Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
What word first comes into your mind when you see a picture of Racing Victoria CEO Andrew Clarke? Nerd? Dork? Dweeb? Dolt? Or all of the above? Cricket and Racing are not mutually exclusive. Many cricket players punt, and many punters play cricket. A lot of bat and ball men go the track, and a […]
Its not often that you see a 2YO break an all comers track record. In fact I can’t think of any youngster that had performed such a deed in recent years until the Nathan Jack trained, Michael Boots owned Bettors Delight colt The Bigboss smashed the clock and the record at Echuca last Tuesday. It was […]
1.1 Background The intention of this policy is to outline to all industry stakeholders the circumstances where the Harness Racing Victoria (HRV) Stewards require the prior disclosure of the intended tactics to be employed in a race. 1.2 Objectives The objectives of this policy are to: Protect the integrity of the Victorian Harness Racing Industry […]
I greatly respect Tim ‘Tic Toc’ O’Connor as a harness racing enthusiast and author of stories about the sport, so this is not a personal sledge, but fair dinkum Tic Toc, are you for real? Now 1200m racing isn’t new to the sport – The Stampede dates back to 2004 and the Mercury80 to 2020 […]
There is this huge myth that has gained currency throughout the upper echelons of the harness racing code that the decline in betting on the trots in favor of the dogs is all about the fact that the younger generation of punter has a short attention span, and is drawn to betting on the greyhounds […]
‘Naked truth’: inside Finland’s sauna culture In the sauna there are no classes, professions and no signs of wealth. These levelling instincts are embedded in the very character of Finland. By LUKE SLATTERY A Finnish sauna cabin. On my first night in Helsinki I went looking for the secret to the Finnish character and found it in […]
Remember that horse Aroha Koe that we wrote about last week? The one from the Chris Svanosio stable that was favorite and inexplicably pulled out of the 1-1 trail and went around to the death to give the sweet seat to it’s stablemate Anywhere Hugo, who then took full advantage of the early Xmas gift […]
As regular reader will be aware it was this website who stirred the possum over the Wiremu Pinn wrong claim issue, and it was our story a few weeks ago that explained exactly how and why connections of horses beaten by one of the Kiwi kid’s mounts when ridden at the incorrect weight could protest […]
Well a lot of people don’t know it, cos they are too dumb to see, but Alligator Al – Allan Endresz on his birth certificate – is the one of the smartest blokes in racing. I know one bloke who is smarter, and another one who might be, but outside of that they’re it. So […]
He’s a most exciting horse, Steparty. That was a dominant display. — Matt Welsh (@Matt__Welsh_) June 17, 2023 Is this proper? Matt Welsh is the General Manager of Racing at Racing Victoria. Steparty is a horse trained by a bloke who once served a 4 year disqualification for using a jigger on a horse, an […]
