Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The New Zealand harness racing awards this year were nothing but a joke. Leap To Fame won The Race and the NZ Free For All, and ran second in the NZ Trotting Cup. Kingman won the Cup, and the Christian Cullen too. Somehow Republican Party – who couldn’t beat either of them with start – […]
Have you ever noticed how many good horses trained by Luke McCarthy hang in? Kingman does it. Don Hugo does it. King Of Swing used to do it. Captain Bellasario did it last night. It’s weird. Leap To Fame runs as straight as a die. So does Merlin. Paleface used to too. But Luke’s horses […]
We warned you in our story yesterday that Don Hugo was a risk against Himynameisjeff at Menangle last night. It didn’t quite pan out exactly as we envisaged, thanks to the genius of the superstar junior driver Jye Coney, but the result certainly did. Apologies to his adoring owner Tony Licastro, who has reaped great […]
While all the eyes of the harness racing world are quite rightly on the Kilmore Cup tonight, their is a very interesting battle going at Menangle, one which might tell us a bit more about next weekend’s Hunter Cup. I am talking Don Lou against Himynameisjeff. Jeff is an exceptionally good horse ran a huge […]
I was researching a story about the top class pacer Himinameisjeff last night, and I came across this claimer’s race from just over three years ago when he was trained by Russell Jack in which he ran tailed off stone motherless last. That of course raises questions about how Jason Grimson managed to get him […]
I am shocked Archie, that after all your years as a crazed left-wing cleaner’s union official hanging out with socialist Premiers and Prime Ministers and such, you of all people would go on to leave Queensland’s next star pacer and working class hero The Janitor out of your dream Miracle Mile field. You’re an absolute […]
I could have sworn that trot trainer Clayton Harmey said he was quitting the game after he got done for a positive swab to Levamisole about 18 months back. In fact fact after he was DQ’s until August 2025 I am certain that he did. Harmey even went as far as selling all his sulkies […]
Cherries On Top was probably a false favorite at $2.25 to win race 6 at Albion Park yesterday. The filly was drawn well in 2 but is a slow beginner, and was up in class. But based on her two recent wins at Redcliffe punters had a right to believe that she would be driven […]
We have it on excellent advice that the connections of the super smart 3yo Kiwi pacer Jumal, who won 6 races from 7 and more than $210 000 in his juvenile year, were recently offered a million dollars for the colt. And knocked it back. Wow. That is a hell of a lot of money, […]
The last time Republican Party raced against Leap To Fame in the NZ Free For All, his driver Carter Dalgety – the most talented young reinsman since Dexter Dunn – got to the lead first but then handed up. He couldn’t catch him down the straight. It’s pretty hard to when Larry is roaring home […]
