Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It was back to the dark ages at Oamaru in New Zealand yesterday, when in farcical scenes an entire harness racing meeting was conducted without either photo finish equipment or electronic timing. Oamaru is no hick backwater joint. It’s the largest town in North Otago and is only 80km south of Phar Lap’s birthplace of […]
You need to watch this one twice to get it. The back marker is a horse called Efficiently, trained and driven by a small-timer named Des Nolan, with whom I am not familiar. He certainly doesn’t drive much, or I would be. I’m not sure if it was Nolan’s money or others, but Efficiently has […]
A licensee who was close up to the action at Marburg on Sunday has written in to say that he clearly observed that Neilson’s horse ALWAYSMISSINGYOU paced roughly in the approach to the start, and said that if he had chased the horse off the gate it would have galloped. The observer also said that as far […]
Once upon a time not that long ago the harness Stewards viewed positive swabs to cobalt with the utmost seriousness, and issued penalties to those trainers whose horses had thrown positives to the substance that reflected the perceived gravity of the offence. Two cases that spring immediately to mind are Neale Scott, who was disqualified […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/UGB02032508.mp4 Archie When you get a chance watch the replay of the start of race 1 at the Marburg trots yesterday. The horse drawn gate 1 Alwaysmissingyou was $1.10 a couple minutes before the start of the race, but was then heavily laid on Betfair shortly prior to the start with a total of $9.2k […]
Hi Archie I’m neither here or there with the Nathan Dawson drive. His defense will be that he was following the well supported odds on fav and expected it to take him further into the race and that will be it …. And if that’s being questioned, then so should the Victorian stewards question Kerryn […]
The draw has thrown the Miracle Mile wide open according to the bookies, resulting in something most of us never thought we would see again, Leap To Fame backable at black odds. I don’t quite understand it myself. Larry is the greatest pacer that have ever seen in Australia, better than Popular Alm, better than […]
By Merv from Middle Swan Pearl from Pinjarra was left….well….clutching her pearls, after the running of the $50,000 Pinjarra Cup on Monday Afternoon. When the field came out, premier trainer Justin Prentice had 3 runners engaged up against the reigning champ Minstrel, a renowned and tough stayer with a fantastic record over the long journey, […]
Paul Tonkin (no relation to Peter or Clayton) is a small-time trot trainer from Victoria who from time to time crosses the border to race his tiny team at Wagga in New South Wales. Tonkin suffers from chronic pain resulting from injuries he suffered in a car accident some years ago, and is dependent on […]
Yesterday’s Boort Pacing Cup was a very weird race, both during and after. Collective Works, who was first past the post, lost the race on protest to second placed Lincoln River, who became the official winner. Then, after the protest was decided, Collective Works was disqualified from the race completely, and all placegetters were promoted […]
