Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Objection On Wednesday 11th January 2023, stewards of the Office of Racing Integrity received two written objections to Hes Ideal being permitted to start in the Harding’s Hotmix Devonport Cup. The objections were lodged pursuant to Australia Harness Racing Rule(AHRR) 175(1): ‘A person who questions the eligibility of horse to start in a race may […]
There was a $1.12 favourite in race 5 just run at Charlton. It had been backed from $1.50 into the $1.12 early to distort the market. I heard a whisper that it was off. So I backed the only other 4 chances on the race, all bar one at double figure odds. I made a […]
If the Emma Stewart trained pacer He’s Ideal is truly eligible to start in this weekend’s Devonport Pacing Cup, then I’ll eat my hat. On fair read of the Tasmanian control body the Office of Racing Integrity’s rules and policies it can’t possibly be. Here are the reasons why, spelled out in clear terms. 1. […]
The well known Sydney harness racing family the McDowell’s are no slouches when it comes to the training game. The family have won a host of Group 1 and other group and listed races with their horses over the years, including all the juvenile features across two states with their champion filly of the 1980’s […]
Keith’s on a roll. Good on him too. I love it, even if the folk from the Canterbury Plains don’t. What would they know about great Australian racing anyway? Blood hell, they eat fishing bait (whitebait) and reckons it’s beautiful. Yeah, prawns heads are too I’m sure, not that I’ve ever tried them or ever […]
We’ve been out of action for a few days helping racing licensees at disciplinary tribunals, so Keith from QLD has stepped into the breach to give us a hand. Here’s his latest offering. With some mighty races coming up I wanted to reminisce about some magnificent achievements that made me love this sport as much […]
Graham Dwyer is a gun Queensland trot trainer who ran 4th in the State Premiership championship last year with a win rate of about one in every eight starters from over 850 that he took to the track. Dwyer rarely steers them these days though. In 2022 he drove just 44 times, and won just […]
See that fella aged 50-something walking down Flinders Street in Melbourne with a big grin on his face and his tongue stuck firmly in his cheek? That’s Adam Hamilton. He doesn’t really thing that Jason Grimson is not harness racing’s most amazing trainer. Hamilton is just taking the piss. Just like you and I do, […]
Summit Bloodstock won 4 races at last night’s Hobart Cup meeting, including the big one. Three of them were very recent NZ imports trained by Emma Stewart. I wanna know how she did it. Ben Yole also trained one of Summit’s winners. I wanna know how he did it too. Here are the winners and […]
Jason Grimson has been racing a team in Victoria since the 25th of November. He has started eight horses since that time. All bar three have won. Those two are Majestic Cruiser which ran as a tired horse in the heats of ID22; Sicario, which ran a close second in the Group 2 Bendigo Cup […]
