Want to See the Best Pacer Since Lazarus?
Here he is. His name is Merlin. This was six from six. He is Black Caviar. Merlin won’t be beaten.
It Appears Clear That HRNZ Doesn’t Have a Single Clue
The $1 million breeding incentive scheme announced by Harness Racing New Zealand last week has been met with mixed reactions from across the breeding sector. On the back of last year’s microchipped foal crop dropping to a scarcely-believable 1367, HRNZ CEO Gary Woodham conceded something drastic needed to be done to address the alarming trend. […]
Here is Another Dead Drive
Mark Pitt was driving a horse named Polly Put Kettleon in race 8 at Bendigo last night. It was drawn the inside of the 2nd row, with a likely leader in front of it. Anyone in the world who was in Polly’s cart would have pushed up at the start to get it’s back. Not […]
There is a Real Problem in Harness Racing on Both Sides of the Ditch at the Moment – We Just Need a Steward Smart Enough to Join the Dots
Eezee Street is an absolute walker. It’s had 32 starts for just one win, in a crawl at Swan Hill a year ago. Since them it has done nothing. At it’s previous eleven starts in C and D-Grade class at shit tracks like Mildura, Ouyen and Broken Hill his form read 88579569770. Ezzee Street’s average […]
Amanda Drives One Stone Cold Dead
This race is hot. Amanda Turnbull trains and drives the favourite Iam The Captain. It’s a good horse, resuming from a spell. The market doesn’t want it. It blows from $2.50 out to $3.70. She hooks it back off the gate into the line, and could sit 1-2 on her brother Nathan’s back. Instead AJ […]
Stone Walls, Drugs and Dead Horses – Part 1 – Tell Me About it, Stud
Steve Stockman has been around harness racing for many years, but up until the last few years he was just another face in the crowd and player in the game. Then one day in 2020 he untied the purse strings, and all of a sudden Stockman became the man. He has been spending like a […]
Stone Walls, Drugs and Dead Horses – Part 2 – Pray For the Dead, All Ye Who Mourn
CYA DOIT Date of Death – 20 May 2022 Place of Death – Alexandra Park Paceway Age at Death – 3 years old Had 7 starts as a 2YO for one second to Jagera, who is no champion. Had 5 months off then returned to win 3 out of 4 and run 2nd in the […]
Stone Walls, Drugs and Dead Horses – Part 3 – This Has to Stop Before a Human Being Dies Too
Not all the Telfer horses die on the track. Some survive, and almost kill others. Enjoy Me is a 4-year-old mare who raced at Alexandra Park on the same night that her stablemate Cya Dot died. Two starts before Enjoy Me had won at Cambridge. A year before that she won the rich Sires Stakes. […]
Stone Walls, Drugs and Dead Horses – Part 4 – Please Sir, Don’t Let Another Horse Die
Three Stonewall Stud owned horses have died on the track in the past 4 months. Each of them were trained by Steven Telfer. Telfer is the de facto partner of Jill Stockman, the equal share owner in Stonewall Stud with her husband Steve, and has been for a decade. Two of the horses that died […]
Stone Walls, Drugs and Dead Horses – Part 5 – Behind the Mask
This Dr Sam Taylor. He is the vet for Robert Dunn, Steve Telfer, and the Woodend Beach crew. My grandma always told me never to judge a book by it’s cover. I reckon she was right.