Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Egodan was, until yesterday morning, a washed up veteran 10-year-old pacer who for the past 18 months had been seeing out the final days of his racing career in the back block town of Mildura, up near the NSW/Victoria border where the oranges grow and the green grass and the ice cold glass flow. In […]
We have written on numerous occasions about the extraordinary winning strike rate of horses owned by former Harness Racing NSW boss Rex Horne and his friend and sometime trainer Leon Jurd when they backed as if there is no tomorrow. In these stories we’ve also noted how rare it is for horses owned by the […]
Mark Billinger is a legend of South Australian harness racing. His whole family is. Dad Val fell in love with the trots as a kid driving a horse and cart around Adelaide delivering flowers. He became a hobby trainer and kept it up his whole life, even during the forty years he worked at the […]
Brendan ‘Pins’ Parnell is the CEO of Racing Queensland, the control body for harness racing in the Sunshine State. He is paid more than half a million dollars a year in the role. Uncle Shank is a young pacer. 18 months ago he was the subject of a high profile (in the industry) controversy over […]
I am not sure whether WA driver Shane Young is as crooked as a dogs hind leg, or a straight man who couldn’t drive to save his life. The jury is out. All I know is that he drove a $1.12 shot at Wagin tonight in a manner that severely compromised its chance of winning, […]
The horse here in yellow that falls at Newcastle last night is driven by Jake Hughes. He takes a terrible fall when he cops the backlash from severe interference in front of him. Hughes falls directly into the path of the horse in the blue and orange driven by Matthew Harding. If Harding’s reflexes hadn’t […]
Can anyone explain to me how Harness Racing NSW could have ‘reluctantly reduced staffing levels following the onset of COVID-19’, as reported in its Annual Report to Parliament, when the staff numbers for the last three years actually look like this: 2019 – 41 employees 2020 – 38 employees 2021 – 43 employees Would you […]
VHRC Members Night in conjunction with the Melton Centrals Football and Netball Club. All friends and family are welcome. Enjoy a fabulous three course meal in the Legends Room located on level 1 at Tabcorp Park. Watch all the harness racing action in this prime location and you can also enjoy the footy and trots […]
Over the past six months this website has consistently questioned the worth of the second year sire Always B Miki, and suggested that the great on-track superstar might have been a one hit wonder at stud. How wrong we were. Miki has been throwing winners left, right and centre in the US since we first […]
We have obtained a copy of the Globe Derby (SA Harness Racing Club) Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2021, and the news is all bad. The club has $1.6 million in the bank. It owes Kevin Seymour $3.5 million that is payable by the end of next year, and owes a former […]
