Umm …. Really?
How the hell did former Albion Park and APG Gold committee man Trevor Reilly get away with registering this name? Say it out loud. Gee I wonder what he’s pushing up the hill?
Shane Loone Gets Disbelieved – Gee I Wonder Why?
Shane Loone is the South Australian trot trainer whose horses were switched in races at Globe Derby last month, although he got sprung before the planned plunge one could run. You remember Loone. He’s the bloke who said that he wasn’t at the track on ring-in night for more than a few minutes until he […]
Victoria Cup Update – The TAB Have the Full Replay – Here it Is
Harness Racing Victoria can splice the replay of the Vic Cup as much as they like, but until they coordinate with the naming sponsor of the Melton Paceway, it isn’t going to achieve anything other than raising questions about why they did it. The TAB have the full replay up. This is the vital bit, […]
Victoria Cup Controversy Part 1 – HRV Edit the Replay
Watch this. It’s the last 250m of the Group 1 Victoria Cup on Saturday night, replicated directly from the official replay of the race published on the Harness Racing Victoria and Harness Racing Australia websites. What you are seeing is the fastest 250m ever run in the entire world history of harness racing. It will […]
Victoria Cup Controversy Part 2 – The Rule Breach, the Unfair Advantage, $126 000 and a Whole of Integrity Puzzles
See that red post in the picture? That is a marker post that the start of the sprint lane. This is a still frame of the field at the top of the home straight as they prepare to charge to the line in the $300 000 Group 1 Victoria Cup, worth $171 000 to […]
Victoria Cup Controversy Part 3 – The Coincidence
This is not Chris Alford’s fault, and is probably just coincidence all round, but literally two seconds after he had breached the rules by entering the sprint lane early on Max Delight, driver Josh Aiken on Malcom’s Rhythm appears to look momentarily to his right to see what is coming down the outside, and then […]
Queensland Harness Racing Records Another $7 Million Plus Annual Loss – Some Day Soon the Gravy Train is Going to Come an Abrupt Halt
In the wake of the hugely successful new Constellation series run during the Winter Carnival harness racing in Queensland looks all bright, shiny and sparkling, but beneath the smiling veneer hides a horrible truth. That truth is that Queensland harness racing is not far from the brink of financial collapse. The annual report published by […]
Look at the Scoreboard – Emma Stewart is the Greatest Trainer Australia of 2 and 3-Year-Old Pacers That the World Has Ever Seen
The all conquering Emma Steward stable had 14 runners across five Group races for 2 and 3-year-old pacers run at Bendigo last night. Fiver were in the Victorian Oaks. They finished 1-2-3-5-7. Four were in the Derby. They ran 1-3-4-11. Three were in the 2YO Home Grown Classic for fillies. They finished 1-2-3. The remaining […]
Failures in Cold, Rented Glass Houses Shouldn’t Throw Pebbles – Archie v Bonno on the Tip – It’s Like Tyson v Marvis Frazier by the Sea
I’m Spiderman. Maggie and I are off to Hamilton Island for the week with the winnings. I hope Bonno has left enough in the kick to pay the rent. It’s cold at night down there at night in the parks of Melbourne I am told. Race 1 – Struve SECOND An absolute tragedy beaten. If […]
I Wonder if Hayden Haitana Sold Off His Horses Before the Hearing Too?
I am very sorry to hear about Shane Loone’s health issues, and sincerely wish him good luck and a full recovery, or long remission with a good quality of life at least. Having empathy for a fellow human being’s condition and compassion for their plight does not however mean that one should change one’s views […]