Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The unexplained delay in Harness Racing NSW dealing with a positive swab recorded by the Mark Callaghan trained The Cid, the winner of last year’s $100 000 Hunter Regional Champion, is to put it plainly ridiculous. Any horse that throws a positive swab is automatically disqualified from the race in question, regardless of the cause […]
Have you ever before in your life seen a race like this one at Alexandra Park on Friday night? It’s a rating 55 -70 BUT a horse rated up to 115 can run in it IF its driven by a concession junior driver. That means that a junior driver concession is worth up to 45 […]
Miki Flybye at the National Yearling Sale, back when his front legs were healthy and sound Serious questions are being asked about the break down of the lightly raced Miki Flybye in the first race at Addington on Friday night. Miki Flybye fractured a sesamoid in the front right fetlock. He was immediately taken to […]
Kiwi two-year-old Zeus Lightning – a full brother to Bollinger, who ran 2nd to Akuta in a GGroup 1 Northern Derby – may well be the best named horse in the world. Not because of the gelding’s breeding. Because of this. It was the young pacer’s first lifetime start. Wow! Lightning indeed.
Dr Georgia Whiting has done it again. Six winners at Flemington plus the quadrella. If this nude Dr isn’t the best tipster in Australia then we don’t know who is. The Doc’s results: R1: Exit – THIRD R2: Bold Soul – WON $2.50 R3: De Bergerac – WON $3.30 R4: Losesomewinmore WON $3.60 R5: Juja […]
Under the rules of harness racing – rule 259(1)(e) – a disqualified person is absolutely prohibited from racing horses during the period of their disqualification. That creates a problem for both Greg Fleming and Harness Racing Victoria. Fleming is a disqualified person. In 2023 he was disqualified for 2 years and 6 months after being found […]
Recent observations at harness racing meetings have raised serious concerns regarding underage and unlicensed persons being present in restricted areas such as tie-up stalls. Restricted areas are off-limits for valid reasons. In simple terms, it is unsafe for individuals without the proper experience and licensing to be in proximity to horses weighing hundreds of kilograms. […]
By a process of elimination we believe that we have identified the Luke McCarthy trained pacer that has thrown a positive swab to cocaine. The horse appears to be Kingmaker, which won races at Menangle on the 24th and 31st of May. (We had previously written that the positive occurred in QLD; that now seems […]
In a week when harness racing appears to be drowning in an ocean of drugs, the unwelcome talk around Queensland trotting circles is that one of champion trainer ‘Cool Hand’ Luke McCarthy’s horses has thrown a positive swab to a substance believed to be cocaine during the recent Brisbane winter carnival. It is not known […]
On what is turning out to be a very bad day for the sport, the money lender who is the subject of this story that appeared this evening in the Adelaide Advertiser is rumored to be a prominent South Australian harness racing owner. It’s a tough game the trots. A very dangerous one too. By […]
