Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Archie I appreciate a lot of your work, but from the perspective of a former driver, nowhere near the calibre of Nathan Dawson, I’d ask you to rewatch the race and question why stewards are wasting time and money on this. At the time they asked why he didn’t move three wide they were going […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APM01032502.mp4 QLD Stewards have opened and adjourned an inquiry into Nathan Dawson’s drive on Momentum Swing in the first race at Albion Park last night, and with excellent cause too for at first glance the leading reinsman’s actionz looked highly suspect to say the very least. Momentum Swing quickly found the 1-1 position on the […]
NSW Derby – Heat 1 2400m We kick off the night with the first heat of the Derby, with horses needing to finish 1st to 4th in their heat to qualify for the final of the blue riband classic run next weekend. Emma Stewart’s much vaunted boom colt The Highlight Reel is the $1.55 favorite, […]
Brendan James is a Tamworth based trainer whose horse threw a positive swab to Phenylbutazone, often referred to as “bute”, is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory painkilling drug for the short-term treatment of pain and fever in horses. Pacers and trotters are not allowed to race with bute in their system, because it masks pain from injuries […]
Can anyone please explain why the Albion Park Stewards allowed Adam Richardson to drive Richard Hutchinson’s runner in race 4 on Tuesday instead of driving one of the two starters that his wife Alanah had in the race? To take the question further, can anyone tell us why the Stewards didn’t charge Richardson with the […]
Adam Hamilton has penned an opinion piece published on harness.org.au arguing for owner and trainers colors to be abandoned, and replaced by drivers wearing their own signature silks in every race no matter what horse they drive. The basis of Adman’s argument is that it is the drivers who are the stars of harness racing, […]
FORTY LOVE (13: 5-2-2) – NR67 – 1.51.8 – $57 486 1st Vicbred Super Series Silver (Melton) beat Storms Collide, Pink Lady 2yo Pace (Geelong), 2yo Sapling Stakes (Melton) beat Hesitate, NR 46-55 (Menangle) beat Dance With Carmer, 2yo Maiden (Bendigo) 2nd Caduceus Classic Listed (Melton) in 1.50.9 Soho Real Deal 3rd; 4th Paleface Adios […]
There is some conjecture about our story yesterday regarding the Lot That Disappeared from the Nutrien Sunshine Stars sale. People in the know are telling me that Lot 90 was withdrawn two weeks before sale day. They don’t believe that the lot paraded on Sunday bearing the number 90 was the same filly listed in […]
This is an observation only, although it was shared by a number of people who attended the Nutrien yearling sale yesterday. A number of the lots on offer – particularly those prepared or offered by former APG executive Dean Baring – looked doped. By doped we mean sedated. Many of these lots were paraded around […]
90 horses went through the auction ring at yesterday’s Nutrien Sunshine Stars sales (91 if you count Dean Barings disappeared Lot 90 filly). Only 50 of the 90 (or 91) were sold. That’s a clearance rate of just over 50%. Meaning almost half of the yearlings went home with their breeder. I always thought sales […]
