Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I’m still dirty about this race 35 years later. I had 10 grand on Gay Adam, which as an 18-year-old uni student on Austudy allowance of $100 a week at the time was an absolute fortune. When the Pacesetter’s disco that used to kick off after the last race closed at 3.00am, I was forced […]
A few weeks back we wrote about our concerns that a man named Matthew Peden was both the co-owner of standardbreds with certain people known to be punters or connected to punters, and at the same time employed in a position with the NZ TAB that afforded him managerial responsibility for setting and/or approving the […]
The hot off the press news is that HRV CEO Dayle Brown has resigned from his role, and is moving on to greener pastures. He will be replaced by Stephen Bell, HRV’s Executive General Manager, Racing and Wagering. There will of course be a faux advertisement, application and interview process first. But take it from […]
Dayle Brown is going to rejoin his former close colleague in Hong Kong. All of those who told me that Brown was leaving HRV refused to tell me where he was going. Another source that I contacted overseas told me, but swore me to secrecy. Bloody coppers and coppers sons hey? There were no restrictions […]
Just have a look at this drive at Bathurst on Wednesday night by Blake Micallef on Mister Haywood. It’s the horse in the chocolate brown and lime colours. The one whose head Micallef swings from side to side as he refuses to take the runs that could have won the horse the race. This wasn’t […]
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 […]
