 paying meetings on the annual calendar nation wide. Four of the races were worth $150 000. Two were worth […]
Cameron Ross is a Victim of Persecution
Cameron Ross is the Aung San Suu Kyi of NSW harness racing, a person persecuted in ways that boggle the mind. Two years ago a horse trained by the Victorian licensee Greg Norman threw a positive swab to the substance Dexamethasone. Norman got a $5000 fine with $4000 of it suspended, meaning that his real […]
Do The Stewards Wear Coal Tinted Glasses in NSW?
See this Stewards summary? Matthew Craven was fined $200 for unacceptable whip use in the Singo. He’s been flucked by a fairy. Watch this. Craven is on the leaders back. Luke McCarthy is behind him on Dangerzone. Have a look what happens. Do you see what I see? The Steward’s didn’t. It must be those […]
Confess Fletch
Just last week we told you about Fletch Maguire, the walker from Kiwiland who came to OZ and improved by half the length of the strait. The once weak gutted cat from Aotearoa improved even more in the space of the past 7 days. Kiwi Horses That Suddenly Grow Legs – Summit and Bain Would […]
I Think Super Mario Might Be Going for a Spell
Race 8 Globe Derby. Six horse field. The market opens with Cyclone S Adams $1.90. It blows out the door to $3.30. Uncle Louis is $2.70. It drifts to $3.20. Hurricane Ed is $4.80. There is a little bit of dough for it but not much, and it lands at $3.70 at the jump. Magic […]
Oh Dear – No Captain Ravishing at Shep
They were all dressed up with nowhere to go at Shepparton tonight. The rock star didn’t turn up. There was no sign of Captain Ravishing at all. I am guessing he was held up by roadworks, or maybe the float broke down. That’s only speculation of course. Ahmed Taiba might be working him at home […]
Really? – Well Put This in Your Straw Pipe and Smoke it Poloko – Guido Da Siena
Yeah bro, I did have to bring Aaron Bain into it, and I will tell you exactly why. Bain and/or his business partners Summit Bloodstock or its principals Jamie Durnberger-Smith and Jake Webster owned 20 horses that raced at Hobart on the night of the fateful accident. All of them, each and every one, was […]
How Do These People Sleep at Night? – Warning: This Story Contains Coarse But Heartfelt Language
If you ever needed proof that Ben Yole is a low-life grub then this is it. 20-year-old Bronte Miller has been charged over the crash in late January that injured she and a number of other young harness racing kids. Miller been charged with two counts of causing grievous bodily harm to another person by […]