Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Is Michael Young, if you will excuse the terminology, “taking the piss” out of Harness Racing in WA? Our of administrators, stewards and his contemporaries and of course the public? Not my words but an oft repeated phrase amongst the fraternity, many of whom wonder how he is still licensed after his 3 year disqualification […]
In a round 1 win to Wayne Yole, the Tasmanian trainer and father of Ben has won a stay of the Tasracing imposition of conditions on his license that would prevent him from keeping horses at his infamous Sidmouth training property. We learned during the hearing of Yole’s stay application that, as we had previously […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/sa/GDC10062511.mp4 The main two things you need to know about this race are that Trainer Reece Moore had four in it It was a boatie for the one of Moore’s that they backed from $4.00 into $2.20 The plunge was landed Night Spirit was the plunge horse’s name. It sat out the back while its […]
I’ve been pondering the Pizzuto arsenic positive swab thing, and come to the conclusion that it’s very bloody strange. There have been thousands of horses compulsorily housed in the retention barn since it was constructed using what are now claimed to be arsenic treated boards, and not one of them has thrown a positive swab […]
Trotter Sheetweb Weaver has won just 4 races from 34 starts before joining the stable of trainer Bruce Birch, the last of them coming at Cobram in May 2023. He had gone winless from his past 2o runs, managing just three placings in among 17 unplaced finishes. Pre-Birch the fastest time he had ever run […]
We told you Rockhampton trainer Tom Smith was a koala and we were right. The penalty handed down to him on 30 April for a cobalt positive proves it. It’s not the 12 month suspension that is in issue, or the fact that it was suspended. The issue is the way in which the sentence […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/IJB18052505.mp4 Serious questions need to be asked about race 5 at Marburg on the 18th of May. Scrubby, drawn in gate 2, had not won a race since August 2023 and had been beaten by an aggregate margin of 247.1 meters at its previous five starts. This horse was backed from $81.00 into $18.00 with […]
I take back the harsh things we said about WA trainer Giles Inwood yesterday. He made a mistake and he’s owned it. Inwood has acknowledged he did the wrong thing. Apologies have been issued to the reinswomen he offended. The Facebook post has been taken down. It takes guts to cop one on the chin. […]
Here is a report in today’s Tasmanian newspaper regarding trainer Liandra Gray’s animal cruelty conviction. It’s not particularly pretty reading. An immediate suspension of her license surely awaits.
Archie, Your mention of a blow up at Emerald may have something to do with one party allegedly tipping off that the other had hidden a bleeder. Tom Smith…1 positive? Maybe 3 is about right. And what happened to the adjourned inquiry for Aunty Glenda from 19 April? Attended at 5 other meetings since then […]
