Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Yesterday we published an article describing Tim Vince as a South Islander. It was a grievous insult to people from the South Island of New Zealand, who can actually play the game of Rugby Union properly, and do win championships. We apologise profusely to everyone who lives on the down side of the Cook Strait. […]
Gee Gloucester Park is a beautiful race course. It’s one well worth preserving. During the month of August the Gloucester Park club has hosted 5 race meetings. There have 30 odds on favourites out of just 48 races on these cards. That means that 62.5% of all races held during the month have had a […]
The Gawler committee posing for a picture in front of the winning post The hot off the press mail is that the entire committee at the Gawler Harness Racing Club have walked out en masse, leaving the club without any constitutionally valid leadership, and in the hands of Aaron Bain’s dad Peter. At this stage […]
We were highly critical of the WA Stewards report into race 1 at Gloucester Park on Tuesday night, and with good reason, for they has the winner as dropping out from the 600m mark and being issued a warning for performance, which is quite a novel concept. The mystery however is now solved. They had […]
The biggest plunge seen at the WA trots for a long time landed last night on race 7 at Gloucester Park. Rolling Fire was the horse’s name, and it was backed from $81 into $10. It should have been too. This race was a boatie. For the uninitiated, a boatie means the raced was fixed. […]
De La Tourbie gave ground from the 600m. It underwent a post-race veterinary examination which revealed no abnormalities. A warning was issued in relation to it’s performance. Bullshit. Absolute and utter bullshit. De La Tourbie won the race, on its ear. It didn’t lose ground it made it, and there was no vet exam or […]
So without even looking at the betting records, or hauling the suspect drivers of the horses involved into the room and grilling them, the RWWA Stewards headed by the recent law graduate Chris Courtland (pictured above) decide that everything about the most blatant boat race in living memory run last night is all just tickety […]
I have no Guinness Book of Records at hand, and the 50 years worth of harness racing yearbooks are stored over at the clubhouse at the long closed track, so I can’t be sure, but I reckon Ben Yole might has set a world first in harness racing last night at Launceston. The first trainer […]
Today at Menangle we saw the inaugural running of the heats of the Nutrien sale race series. All of the now 2YO’s that competed in the heats were sold at the very first Nutrien standardbred yearling sale ever held in this country, which was in Melbourne last year. The juveniles sold at that sale are […]
Movement at the Station 1? There is talk that Mark Purdon might take a step back from race driving, and leave it to the youngsters. The word is that Blair Orange may be becoming the no1 stable driver, and Zac Butcher the no2, with a license to roam as a freelancer when not required by […]
