Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Take a look at race 4 at Gloucester Park last night and keep your eye on Chris Voak, the driver of number 1 Maximum Rock. Have you ever seen anything like this before? The gear malfunctioned, and no matter what Voak tried to do he couldn’t rectify the situation. Maximum Rock lost 5th place on […]
Ottavio Galetta, a hugely successful owner in both horse codes, has passed away age 82. Galetta, an immigrant from Calabria at a young age, first came to prominence as the owner of the great pacer Don’t Retreat, the 1976 Australian Harness Horse of the Year. He later became the owner of the dual Group 1 […]
A few readers have questioned our recent story in which we told you that the QLD Pacing Derby runner-up Maxo Mighty had died at the age of just three. It’s not that these readers are unbelievers, just that Maxo Mighty is still shown on the Harness Racing Records as dead, which means that either: (a) […]
Just weeks after the highly regarded Kiwi business leader Anna Flynn’s appointment as Commercial Director of Harness Racing New Zealand, the organisation’s ‘Strategic Racing Advisor’ John Mooney has, like Elvis, left the building, and good riddance many participants in the industry are saying. Mooney – a one time lawyer, bankrupt, and purported defaulter on his […]
This is a story about a poorly bred 2yo pacer named Oh Its On. It sure is, and it’s red hot. Oh Its On has three starts for NSW trainer Michael Hardy. It runs 6th, 3rd and 4th, at Bathurst, Bathurst and Young. The fastest time it runs in any of them is 1.56.1 when […]
Check out the last race at Albion. Grimson is a bigger f**king miracle worker than Jesus. Started at $18 last run at Young going 1.58.0. Not 3 f**king weeks later and the c**t starts at $1.30 going 1.51.9 at Albion Park. How can they not stop this bloke, honestly. Everyone know its not right, all […]
Globe Derby Park The question that everyone in South Australia is asking is how much longer racing at Globe Derby Park can last? With a seemingly ever dwindling horse stock in the State and not enough yearlings being bred to maintain or replenish those that retire each year, and the control body Harness Racing SA […]
We told you the story last week about how NSW trot trainer Adam Kelly escaped a disqualification for one of his horses throwing a positive to methamphetamine after his stablehand put their hand up as being responsible for contaminating the horse with the Class A drug. Well now fellow NSW trainer Dean Atkinson, who was […]
Archie Re: Pearl and Chester claiming that Pinjarra is getting lights What Did Ever Happen to That Crazy Scrambled Egg of an Idea of Selling Prime Waterfront Land at Gloucester Park Off To Their Mates? – Chester and Pearl Ask the Hard Boiled Questions What a load of bollocks. Pinjarra isn’t getting lights and won’t […]
A couple of years back the newly installed leadership of HRNSW introduced a million dollar bonus promotion for what they called the Carnival of Cups. They threw a fortune at it in claimed insured million dollar bonuses to the winner of all five nominated races, half a million to the winner of 4 of the […]
