Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Trainer Bernie Hewitt had the only three runners in the fast class trial at Bathurst on Monday. Two of them – the winner Royal Cruiser and the runner-up Jungle Dragon – equaled the track record in the trial. Hewitt’s other runner Our Goat ran 2/10th’s of a second outside it. The record of 1.50.6 at […]
The problems with small field sizes in North Island NZ harness racing continue apace, with this week’s cards at Cambridge and Alexandra Park further illustrating the magnitude of the issue. It is well known that to maximize wagering turnover on the trots races need to have a minimum of 8 race (preferably more) with 10-12 […]
Dear lan, The new racing season has begun, but not without its challenges. As a collective group of Western Australia’s leading thoroughbred trainers, we are increasingly frustrated by the current state of the industry and, more importantly, deeply concerned about its future direction. While there are many issues at play, our greatest disappointment lies in […]
What a great night of racing it was at Melton on Saturday night, all the fun of the fair. The Derby heats were just fab. Here is how they rolled. HEAT ONE – DERBY The first heat was always going to be a very tactical affair after the top two fancies Hesitate and Fox Dan […]
What a weekend it was for Barry Purdon. First he returns to race driving for the first time in 6 years under the Friday night lights at Alexandra Park and marks the occasion by steering Higher Power home a winner. It was like Big Ba had never been away from the bike at all. Then […]
Yep too slow was what I thought too Mind you I’ve always reckoned Dixon could lose a few pounds…….fat or muscle it’s not doing him any favours……..especially against the lithe bodies of Herbie and the other young gun drivers who also lean back to reduce the wind resistence and take a touch of weight of […]
If you thought Treasure The Moment being beaten at odds-on in a 4 horse field at Caulfield on Saturday was a shock, then you hadn’t seen anything yet. You had to head out an hour west to the trots to see the real deal in the super surprise stakes. Leap To Fame was chasing ten […]
Four Harcourts real estate franchises in New Zealand are being prosecuted by the Commerce Commission for alleged cartel conduct related to price fixing. Guess who works for one of the franchises? None other than our very own The Canary. It seems that this bloke just can’t avoid courting controversy. What’s that they say? Never trust […]
New Zealand’s favorite unregistered syndicator Andrew ‘the Canary” Fitzgerald has unleashed another of his world class stooges on innocent trot fans eager to become involved at the lower end of the ownership spectrum. The horse in question is the filly Smackdown, the knock kneed pacer in the picture that the Canary has been selling 1/1000th […]
Hall of Fame member and harness racing legend Barry Purdon returns to the cart for his first drive in six years this afternoon at Alexandra Park. Purdon, whose last race drive was way back in 2019, takes the reins on his highly talented but often temperamental 3-year-old square gaiter Higher Power in the fourth race […]
