Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
Peter Chadwick chaired the Melton harness meeting on Saturday night, as he should, for the Plodder is the Chief Steward. Which is a bit silly really, because what he knows about the trots you could write on the back of a postage stamp and still have plenty of room left over to copy down the […]
The mail floating out of Victoria is that wagering on harness racing in the State has absolutely collapsed. Now this is unconfirmed, but what we are hearing is that the current breakdown of the turnover split is looking something like this: 56% gallops 39% greyhounds 5% harness racing We have to say that these numbers […]
Remember last week how we laid out the rules relating to the Racing Victoria/Wiremu Pinn debacle, and told connections of beaten horses how to lodge protests against any of their horses that were beaten by Pinn riding a kilo light? Well lookie, lookie hear. Peter Profit has hit the bullseye. Do you reckon any of […]
