Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Until a month ago the fastest time that Still Rollin had ever run a mile in was 1.52.0. Then he went to Jason Grimson. And on Saturday night he went 1.49.7. The fastest Grant Dixon could get Demon Blue to go was 1.51.9, which was in defeat. It won in 1.51.7 on the weekend, doing […]
Shes a Warrawee is a pretty good horse who has won 7 of its 20 starts. But is she really as good as she looked in this win at Albion Park last night? Menangle is a 1.8 second faster track than Albion Park, the track records prove that. Shes a Warrawee had never run faster […]
They were all cheering after the last race at Nelson on Friday afternoon, and why wouldn’t they be, because the hot horse won. The Dunn stable had two in the race, Miki’s Courage which opened favorite and blew like a gale, and Candy Can which began in betting as the second fave and firmed harder […]
When is the last time you saw a trotter run the fastest last quarter mile of the night by 1.1 seconds, on a program featuring a Group 2 over 1720m? How about never? Until last night when Keayang Zahara did it running home in 26.9 seconds, the sort of times that square gaiters never go. […]
Good Morning Archie, Frank from Fremantle is spot on about the Pearl and the Diamond swallowing up $300k……$300k that in reality comes from robbing the poor to feed the rich. There is a massive transfer of wealth occurring in WA Harness. Outer country clubs had $2 grand taken from their feature race each week…..$8,000 down […]
So WA announces stakes increase prize money for 2 year old racing. No, it is for 2 races that the idiots running the sport have increased by $300,000 total. That in a time when metro prize money has been reduced to $21,000, for most races. So 2 owners benefit, while the majority lose out. Why […]
Racing WA has announced a significant boost to two-year-old harness racing prizemoney, reinforcing WA’s position as the leading jurisdiction in Australia for juvenile standardbreds. From 7 August 2026, the 2YO Diamond (Fillies) and the 2YO Pearl (Colts and Geldings) will each increase from $100,000 to $250,000 to be the richest single-sex two-year-old harness races in […]
There have been some great two horse wars in Australian racing history. Bonecrusher v Our Waverley Star in the 1986 Cox Plate is the most famous. It was a brilliant race, one of the greatest any of us have ever seen. Gay Adam v Rufus Youngblood in the 1987 QLD Pacers Derby was another. I […]
There are rumors floating around the tracks that one of Jason Grimson’s horses has thrown a positive swab to something. We don’t know who or what, or even whether it is true, but more than one person has told us that it is so. Time will tell. But everyone’s ears are burning.
Harness racing in Western Australia is in a world of pain following the state government’s announcement of the Financial Sustainability and Governance Review of racing. It is not particularly clear at this stage what exactly the review is all about, other than that it is not about jockey or animal welfare, but rather to “ensure the […]
