Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We wrote last week about the extraordinary improvement of former NZ pacer Helium since it was sent to America and the stable of husband-and-wife team of Dan and Christi Noble, a pair who if they aren’t brazen drug cheats must be the greatest trainers of any code ever to live. Nah scrap that last bit […]
Archie, Just a FYI if you do your research you will actually find that Jason Grimson’s 1st ever G1 winner was a 2YO called Don’t Think Twice .so he is barely an amateur at training young horses. He achieved the highest achievement well before tried horses come along Cheers Billy Burns from Booroowa Editor’s note: […]
Archie How good was it to see Grimmo get that elusive 2yo victory? It only took a nearly quarter million dollar purchase and a 3/4 brother to the best pacer Australia has produced! Cheers, Kenny from King Island Editor’s note – Kenny is referring of course to Leap To Fame. His mother and the dam […]
In an occurrence as rare as Halley’s Comet, NSW’s leading trainer Jason Grimson has finally trained a 2-year-old winner. Grimson rarely plays in the juvenile pond so hasn’t made many attempts at winning with a youngster in the past, but he proved with the win of the Glen Holland bred, Mick Boots owned Bettorleftalone at […]
As predicted, Harness Racing NSW has lodged an application in the Supreme Court for Judicial Review of the recent Racing Appeals Tribunal decision in the Ben Sarina case. They sort of had to, for the Tribunal’s determination that disqualified or warned off former licensees are not bound by or subject to the rules of harness […]
Harness Racing NSW has yet again confirmed its reputation as the hanging state. Trainer Brett Hutchings, who has served the Parkes Harness Racing Club as a volunteer committee member and as the track curator for the past 10 years, has been thrown out of the sport for 3 years after both he and his horse […]
The Snake Gully Cup is a thoroughbred race run at Gundagai in mid-December that has long been one of the major events on the NSW country racing calendar. Many thousands of racing fans come from all points on the map to attend the Cup, with the 2-day Friday and Saturday meetings always attracting huge crowds. […]
Well the mystery of how trainer Luke O’Neill was allowed to attend Globe Derby on Saturday night is solved. O’Neill can attend the trots because Harness Racing SA Stewards have put no ongoing sanctions in place that prevent him from doing so. All HRSA did was suspend his license for 6 weeks from the 25th […]
An Adelaide horse trainer accused of trafficking more than 100kg of cannabis through his family business allegedly told police “fanciful” tales of being “set up” and raking in big bucks selling hay and horse meds, a court has heard. Luke O’Neill, of Adelaide, fronted Mildura Magistrates’ Court on Thursday for a bail application. Mr O’Neill […]
Monday 18th August 2025 Stewards Inquiry licence status of Mr. Luke O’Neill. Stewards Panel. T. T. Styles, S. Ewen. Called to inquiry Mr. Luke O’Neill. Harness Racing South Australia Stewards at Globe Derby Park on Wednesday 13th August 2025 conducted an inquiry in respect of a matter which had been adjourned on Friday 25th July 2025 when […]
