Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Remember the story we wrote a while back about how the Wagga Harness Racing chief Greg Gangle going to Albion Park? Well it’s true. He has pissed everyone off at Wagga, and they don’t want him. Why would you want a bloke who tries to ban a lovely lady who spends hundreds of dollars of […]
This is race 8 at the Echuca trots last night. Can you see a margin for the outside horse? Look again. Can you see it now? No, me either. It must have a damn short nose. Or the judge got it wrong. I favour the latter. What do you reckon?
When’s Copy That coming back to the track? I have a punt drought stricken mate who needs him. https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/wa/BYC27072205.mp4
Every Betfair bookies favourite tipster Melbourne Merv is back for another crack at breaking his long 31 strart drought today. Merv is clearly sick of backing other people’s losers, so today in race 5 at Bunbury he has selected his own pacer Onesmartfella, and declared it a certainty. If you take a look at it’s […]
These are the words of Catherine McDonald, HRNZ General Manager of racing, marketing and communications, as contained in a letter send to club officials yesterday explaining the reasons for the changes in the conditions of five of New Zealand’s major harness races, four of them Group 1’s (the Invercargill Cup is a Group 3, and […]
At a time when the sport is struggling and desperately needs unity to fight against oblivion, harness racing in New Zealand is being ripped asunder by internal fighting. Clubs are fighting clubs, associations are fighting associations, Auckland is fighting Cambridge, the North Island is fighting the South Island, we are fighting the scourge of drug […]
What a buzz the past few weeks have been in Queensland. Sure, the Albion Park track hasn’t been ideal, but the quality of horses and spirited racing have been outstanding. It points to a fantastic return to hosting the Inter Dominion for the Sunshine State next year. The last time Queensland hosted the Inter Dominion was […]
How good is Leap To Fame? This colt is a freak. He sat in the death in the Derby, and on the turn looked looked for all money like he was going to get run down by the good horse who had peeled off his back – Luke McCarthy, what a magnificent drive – but […]
Leap To Fame is probably the best pacer that Queensland has seen since Black’s A Fake, and Mr Feelgood (a US import), and Be Good Johnny, and Wondai’s Mate before that. It’s esteemed company. He belongs in it. For the first 2400m I thought that Grant Dixon had driven the brilliant colt like a lunatic […]
Merv Butterworth is one of the smartest owners in the Southern Hemisphere. He has a great eye for a horse. It’s just a shame that he’s such a terrible tipster. None from thirty is Merv’s current record, but he has consistently claimed that good things come to those who wait, and the punting is a […]
