Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
DON’T TOUCH THIS – Stewards questioned driver R Morris in relation to the tactics employed in the event, in particular during the early stages when electing to shift down to the marker pegs from a running line position. Mr Morris explained that, during the early stages when trailing ERATIGENA in the running line, he believed that runner was […]
Profit: And Pigs Fly The undisputed heavyweight clown prince has been at it again this week. I speak of course of Jason Bonnington, the man who when he is not falling off horses, kicking his bet homes like a demented loon, justifying juxtapositions and critical correlations in his near unintelligible rambling column on thetrots.com has […]
See the bikeway next to the track that Peter Bain built? The Stuart O’Grady Cycleway. O’Grady was a self professed EPO cheat. The cycleway is currently closed. Life imitates art.
Port Au Prince was a cat in New Zealand. It won bugger all in snail’s crawl time. 3 from 35, two of them at Invercargill, one at Ascot Park. Never ran a final winning half in under 58 seconds. Total prizemoney from those 35 starts? $32 079. It comes across the Tasman to Robbie Morris. […]
Menangle today. Race 5. Number 9. Nick of Time. $3.20 right now. Get on quick.
How’s Adam Hamilton’s claim that there are only two races buzzing around his head at this time of year. One is the NZ Cup, which has created a sense of excitement that we all share. Tick. The other one is the Eureka, a race that is 11 months away and at this stage has only […]
Staggering it is that 11 of the 12 mares in last Saturday’s Victorian Oaks were US or European sires. Absolutely staggering. It’s a sign of the global revolution in breeding. Or so Bonnington says. If only he knew a bit about harness racing history, or bothered to do a bit of research, he might one […]
I want to introduce you to Craig ‘Fergo’ Ferguson, aka Fungus. Fungus is a trot trainer. The most improved trainer in the world. In the four seasons from 2017-2020 he had 304 starters for just 17 winners. Horses trained by him won $171 954, at an average annual earn of $42 989. He was struggling. […]
Why is that so many All Stars runners over the years have contracted viruses or tied up early on in their preps? It’s uncanny. I wonder what they treat them for to fix it? Wouldn’t it be lovely to know. Editor’s note: Akuta and Franco Mac ran 1-2 in the Group 1 Canterbury Flying Stakes […]
The 2YO that I have been telling you was a champion before he even raced – Merlin – won the Harness Million at Addington last night. It’s a race that some pretty handy horses have won over the years: Akuta, Lazarus, Changeover, Bailey’s Dream, Il Vicolo and Courage Under Fire are just a few. Courage […]
