Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This is sort of hard to believe, but those in the know assure me that it is utterly true. Former trainer Nigel McGrath is the 2nd year of an 8-year disqualification from harness racing for doping and conduct offences. He is a repeat offender who was embroiled in the infamous blue magic saga that cost […]
They say when you are punting on the dice game craps you should always bet up on the shooter with the hot hand. The same thing applies when it comes to racing. Trainers, jockeys, horses, punters – they all hit streaks, and when do they are so hot that they’re smoking and on fire until […]
Alex Ashwood was training winners at a rate of 30% plus up until a month ago. Something has happened though. From his last 25 starters Ashwood’s won only 3 races. Is it just bad luck? Or has Fed Ex stopped delivering bottles from America with funny labels to Bendigo?
Cool Hand Luke McCarthy is the greatest healer of crocks and cripples that the world has seen since Jesus H. Christ left Jerusalem to fly up to the St Peter’s Gates ground to play fullback for the Angels. First he brought Bling It On back to life and cut a swathe through them in his […]
You may find this hard to believe, but it is true. Whether it’s straight and true is another question all together. At his past 51 drives for the Emma Stewart stable, reinsman Mark Pitt has driven 38 winners. That’s a winning strike rate of 75%, or three of every four. This isn’t a fluke streak; […]
“It’s $9000, race clubs keep punishing owners so that’s what it will be,” Price said. “All they do is punish owners, I know it is a revenue raiser for them, but it makes you wonder what horses don’t nominate because they missed the early nomination. There have been nomination deadlines for big races in Australia since […]
Gee this Kiwi trainer Craig Ferguson’s form has improved a bit hasn’t it? It’s not just because he fluked a top horse either. His 7 wins have been achieved with 6 different ponies. So what is the secret to this man’s sudden success, and his Emma Stewart like strike rate? You’d have to have ask […]
I have watched this replay of the finish of race 6 at the Ashburton trots yesterday 10 ten times, and I still can’t see a margin for the winner. Do I need new glasses? I dunno. One thing that I would like to know is why Korban Newman, one of the stable drivers for the […]
Not only is Emma Stewart the greatest trot trainer ever to roam the earth, her partnership with formerly convicted and disqualified match cheat (overturned on appeal) sulky jockey Mark Pitt is the greatest trainer/driver combo in the long history of the harness racing sport. Together the pair have won 37 of their last 55 starts, […]
The 47 time winning open class pacer Mark Dennis had until last night held the 1800m track record at Globe Derby for five and a half years. He ran a mile rate of 1.53.5 in setting the mark. Encipher is a very, very talented 3-year-old filly trained by Emma Stewart. But she’s still a three-year-old […]
