Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Here is a controversial one for you. The Victorian Stewards pinned driver Jack Laugher for improper driving on Saturday night, that improper driver being turning his right heel in the stirrups of the sulky so that his foot would make contact with his drive Magic Mike’s hind legs. In other words, they got him for […]
See that thing shining in the air? No, it’s not a UFO. It’s a thrown shoe in the trotters ID21 final, and it looks like Humble Ladd’s. There is no mention of it in the Stewards comments on the race results. It’s only 2 days later so the official report isn’t up yet, even though […]
A harness racing horse is suspected of being administered a prohibited substance for the second time in a year. Johnny Nevits was a late scratch at the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meet at Addington Raceway on Friday night. A Stipendiary Stewards report said Racing Integrity Board (RIB) investigators completed a stable inspection at the training […]
Gilbert Joseph Cullen ‘Gil’ Dyett was a great Australian, a Gallipoli war hero, a passionate advocate for the rights of returned soldiers from WWI and the driving force behind the organisation that later became the RSL. He was appropriately honoured with a knighthood for his work, and deservedly so. But should he have been included […]
In 2017 drivers Shane Graham and Matthew Neilson were charged with the criminal offence of race (match) fixing, and banned from the sport. As a result of police and QRIC incompetence they were some years later cleared of the charges, and had their licenses and status in the sport restored. It’s a crying shame, for […]
Two horses on the front row locked wheels in the score up to the start of race 2 at Globe Derby last night. They came back and checked Aces Daughter, the horse drawn behind them on the back row. The interference caused that horse to gallop, and miss the start by miles. Caller Jim Jacques […]
It was the right decision. Or was it? In the Stewards room Josh Gallagher accused David Moran of coming in on him deliberately. That’s an allegation of foul driving, which if true could put Moran out for six months. Jason Grimson doubled, tripled and quadrupled down. He repeatedly accused Moran of doing it on purpose, […]
Do you remember us telling you last week that WA driver Shane Young should have been outed for 6 months for his drive on a $1.12 favourite at Wagin named Suing You? Well Suing You had it’s start at Gloucester Park last night. It won. Did I say six months? Make it twelve. https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/wa/GPM10122104.mp4
Gary ‘Woody’ Woodham is the CEO of Harness Racing New Zealand. He is also a major owner of pacers and trotters, and has his horse’s trained by the All Stars. Woody assures us that there are no conflicts of interest. That bloke who paces around the square all day talking to Jesus believes him. The […]
Of all those New Zealand trainers or training combinations that have trained 15 or more winners this year, there are only really three that have recorded winning strike rates of better than one winner in four. They are: The first is the All Stars Stable, which over the course of the season have trained variously […]
