Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Ben Yole had 52 of the 84 starters in the eight races run at Hobart last night. He won just 2 of them. In one of them he trained 5 of the 9 runners, in the other he trained 9 of 11. Yole managed to lose two races in which he had 9 of the […]
There were 9 races on the card at the Penrith trots last night. Harness Racing NSW conducted pre-race blood tests in 8 of them. The average price of the pacers swabbed was over $20. Two of the horses tested started at $43.60 and $82.10. Now that’s real clever isn’t it? Troy Williams well backed winner […]
Race 1 Jimmy Locke ran 1.50.2 a fortnight ago. It was pre race swabbed before that race. It was tested again on Saturday night. It ran slower that Clive Palmer and tailed out 37.8 metres last. The other horse tested was a $31 shot. Jason Grimson’s won. To pre-race blood test for him. Race 2 […]
Butt, butt, butt – Eat your oranges Anthony. Luke has to eat his bitter fruit too. Luke McCarthy tried to pull a tricky one when he steered King of Swing off the fence in the Blacks A Fake after it couldn’t muster enough gate speed in the first 50 metres to hold the mobile flyers […]
Dr Andrew Grierson is a qualified equine veterinary surgeon. He is also a harness racing breeder and owner, and a businessman. Andrew Grierson owns 50 percent of Woodlands Stud, the most successful breeding operation in New Zealand. Breeders make money in a number of ways, but two of the obvious ones are by selling stallion […]
The annual Harness Jewels is the most prestigious age based harness racing series in New Zealand, and the richest too. It is the Golden Slipper, the Derby and the Golden Eagle combined. Each race is a Group 1. That means that it is very, very hard to win. Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen – trading […]
The Colt Thirty One army stretched to Kuranda and Port Douglas and beyond. Close your eyes and hope for the best Grant. It worked in the Vic Derby, it will work in the big one at home. Anthony Butt has just called in to have a chat about our earlier story about the split with […]
This is a wonderful story by Adam Hamilton, so good that we’ve reprinted it for the enjoyment of those yet to read. I will never forget the nights that I sat on Dad’s shoulders watching Maori’s Idol beat the pacers in the heats of then Sir Clive at Albion Park. It broke my heart when […]
Well he trained three actually. This one was a gimme. Yole had to go 8 on 3 and 8 v 6 to win the other two. Don’t imagine that it is easy. This is Chainsaw that we are talking about here. I will give you a tip though. Young Conor Crook is the most talented […]
The South Australian stewards aren’t happy with the drive of Corey Johnson on the Frank Pullicino trained Ghent in the first race at Globe Derby, and have convened an inquiry into it. I don’t blame them. The last time Ghent led in a race was 20 starts ago, back in December last year. On that […]
