Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
NSW trot trainers Jason Grimson and Seaton Grima are making those in the rest of the country look like mugs, with the pair currently sitting 1-2 on the national metro strike rate list of those trainers who have had more than 10 runners in the season. Here is how the list looks: Grimson 45.5% Grima […]
North-West NSW trainer Tom Ison seems to have become the Ben Yole of the boot scooting music capital of NSW, with him turning out 24 of the 89 runners at yesterday’s Tamworth trots, the majority of them owned by Summit Bloodstock and Aaron Bain Racing, and many of them having being formerly trained by Mr […]
How the hell did Sir Jason Grimson put an extra second of speed into the legs of Outside Fighter in the space of a few days, without making any gear changes. No notified ones at least. But there were gear changes, don’t you worry about that. It just wasn’t gear that you can see with […]
