Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Alan Gaskell was and is a media personality, and for many years read the news on ABC and SBS. He was damn good at it too, and equally as good in print and on radio. I suspect he might be a bit of a mock when it comes to the trots though. Funky Monkey had […]
Ray and Janelle Cross – as in love as the very first day they met, or more. How long ago was that? Whos Countn? Ray Cross was old when I was a kid. He still is. 82 years of age Ray is. I remember him racing my Mum and Dad and Uncle John’s horses at […]
Watch the heads of the driver of the horse 1 out and 2 back, and that of the horse behind him. I’ve heard of man loves horse. But horse loving man? Whatever after-shave Dylan Egerton-Green wears Mama, don’t get me none of that.
Here is Adam Fairley again, owning a winner at Newcastle last night. The co-owner Fleur De Lil Trust is Luke and Belinda McCarthy. Belinda McCarthy trains the horse. How could an active business partner of the McCarthy’s – and make no mistake, racing is a business – possibly possess the independence of mind and thought […]
Cameron Davies. Jack Callaghan. Jack Trainor. All three caught it at Menangle, and each has been in both close and casual contact with a large number and wide range of other harness racing participants. Poor buggers, at Christmas and all. We extend our thoughts to them and our wishes for a speedy recovery, and hope […]
All horses trained by Jason Grimson and Jack Trainor have been scratched from the meeting at Newcastle tonight. Trainor is not driving at the meeting. As we advised you this morning there has been an outbreak of COVID-19 at the the Menangle Training Centre that is being hidden from the public by the racing authorities. […]
They say actions speak louder than words, but sometimes the converse is true. Actions are but fleeting, and often seen by none or few. Words stay on the page for all to see. Here are Adam Fairley’s. Is it really in the best interests of the sport for the pedigree analysist for Cobbitty Equine Farm […]
COVID-19 has swept through Menangle, and a number of participants are seriously ill with the disease. Those known to have contracted it to date are Inter Dominion winning trainer Jason Grimson, leading driver Cameron Hart, junior driver Will Rixon, and the Menangle farrier, a fellow named Judd. It is believed that Hart caught the disease […]
There is nothing like a totally impartial unbiased Director of a Principal Racing Association is there? Anyone in NSW know where we might find one? Not here, that’s for sure.
Click on Watch on YouTube The man talking in this video is former Premiership winning NSW harness racing trainer and driver Chris Gleeson, who in 1996 was warned off for life for corruption. That ban was lifted after 14 years, but Gleeson is an undesirable who will never be allowed back into the sport as […]
