Shine Your Boot Nathan – You’re on International TV
My grandma used to say that cleanliness was next to godliness. I guess that means N. Jack isn’t. Shine your boots son. You’re being watched around the world.
An Insiders View From Across the Nullarbor
The Nullarbor is actually part of a 3 code slot race promotion by RWWA, all to be run on the same weekend. The harness section of RWWA is now run by either an idiot or no one – I’m not quite sure which – and the 3 code concept was the “brainchild” of two thoroughbred […]
EXCLUSIVE – What the Hell is Going on in NZ?
There are rumours floating over from across the ditch that well-known harness racing trainer and driver Natalie Rasmussen has or will be nodding her head to a certain charge or charges in the criminal courts in the very recent past or future. Nothing would surprise me about a best mate of Scott Steele’s. BTW don’t […]
And Some People Still Reckon That Boncel Benjamin Won ID21 Straight
Boncel Benjamin came from obscurity and claimers to win last year’s Inter Dominion, a race that has traditionally been won by champions. Benjamin is no champion. He is a legless walker. And the bloke named Jill (Jason Grimson) who trained who trained him to win ID21 is a disgraceful drug cheat. This horse couldn’t blow […]
We Told You – Lochinvart Art is Cactus – Goodnight Nurse
We told you a month ago that Lochinvar Art that was buggered. Sadly we were right. There is something that we have not been told. Or you haven’t. The once great champ has been stood down for 28 days after his poor performance last night. This doesn’t happen with a horse who runs 28.2 and […]
Where Have All the Free For Allers in Perth Gone?
There were just four horses entered for the Free For All at Gloucester Park last night, despite the very attractive $30 000 prizemoney pool on offer. Two of them were trained by Debra Lewis. You need five acceptances to hold a race. Get any less and the race is abandoned. So RWWA extended the nominations. One […]
The Problem(s) With the Nullabor
Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) this week announced a new million dollar harness slot race named The Nullabor. It sounds great, sort of, but there are some problems. One is that it is not a million dollar race at all. It’s worth $962 500. The other $37 500 goes into the animal welfare fund, […]
More Inexplicably Bad Runs From Young Telfer Pacers
None of Steve Telfer’s young horses died on the track at Alexandra Park on Friday night thank goodness, but gee two of them put in inexplicably bad runs. No Added Sugar was the favourite to win race 4. This four year old mare had a sweet trail in the line throughout, pulled out to make […]
There is Movement at the Station – But It’s Not the Three Young Horses – They Are Dead
In the wake of our story about the deaths of three young pacer from the Stonewall Stud stable on NZ tracks in the past four months, and the potentially fatal incident involving a driver at another, the RIB yesterday announced that has launched an investigation into the matters, seeking to determine whether there were only […]
And Some People Still Wonder What’s Wrong With NZ Harness Racing
It was only four years ago that three of trainer Robert Dunn’s pacers in four different races returned positive swabs to the performance enhancing stimulant caffeine. Dunn was fined $7 000, a sentence most considered remarkably light. The year before Dunn had been fined $4000 after one of his horses returned a positive to the […]