Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I was planning to write a story about how disappointing Wold Stride, this year’s 3rd place finisher in the Miracle Mile, had been when finishing last in the Maryborough Cup on Sunday afternoon. As is my custom, and as as part of my research for all stories, I went back to watch the replay a […]
In recent months there has been a rash of poorly performing favourites in harness races in Victoria. I don’t mean favourites just being beaten, I am referring to short priced runners that are putting in runs so far below their usual standard of form that it jumps out off the page at you, and makes […]
You will remember the story we wrote earlier this week about the controversial protest decision in the NZ Cup lead up on the weekend where Self Assured was awarded the race after Natalie Rasmusssen allowed South Coast Arden to drift up the track to impede Mark Purdon’s line. Well take a look at this one […]
He likes his square gaiters trainer Grant Forrest doesn’t he? It would have been a clean sweep, if only you had been able to see the Forrest for the Lees.
How odd it was of driver Cameron Hart to look hard to his right on the galloping Jason Grimson trained Terryama at Menangle Saturday week ago when he had already moved it several horses wide and would have by now knocked anything come around him six ways to Sunday. How strange it was that the […]
This beautiful picture is of the champion pacer and second favourite for the New Zealand Trotting Cup Self-Assured, taken while he was spelling out in the paddock in May. Isn’t he just lovely? As a mate of mine said when they sent me the picture, any horse that is killer on the track and so […]
We have written extensively about the myriad of unaddressed issues in South Australia harness racing over the past decade that have led to its slow decline and the industry in the State’s death by a thousand cuts, and latterly have been commenting that the sport in SA is on it’s last legs and spinning slowly […]
A punter sitting on top of a rock on Kapiti Island, wondering how Aaron Bain manages to get Kiwi horses to run so much faster in OZ. I have three things to say about yesterday’s Gawler Cup. The first is a message I wish to send to caller Jim Jacques about racism. Jim, I know […]
Ellmers Image is a top class pacer trained by Amanda Turnbull that has won the 2019 Inter Dominion consolation. It has also won the Group 2 Treur Memorial and the Renshaw Cups, the Group 3 Ilsley Memorial and Mount Eden Stakes, and was runner-up in the Group 1 Bohemia Crystal Mile. Three starts ago it […]
I make no comment upon their worth as human beings because I don’t know them, but the records show that as far as their conduct in harness racing is concerned, the current or formerly licensed Russo clan is just no good. Paul Russo is the elder statesman of the trot side of the family. Peter […]
