Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC16112107.mp4 John ‘the Russian’ Stariha (who is actually not, he’s Slovenian) has been driving trotters since I was born, which was a long time ago, and he was driving them before I ever became a twinkle in Mum and Dad’s eye too. Sadly he hasn’t improved much with experience, despite his undoubted enthusiasm and passion […]
Changes have been made to the rules around blood spinning in the harness racing industry. But Harness Racing New Zealand is refusing to go public with the revised rules. The process of blood spinning, also known as ACS or PRP, involves collecting blood from the horse using a needle, processing it in a laboratory, and […]
Dr Michael Henley Rewei Brown. Mobile equine veterinary surgeon. Rangiora. Just across the road from Woodend Beach. No office to speak of, but a great big back yard with a driveway that would fit a float, and brick walls all around. Presently in possession of the blood spinning machine formerly the property of Equine Blood […]
Harness Racing NSW has a huge problem. The new CEO of the Riverina Paceway that HRNSW brought over from Canada with the future view of assuming John Dumesny’s job when he retires is an avid anti-vaxer who refusesto get the jab. But the rules are that if you are not vaxed you can’t go to […]
A fortnight ago we told you about the dead horse drive by young James Kettel at Globe Derby, and opined that the way things were going so fast downhill in the stewarding ranks in South Australia it was more than likely the stipes would let the kid off with a slap on the wrist with […]
On Sunday night at Devonport trainer Ben ‘Chainsaw’ Yole set a world record that is unlikely to ever be beaten for as long as the sphere spins like a top on its axis. 8 runners stood down from future competition in the space of just 5 races. If you lined them up by their aggregate […]
It is not very often that you see a New Zealand Group 1 winner race a US import in a rating 55-65 class race at Cranbourne on a Sunday afternoon, but we did yesterday. Smooth Deal won the Group 1 Young Guns at Auckland as a two-year-old when trained by Purdon and Rasmussen. In that […]
The official harness racing media is celebrating the fact that leading trainer Emma Stewart has qualified 9 of the 12 starters in Victoria’s richest and most prestigious 2YO race the Breeders Crown, which is run next weekend. They should be in mourning. What does it say about the Victorian harness racing industry that 75% of […]
2YO Fillies Somebeachsomewhere x 2 Captain Treacherous x 2 Bettors Delight x 5 American Ideal Always B Miki Restrepo —————————— 2YO Colts Captain Treacherous x 2 Sweet Lou x 2 Betting Line Art Major x 4 Pet Rock A Rocknroll Dance Tintin in America ——————————- 3YO Fillies Somebeachsomewhere x 2 Captain Treacherous x 2 Courage […]
I hate to tell Harness Racing New Zealand this, but 4.00.5 minus 3.56.6 actually equals 3.9 seconds, not 4.9. What does it matter though? Fifty metres? Seventy metres? A hundred? A thousand? It’s all just academic isn’t it? You can run too fast as you like and fly even higher when you’re on this gear. […]
