Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
HRNZ CEO Brad “Superman” Steele can’t even photobomb a camera shot right. That’s him in his ubiquitous sky blue sports jacket obscured in the picture of the Derby presentation above. You have to ask why Harness Racing New Zealand CEO Brad Steele has spend last two weeks on a work paid holiday at ID25, when […]
You may notice the name C. McGuigan in the ownership of many of the N40 horses trained by Michael Brennan. Catherine McGuigan is Brennan’s wife and mother of his kids. She is also a struck-off drug-using equine vet. Strange sort of person to have living at a registered training address and owning horses isn’t it? […]
This is an excerpt from the QLD Harness Racing Board Annual Report 2013. There are always lessons to be learned from history, particularly for those who weren’t there. With commissions paid from the TAB as a consequence of wagering turnover being harness racing’s primary source of income, it is essential that everyone associated with the […]
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play, Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, And the skies are not cloudy all day. On what should be the greatest night of harness racing in Queensland this century a chill wind is blowing across Albion Park carrying whispers […]
Its been a great Inter Dominion carnival, and a successful one on the tip too. We’ve reached the Grand Final. Let’s end the series with some more winners shall we. RACE ONE – YOUND DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP HEAT TEN – 1660m As a true lover of the sport I have really enjoyed the Australasian Young Drivers […]
Some people out there are questioning whether Leap To Fame can hold the lead in tonight’s Inter Dominion final. They’re fools. Larry will hold the challengers out early and this is how he will do it. Exactly like he did on Path To Greatness in the Rising Sun. From the 3158m starting point there is […]
An import having its first WA start for trainer Michael Young started $2.00 favorite in race 2 at Gloucester Park last night. Why that’s remarkable is that the horse – name Our Thunder – was a rating 30 walker with form of 79 starts for just 2 wins – the most recent of them 63 […]
Does this sound familiar? A little bit like Ben Yole’s operation, or maybe a lot Naomi Kerr is seeking to buy, lease or train horses from around Australia. She is advertising in the harness racing classifieds for owners to send her horses that are currently in work so she can race them in Northern Victoria, […]
Supplementary Report: Stewards resumed their inquiry concerning the actions of Nathan Ford in relation to the strapping of the racehorse Jorge Street preceding Race 6—the Interdominion Pacing Championship Round 2 Heat held at Albion Park on July 12. The inquiry took statements from Mr. Nathan Ford and Ms. Bianca Heenan, the registered trainer of Jorge Street. […]
Tasmanian trainer Nathan Ford is serving a 12 month suspension for throwing a personal positive swab to cocaine. Ford always lies when he is caught out for something. The two urine samples he’d got from his mates and substituted back in 2015 were his he swore to the Stewards. He didn’t hook races for Ben […]
