Missed it By That Much – Nice Try Turbo – Better Luck Next Time
Jack ‘Turbo’ Trainor is a brilliant driver, no-one can argue with that. Trainor is also a super competitive driver with an absolute will to win. He did whatever it took last night at Penrith in the $20 000 HRC Futures Final, but misjudges his cue and it cost him the race. Turbo’s horse Chevron Art […]
A Group 1 Disgrace – Yet Another Example of Why Harness Racing Under the Current Administration is a Shambles
Once upon a time winning a Group 1 race was the biggest thing a trot person could ever do. Hunter Cup, Victoria Cup, Miracle Mile, Derby, Sunshine Sprint, the Clive Uhr, Oaks, Inter Dominion, NZ Trotting Cup. These races were Group 1’s, and they were the Holy Grail. That was back when the trots were […]
Jack and Jill’s Saturday Night Fill – And the Problem With Harness Racing in NSW
I’m starting to wonder if Harness Racing NSW should just save everyone the trouble of getting dressed and gearing up their horses, and just hand the $16 200 winner’s cheque for the regular Saturday night faux Group 3 race to Jason ‘Jill’ Grimson at the start of the evening so we can all just get […]
Doug Does It Again – And Again, and Again, and Again …..
During the week we wrote about the galloping Queensland trotter Doug, and told you why he should be banned from competing in standing start races. In the same article we predicted that Doug would gallop again on Saturday night at Albion Park. He did. We will ask the same question that we did mid-week. How […]
Missed it by That Much
155A. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Rules 154 and 155 any horse which has broken gait free of interference, and remains in the incorrect gait when its nose reaches the finish line, and is covered by any other horse or horses in the correct gait it shall be placed behind such horse or horses. (2) For the purposes […]
It’s All Maltese to Me
After Magic Owens win on the weekend I got in touch with his trainer/driver Mario Borg to congratulate him on the win, thank him for the tip that I didn’t get (it would have been a first), and most of all to let him know that I knocked off his $21 on the way in. […]
A Few Observations About a Friday Night at the Trots
Kate Gath is one of the most brilliant people in the bike in Australia. She totally pulled Matt Craven’s pants down in the Shepparton Trotting Cup by getting around him to the lead from the outside of the back row on Majestuoso after 3/4 of a lap, and from that point on it was all […]
EXCLUSIVE: Gladys is Gonski – Her Boyfriend Has Rolled – Where Does the Riverina Trot Track Construction Fit into the Picture? – Are Some Racing Administrators Going Down With the Good Ship Gladys Too?
My personal assessment of NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is that she is a dishonest, greedy trougher who couldn’t lie straight in bed and shouldn’t be trusted any further than you can throw her, divided by ten. I also reckon her days as Premier are fast coming to an end, and that in no time at […]
Gordon Banks and Marc Hanover’s Amazing Dream Run Continues – Almost Enjoy it While You Can Boys – The Best Mare in the World is Back and Coming After You Baby!
Miami based lawyer, businessman and passionate southern hemisphere harness racing enthusiast Gordon Banks and his cousin and business partner Marc Hanover have enjoyed an amazing run of success in big Australian and New Zealand races over recent months, capped off by Amazing Dream’s double Group 1 wins in the Rising Sun and Blacks a Fake, […]