Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Nathan Delany is one of the young drivers who returned a positive personal swab to dope a few weeks back, dope meaning pot/cannabis/marijuana/weed/pot/ganga/green. When he threw the positive was confirmed Delaney was stood down from driving. An RIB Investigator – probably Mrs Cox – spoke to him, and he denied having smoked the green. “Haven’t […]
Racing Queensland has been advised that Albion Park is going to be shut down by March 2025. The new Norwell track is not going to be ready by 2026 at the earliest, and that is probably a conservative estimate given that the funding doesn’t allow for construction work to be done at night or 7 […]
I very much doubt that the Trainers and Drivers Association and Harness Breeders Victoria would have advocated for a $3.9 million reduction in harness racing prizemoney, don’t you? The clubs wouldn’t have either, but they probably copped it because they had a gun pointed at their head. Cut prizemoney or cut your funding clubs? Which […]
We knew it was coming and, through challenging times, the response seems measured and responsible.Hopefully it’s a case of some short term pain for long term gain. https://t.co/7bOhOZHboH — Adam Hamilton (@AdamHSport) August 2, 2023 How can an 8% cut to prize money at a time of raging inflation and fast rising costs for owners […]
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 […]
