Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Oops, sorry. Luke Whittaker knocks over the $1.50 fave. There is something wrong about this race. It’s off, decidedly off. I don’t know what the end game was – lay the fave? nail the tri and first 4? exacta? – but the two tricks seemed to be to knock the favourite out completely, and to […]
Well I stand corrected by Gold Coast Greg, who has pointed out that I am wrong about the Egg. It’s the other way around. The dogs pinched it from the trots. From the Fairfield trots to be precise. Fairfield had been running the Golden Easter Egg for 25 years when the yappers appropriated the name. […]
The biggest race on the annual NSW greyhound calendar is the time honoured Golden Easter Egg, a rich and highly coveted Group 1 feature event that has been running since the year 1990. The Egg is quintessentially the dogs, and the name is uniquely theirs, or was anyway until Harness Racing NSW cursed themselves by […]
Harness Racing NSW has won no friends with it’s last minute cancellation of Friday afternoon’s Wagga trot meeting, a card that was set to feature the heats of the NSW Regional Championships. The meeting was cancelled less than an hour before stabling time, on the ostensible basis of inclement weather and the state of the […]
Jimmy Mack is the best pacer in South Australia by panels. Since coming across from WA the horse owned by Merv Butterworth of Copy That fame had won 12 of his 15 starts coming into the 6th race at Globe Derby last night, which is why he started at $1.28. The only times that Jimmy […]
The problem with young trot trainers who have early success in their career is often threefold. They start to genuinely begin to believe – delude themselves – that its their own innate magical ability to train horses that is winning them all these races, rather than the liquid in the needles that they are shooting […]
A koala is a protected species. Kangaroos are culled. The leading WA harness driver of the past two decades Gary Hall Jr is a koala. For reasons unknown the WA Stewards treat Hall as if he is untouchable, and must be protected at all costs. Emily Suvaljko is the brightest young driving talent seen in […]
RACE 2 – FARMLOCK FENCING ONLY AT DTS! PACE (2130MS) HEEZ OUR PERSEUS NZ (G. Hall Jnr) – Tightened and carried over the marker posts and raced roughly leaving the back straight on the first occasion. A post-race veterinary examination revealed the gelding to have an elevated heart rate and to be slow to recover. […]
Mr Mulcay said Mr May had received a warning under this Rule on 25 March 2022. He said Mr May hasn’t gained any discernible advantage and considered a fine as an appropriate penalty The video clearly shows Mr May’s sulky’s wheel protruding inside the last marker before the passing lane and considering Mr May’s recent […]
There is only thing on the mind of trot fans everywhere at the moment. The Grinner, aka The Race By Grins. How quickly this brand new race has captured the imagination of the world. The field hasn’t even scored up for the first Grinner yet, but it’s created so much excitement in the long droll […]
