A Nose by Any Other Name is a Prawn
This is the finish of race 5 at Menangle last night. The outside horse was declared the winner by a nose. Can you see a nose there? I’m buggered if I can.
It’s a Free For All in NSW Harness Racing, Even When it’s Not
Colt Thirty One is a multiple Group 1 winning pacer who’d had 97 starts for 46 wins and 31 placings coming into race 3 at Menangle last night. The Colt is a new rating (NR) 120. That’s no surprise, given Queensland’s greatest pacer of the past decade has won in excess of a million dollars. […]
Jack Callaghan Puts on a Master Class in How to Drive Pacers
Lochinvar Art was a mighty run first up for a year in the Shepparton Gold Cup. Only Jack Callaghan beat him. Jack Callaghan is not a horse, he’s a 20-year-old driver. Even at that tender age I would go so far as to say that after this superlative drive on Spirit of St Louis to […]
Young Gaz Lands a 1110 – 1 Race to Race Double at Dubbo
The tote staff were busy at Dubbo last night they say https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/nsw/DUC14012208.mp4 Garry Edwards is a sprightly young chap of age 74 who is just starting to hit his straps as a harness racing trainer/driver. Up until last night at Dubbo young Gaz had driven 20 winners in the 21st century, none on the same […]
The Gods of Mischief
Im Loki is the archetypal Aaron Bain and Summit Bloodstock pacer. When they picked this hitherto slow WA pacer up it had just 6 races from its 110 career starts overn four years. It had been winless at it’s past 39 starts. The fastest winning time it had ever run was 1.59.2. These bovver boys […]
I Told You So – Part 2
I told you that the Bull was back didn’t I? Last night he sat in the death over 2536m, ran through his last three splits in 28.9. 28 and 28.3, and kicked their heads in. The crazy bit was that they bet $2.50. That makes it a winning weekend for the Port Douglas punt pack […]
Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast – And He Hooks Horses Too
Have a look at this race. It’s the prelude to the Marlborough Cup run on Sunday as the second card of the two day feature meeting. The horse we are looking at is Homebush Lad, the equal 2nd favourite. It’s driven by Ben Hope, if driven is actually the right word. Driven deader than Elvis […]
Glenn Douglas the King of Deja Vu
Swan Hill – 11 January 2022 RACE 3 – GRIZZLY ENGINEERING – FIELD BOSS BATTLERS IN THE BUSH MAIDEN PACE (2240MS) TERROR OFA SAINT Glenn Douglas, on behalf of trainer Julie Douglas advised subsequent to a poor performance by Terror Ofa Saint at Swan Hill on 11 January 2022, the mare had seemingly recovered satisfactorily, connections were […]
A Letter From Kevin and Kay Seymour, Explaining the Family’s Decision to Shut Down Their Stud
Dear Archie Kevin & Kay Seymour’s Egmont Park Stud – Future Direction ….. After 55 years in the sport of harness racing, Kay & I have decided to discontinue the commercial stud side of our business. We have owned or co-owned Egmont Park Stud for 48 years and during this time have only had two […]
Who Wants Competition When You Can Keep All the Cash to Yourself?
Alright Albert Einstein, you are living in South Australia and own pacers, and you want to run them at Port Pirie. Please explain in layman’s terms which race you are going to put them in, and why, and how the grading and handicapping works. Waiting … waiting …… waiting ….. I’m no Albert Einstein, but […]