Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
High drama in the Pryde's EasiFeed 3YO Pace as our brilliant Clerk of the Course Brian Lincoln chases down Relentless Me and Jack Laugher after a gear failure.Terrific explanation by https://t.co/p8SlwkvsDr co-host Steve Cleave, with the pace declared a 'no race' by stewards. pic.twitter.com/SwWs9R1z4F — The Trots (@TheTrotsComAu) May 28, 2022 Jack Laugher lost control […]
It seems we got a rather important bit wrong in our earlier story relaying the mail about the Victorian visit to the central west of Northern NSW during the week. They were they alright, and they did come to interview Amanda Turnbull about the alleged Cobram fix, but it was not the HRV Integrity Team, […]
The news that RV have purchased a huge tract of land out near Tullamarine Airport makes the long rumoured sale of the Sandown racecourse an absolute certainty. RV are denying it at the moment, but that’s a cheque that you can take to the bank and cash right now, with confidence. It’s a good thing too. […]
Kyal Costello is Victorian Harness racing driver. In the space of 4 months he placed bets in 24 races in which he was competing. Let’s just hope that he backed his own horses. If he didn’t, then Mr Cosello would be well advised to find himself a new hobby. We won’t be seeing him at […]
Look at the crude drawing I did above of two race tracks built inside each other. Do they look the same size? Of course not. You can’t build an oval circuit inside an oval circuit and not expect it to be smaller. That’s just stupid. Caulfield is 2080m around from post to post, and has […]
The nominees for the 2021 Victorian Horse of the Year Awards have been announced. Let’s have a crack at picking the winners. 2YO pacing fillies: Amore Vita, Encipher, Irish Black Label Three very good fillies here, and it is a raffle. Encipher beat Amore Vita in the Breeders Crown. Amore Vita beat her in the Vicbred […]
Dani Hill drove Flame Blaster as dead as a doornail at Mildura on Friday night. She hooked it. The horse was three wide with a trail when the one whose back she was on started to wilt and fall back in her lap. Hill could and should have gone, for she was going nowhere but […]
Victorian trot trainer Tim McGuigan is 56 years of age, and has been training since season 1986/87. Over the course of that 35 years his strike rate has been 8% the win and 22% the place. All of sudden in his golden years McGuigan is this year hitting winners at double the rate (17%) and […]
Oh dear. What sort of drive was this by Greg Sugars on the $1.35 favourite La Captain in the 8th race at Ballarat last night? It was all pretty early, with the Candy Man popping the 3’s on shot off the rail into the running line, and then shooting it around the field toward the […]
Ben Currie had the Queensland Trainer of the Year award that he had earned denied to him because he was DQ’d. Darren Weir did too. Fair enough many people would say, although not me. Different rules apply at the trots. David Moran is serving 7 months for a raft of different offences, all of them […]
