Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Harness Racing NSW employs a retention barn for runners in big races. Horses have to be in the barn by midday on the Thursday prior to their race, and are kept under close guard and physical 24/7 surveillance until 2 hours prior to the starting time of their race. The Tamworth and Albury Cups are […]
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she didn’t know what to do. She gave them some broth without any bread; Then whipped them all soundly and put them to bed We asked a question during the week about where Aaron Bain was, having not raced a […]
So who’s the Kiwi trainer who put their hand up this time and said they administered the Levamisole? Six or eight weeks after importation, two races apart sounds more like local administration then an imported problem Could the difference be that NSW tests, as you claim is essential for integrity, every winner and the other […]
Harness racing returns to Menangle tonight after a near 3-week absence, and it’s about bloody time too. I realize that HRNSW have been doing this ill-conceived shutdown of racing at headquarters over the Xmas for a few years now, but just because something is familiar doesn’t mean that it’s right. It’s not. Shifting metropolitan class […]
Nathan ‘Cracker’ Jack is probably feeling anything but crackerjack after copping a 9 month disqualification after throwing a pair of positive swabs to Levamisole on NSW soil, both with the same Kiwi import (name – Skinnydip) in races run 2 weeks apart, and 6-8 weeks after the horse arrived in Australia. He shouldn’t be too […]
Alexa Well so much for Leap To Fame going to Tamworth to race in the Carnival of Cups (COC). It made for a great headline, and sent a shiver down connections of the million dollar bonus chasing Swayzee’s spine, but judging by what Kevin Seymour told Adman Hamilton earlier in the week (see below), it […]
Deaths on track of harness racehorses are rare, extremely rare, with the sport having the lowest race day mortality statistics of any of the three codes. That’s why the death on-track of any pacer demands a closer inspection. Grubscrew was neither very well named or a very good horse. He only won 2 races, a […]
Editor’s Note – Larry is Leap to Fame. Moses is Grant Dixon, because if his wife Trista’s driving one that’s got him in a pocket he can part the Red Sea. Clip Clop Kev is Mr Kevin Seymour AM, benevolent savior of Globe Derby at 15% compounding interest. Clip Clop owns Larry, who is trained […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/nsw/NRC08112404.mp4 Molly Ison copped a 4-week suspension for her drive her on Sinbinned in this race at Newcastle on the 8th of November. The Stewards found her guilty of a drive that was unacceptable. They reckoned she should have gone to the death instead of easing back to last to get in the line with […]
South Australian trot trainer Aaron Bain hasn’t had any of his stable horses start in a race since the 30th of November. Usually Bain has multiple runners every week, often 2 or 3 times a week. But in the last 3 and 1/2 weeks he has had none. Why not? It’s a mystery to us. […]
