Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There are more than a few people down the Riverina way who are questioning the decision to abandon the Leeton harness race meeting last night, with many describing it as premature, and others simply claiming that spooked by the weather a thousand miles to the north, the officials just jumped the gun. When you look […]
This terrible accident occurred in race 2 at Menangle yesterday. It highlights the risk that trot drivers take every day, and the perils that they face on the track. I don’t think it was anyone’s fault. It’s just one of those things that can happen in racing. We hope that horse and driver are okay. […]
Nathan Rothwell is a young lad whose parents owned harness racing horses, but weren’t involved hands on in the game as trainers. He wanted to be, so he enrolled in courses at the Gippsland Training Centre and undertook both theoretical and practical studies designed to furnish him with the skills to achieve his dream to […]
Watch the horse in the bright red headgear, back second last on the fence. In particular, watch it’s driver Jeremy Quinlan and see what he does. Now watch the head on. Quinlan comes clearly into shot about 5 seconds in. Watch his actions closely. They are disgraceful. What justification in the world can there be […]
Mal Charlton (right), with great mate and driver Steven Doherty. Rest in peace. I was very sad to hear of the passing this week of Mal Charlton, a much loved and highly respected member of the Queensland trotting community. I only had the pleasure of meeting Mal a couple of times over the years at […]
We would like to thank reader Bill Edwards for sending us in these snippets of historical information about the great QLD pacer after whom this website is named. It is greatly appreciated, although we must confess it is a shock to learn than Peter Profit was originally a New South Welshman. Oh well, I guess […]
Hot on the heels of the successful appeals against their criminal convictions by harness trainer/drivers Nathan Jack and Mark Pitt, another less high profile Victorian race fixing prosecution has last week collapsed. Victoria Police’s sporting integrity intelligence unit had in 2019 charged trainer/driver Robert Walters with two offences relating to race-fixing in Shepparton on 17 […]
Here are a few sneaky winners for you at Menangle today. Race 1 – Son of Patrick Has ten lengths on these. The price isn’t much, but it is better than bank interest. Leads and wins. Race 3 – Vatican Hill Kiwi import who had had 2 starts here. Galloped the first time, got beaten […]
Mark Buckingham, the Victorian trainer with an outstanding positive swab to Levaimsole in the NSW jurisdiction, was fined a paltry $2500 for administering a steroid to a weanling in September or October of 2020. I wrote a story critical of the light penalty, but I missed something that an eagle eyed expert reader didn’t. The […]
Do you remember the story we told you last week about ‘Smoking’ Joe Bajada, the bowler owner of Better Eclipse, the winner of the Group 1 Chariots of Fire at Menangle? Well look at what the HRV stewards have had to say about Smoking Joe today. I wonder if Harness Racing NSW will put a […]
