Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Mildura trainer Naomi Kerr has raised eyebrows in harness racing circles by becoming a master at taking on tried horses from other stables and turning their form around, often improving their best times several seconds in the process. Many are wondering how she does it, with some being pretty sure they can guess. Kerr was […]
No this is not a story about male to male oral sex in the toilet stalls at Clifford Park, as much as you might draw that inference from a security guard at the Toowoomba racing awards last night finding two blokes in the dunny with one bent over and a finger up his cavity. What […]
Second starter Ramp It Up was well backed at long odds in the first at the Sunshine Coast yesterday. It landed the money and the Gough stable bets. They must have had their hearts in their mouths over the final few strides. Just watch what happened. The horse obviously knew the money was on. The […]
Toby Edmonds yesterday was found guilty by NSW Stewards of injecting his horse Burning Bell within one clear day of a racing engagement. Edmonds was fined $3000. He was a bit unlucky. Burning Bell was set to race in the Mothers Gift at Grafton on the Thursday of the carnival. The horse was injected a […]
If the images you see are any indication of the story, it appears that Ben Yole is not the only trainer who keeps his horses outdoor and uncovered in terrible circumstances. They do it in Aotearoa too. Robert Dunn is New Zealand’s leading trainer. He and his training partner Jenna Dunn, the wife of his […]
See the race at the top run at Gloucester Park a fortnight ago? It’s what is called a Conditioned Race. The basic concept behind L5$ races is to give horses who may be struggling at their HWOE Level a chance to drop into a race where they might be able to earn again and establish […]
You need five horses turn out in a field in harness racing for a race to proceed on a harness race card. So WA trot trainer Greg Bond has the perfect solution to making sure that his two-year-old pacers get a run. He enters five of them in a race. Then when he sees how […]
Stewards visited, unannounced, the stables of trainer W Yole on Monday 12th August,2024, in particular, to assess the well-being of SWIMINTHERIVER. On arrival SWIMINTHERIVER was inspected where no more than a rub mark was evident on the geldings off-side neck. Photographs were taken for ORI records. What was clear to Stewards that SWIMINTHERIVER had been […]
The picture you see is of the Wayne Yole trained pacer Swimintheriver, who won the 8th race at Launceston last night. Those injuries to the horses neck are made by a rein burr, also known as a rein pricker. Their use is a disgrace in my opinion, but to be legal under the rules they […]
