Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We are not Facebook friends with WA trot trainer Giles Inwood, and we’re not hackers either. These aren’t private messages, they are public posts that can be viewed by the world at large. If RWWA doesn’t issue this fool a charge under the rules of racing there is something wrong. Inwood has breached the sexual […]
Poh Yuan Chin is on Racing Queensland’s Noms Exclusion List – Thoroughbred He owes the QLD Principal Racing Authority $30 594.87. That’s interesting because Poh Yuan Chin is the principal shareholder of a company named Imperial Bloodstock and Racing, which is a major shareholder in harness race horses as part of a syndicate also involving […]
Arch Pop Quiz. Are there more snakes in Sweden than Australia? Someone obviously told Brad Hewitt there were, and that they were all on the fence during The Locomotive’s heat of the Elitloppet on the weekend. A deaf, dumb and blind man had forever to take the horse to a position three back on the […]
The news that Harness Racing South Australia has entered into a long-term lease to take over the Gawler trot track and facilities has left many in the industry asking one simple question. Why? The Gawler club – which of course does not and cannot speak for the peak body – asserts that HRSA has no […]
Dear Members, On behalf of the committee, I’m happy to share some exciting news. The Gawler Harness Racing Club (GHRC) committee has entered into a Heads of Agreement (HoA) to lease our facility to Harness Racing South Australia (HRSA) for a long-term lease. You will see an official communication from HRSA in the coming days […]
The results are in from the APG Autumn Mix Sale, and to put it bluntly they are atrocious. 65 of the 93 lots on offer were passed in. Of the 28 lots that actually sold, 7 of them went for less than the $330 cost of entry. 2 lots sold for $400. 12 in total […]
We have written many stories pleasing for the authorities to take trot driver J0hn Stariha’s license off him on safety grounds, and all with good reason. Yesterday at Marburg we saw yet another example 0f the justification for our calls. Stariha, who was sitting behind the leader on Magicol Ideal, suddenly pulled the horse out […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APM24052511.mp4 Feast your eyes on the deadest drive in the world. It’s Nathan Dawson on number 2 Chap Daddy. The horse has been backed from $7.50 into $3.00. Suckers. Look at Dawson take it back off the arm. Watch him work overtime to surrender a good sit in the line. See him succeed and bury […]
Take a look at the video above and watch Carter Dalgety in the maroon and white colors come off the fence and smash Craig Ferguson in the teal silks out three-wide. Ferguson’s horse is checked by Dalgety’s actions – which were in breach of the rules in every sense – and it ends up costing […]
Hi Archie, The Manea Classic at Bunbury and the subsequent protest is cause for some pondering. Despite the cool night air, Chester and I headed back to Pinjarra full of questions after a very competitive $30k Manea Classic, run in memory of the last bloke to have more than two clues about running Harness Racing […]
