Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
What Price Ryan Hryhorec Scratches My Ultimate Levi From Friday Night’s Broken Hill Cup? Our crystal ball has magic powers. It told us yesterday that Ryan Hryhorec would have have problems getting My Ultimate Levi to the track for tonight’s Broken Hill Cup. And guess what? So he did. Float breakdown my arse. Harness Racing […]
Is there any truth in the rumor that the recently suddenly retired Kiwi trainer Brent Mangos is living and working down in Christchurch at the West Melton stables of young trainer Hayden Cullen? He couldn’t be could he, given that Mangos is unlicensed. And given the back story about why. Surely prominent Hayden Cullen stable […]
In regard to your recent stories regarding injuries. We all know money is the root of all evil. Horses are disposable. I challenge you to find one Summit/Bain horse which has had a spell for any reason other than injury. This is a result of poor business practices in which the trainer only earns when […]
As you know I saw the replay of the Chariots of Fire, and told you immediately afterward that I too thought that Better Be The Best looked to be lame. Yes the vets and stewards have a case to answer for what has subsequently happened. But the real culprit is Nathan Turnbull Through ignorance and […]
Prior being transferred to Seaton Grima’s stable five weeks ago Bully Bourne was just an average plodder from the bush with a best winning time of 1.56.0, which he recorded on debut two and a half years ago on the big fast track at Wagga The average time he had run at his past 1o […]
That’s not a rooster or a another derby Daz – it’s a fish! Was that Brittany Graham’s dad Darrel I spotted in the crowd during the broadcast of the NRL double header in Vegas yesterday? It sure looked like the great man who won the 2011 Chariots of Fire with triple Derby hero Lanercost, the […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/nsw/BRC24022405.mp4 What the hell did this give this horse Iambecauseofyou that recently smashed the track record at Broken Hill by three seconds? Just watch it go. If this wasn’t a milkshake job and then something a bit more I’m not here. Iambecauseofyou is a good horse, but not this good. His trainers have a bit […]
Jason Grimson wasn’t driving in the Chariots of Fire last night, but he still managed to totally psych out the drivers of everything in the race but his Frankie Ferocious, and it won him the race. Ever since the barriers were drawn on Monday there has been huge speculation about who might lead and how […]
Barry Purdon has drawn first blood over Mark in the massive clash of the brothers this weekend, after his star 3yo colt Cold Chisel overcame an all blue team drive to defeat arch-rival Chase A Dream in the Group 2 Alabar Classic at Alexandra Park tonight. Zac Butcher drove a blinder to get it home […]
We often talk about trainers extraordinary winning strike rates on this site, but none we have ever seen match the numbers being recorded by English trainer Charlie Appleby and stable rider William Buick’s at Meydan racecourse in Dubai. Appleby is training winners to runners this season at the extraordinary strike rate of 44%, a figure […]
