Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
During the week we wrote about the galloping Queensland trotter Doug, and told you why he should be banned from competing in standing start races. In the same article we predicted that Doug would gallop again on Saturday night at Albion Park. He did. We will ask the same question that we did mid-week. How […]
155A. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Rules 154 and 155 any horse which has broken gait free of interference, and remains in the incorrect gait when its nose reaches the finish line, and is covered by any other horse or horses in the correct gait it shall be placed behind such horse or horses. (2) For the purposes […]
After Magic Owens win on the weekend I got in touch with his trainer/driver Mario Borg to congratulate him on the win, thank him for the tip that I didn’t get (it would have been a first), and most of all to let him know that I knocked off his $21 on the way in. […]
Kate Gath is one of the most brilliant people in the bike in Australia. She totally pulled Matt Craven’s pants down in the Shepparton Trotting Cup by getting around him to the lead from the outside of the back row on Majestuoso after 3/4 of a lap, and from that point on it was all […]
My personal assessment of NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is that she is a dishonest, greedy trougher who couldn’t lie straight in bed and shouldn’t be trusted any further than you can throw her, divided by ten. I also reckon her days as Premier are fast coming to an end, and that in no time at […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pie6O_kLo8 Miami based lawyer, businessman and passionate southern hemisphere harness racing enthusiast Gordon Banks and his cousin and business partner Marc Hanover have enjoyed an amazing run of success in big Australian and New Zealand races over recent months, capped off by Amazing Dream’s double Group 1 wins in the Rising Sun and Blacks a […]
It is not very often that you see a seven-year-old pacer that hasn’t won or run a place in it’s past 26 starts over the last two and a half years turn up on the other side of the continent after a 10 week break, open up at $1.26 in the betting market, and them […]
I have written about NSW trot trainer Troy Williams before. You can read those stories by clicking here. I have to admit, I don’t think that Troy is on the level. In fact, I reckon he is red hot. The two horses backed like there were no tomorrow in the picture above are his. It […]
The ACS referred to in this conversation by the two NZ trainers is Autologous-Conditioned Serum. That is the scientific word for spun blood of the kind used by the former All Stars Stable of Natalie Rasmussen and Mark Purdon, and sold by the company that they directed named Equine Blood Solutions. It is taken from […]
Aaron Bain. The eyes have it. Never cared for what they say Never cared for games they play Never cared for what they do Never cared for what they know And I know, yeah, yeah No, nothing else matters Metallica – Nothing Else Matters Sally Stingel is a fairly good trainer. After all, she did […]
