Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Wasn’t it nice of Captain Crunch to sponsor the NZ Harness Racing Awards this year? I am not quite sure how he actually did it, given that the Captain is a horse and thus can’t read, write, operate a bank account or hold any assets, but it was lovely of the shuttle sire to think […]
Is Victorian harness racing really that poor that it needs to sacrifice 107 years of history and name it’s premiere blue riband classic after an American horse that not only never won the race, but has never even raced in the country? Really? The Lather Up Victorian Derby. It fills me with disgust even writing […]
So what do we make of the result of the Canterbury Classic run at Addington on Friday night? A few things. The winner South Coast Arden is the most improved pacer in New Zealand, or perhaps more correctly, a highly talented pacer who has now put it all together. He is a tough, fast fighting machine […]
For the first 19 years of its existence no horse won the Miracle Mile twice. Then in 1986 and 1988 Village Kid did it, and over the next 23 years six others horses did too. Westburn Grant, Chokin, Holmes DG, Sokyola, Be Good Johnny, and Smoken Up. A decade went by until King of Swing […]
Vic Derby Heat 1 Bondi Lockdown American Dealer? American Dealer Bondi Lockdown? The Dealer. By plenty. Vic Derby Heat 2 Two words. Major Moth. Vic Derby Heat 3 The market is totally arse up here. Sugar Me the Kiwi has this field totally covered. Act Now is a great horse, but the NZ form is […]
After all the good work he has done to get him back to the track I’d hate to be the one to shatter trainer Mick Chircop’s dreams, but I don’t think it was the distance that beat him in the Kilmore Cup. I just think he’s buggered, and that his stop start career is all […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
