Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
WA trot trainer Mike Reed was scheduled to attend in inquiry last Thursday into his horse Henty throwing a positive swab to the banned beta blocker Solatol after winning a race at Gloucester Park in late November. We don’t know whether or not the inquiry proceeded, or whether Reed attended, but what we do […]
I keep telling you that G0t The Chocolates is a superstar. Watch what it did again at Addington last might and if you don’t already believe me, perhaps now you will. The scary thing is that Marketplace is just as good. They are the best two pacers in New Zealand, my favourite horse Merlin and […]
I have to preface what f0llows by saying that I backed the winner Princess Gracy. and profited from her victory considerably. So I am not talking through my kick. When I watched the Listed Magnus Benrow Sires Stakes Northern Mares Classic live last night, and as I watch it on replay (below) since, I keep […]
Remember that trotter Lain that we wrote about yesterday? The one who wasn’t qualified to race, and had to be scratched from the last race at Albion Park tonight? Well he might not be racing but Lain will be at the track anyway. He is a late inclusion into a trial, where he will attempt […]
Further to our earlier story about the appointment of Roddy Butt as an NZRIB harness racing steward, we are advised that measures have been put in place to ensure that the conflicts we envisaged in the story will not occur. Butt is presently undergoing 3 months training in the South Island, and after that is […]
We all make mistakes – I’m the master of it – but the mark of a person or organization is putting your hand up when you do and accepting responsibility, and then correcting your error. As I said in the original story about the issue I am not sure if the QRIC bore any responsibility […]
See the Steward R. Butt? That’s Roddy Butt. Brother to Anthony, who is now a driver in the Canterbury area, and Chrissie Dalgety, who is a trainer in partnership with Cran Dalgety and mother of gun driver Carter. Roddy Butt is related to all the Butts – Chris, David, Kimberley, Bob and more – and […]
See the screenshot at the top? That is the Racing QLD policy on harness horses qualifying to race in this State. To be eligible for a mobile start race a horse must – MUST – qualify in a mobile start trial. And to take it a step further they must run a mile rate of […]
You ever heard of the Retention Barn at Menangle? That is the supposedly secure facility that HRNSW paid millions of dollars to build and who knows how much to maintain to ensure that runners in big races compete on a level playing field, with the aim that no horse gains an unfair advantage over another. […]
This Industry Notice was issued by Harness Racing NSW in March 2012 to all licensed or interested participants in the State. You are warned it said. Be vigilant. Root out plants or trees that could make your horse throw a positive. Or else …..
