Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Do you notice something missing in this Stewards Report from race 3 at Ballarat on Sunday above? The penalty. That’s because there wasn’t one. Not a fine, not a suspension, not even a reprimand rap on the knuckles. That’s outrageous. Craig Demmler came over and in on the leader here when he was clearly not […]
Don’t ever say that little Al Ashwood is not a kind and caring guy. He may have a few issues with anger management, and a lot to learn about how to respect and treat women, but to his owners both current and former he is generous to fault, or so it seems anyway. Little Al […]
Do you remember the story we wrote about the rumoured return of the fence jumpers last week, and how we put forward the proposition that to eradicate any doubt about whether horses well in the market who perform like mules were got at, any horse who is given a big chance in the betting then […]
Poor old Emma Stewart had on off night at Melton in the semi-finals of the Breeders Crown on Wednesday didn’t she? Stewart managed just six winners from the ten finals she contested, which I am sure you will agree was rather piss poor, a rank failure if you have ever seen one. So was her haul […]
The big shock of the harness racing weekend was what seemed to be the terribly poor run of the New Zealand Cup hero Copy That in the Cranbourne Cup, a race in which New Zealand’s best pacer performed like mule, dropping out to run a conspicuous 36m last after what you would have to say […]
I’ve always said Alleluia Lombo was the best money we every spent, even before this weekend! My name is on the ownership papers, but the horse definitely belongs to the whole family – Julie Duffy, ID21 winning owner This is the ownership registration form that anyone who owns a pacer must lodge with Harness Racing […]
As a reformed offender who now deeply appreciated the value and worth of the law, and as a now good citizen, I feel – and am – obliged to report breaches of rules and laws to the relevant authorities when these breaches are performed by the people who make such laws. After all, they lay […]
Harness Racing Victoria is a statutory body for which the Victorian Minister for Racing is responsible. Established pursuant to section 39(1) of the Racing Act, 1958, it officially commenced operations as the Trotting Control Board on January 1, 1947. Harness Racing Victoria’s function is to administer, develop and promote the sport of Harness Racing in […]
Gilbert Joseph Cullen ‘Gil’ Dyett was a great Australian, a Gallipoli war hero, a passionate advocate for the rights of returned soldiers from WWI and the driving force behind the organisation that later became the RSL. He was appropriately honoured with a knighthood for his work, and deservedly so. But should he have been included […]
Humbletonian race day is supposed to be a celebration of the little Aussie battlers who love the trots. It is a satire of the great American million dollar Group 1 classic the Hambletonian, named after Hambletonian 10, the father of the modern trotter and pacer, and won over its 98 year history by such luminaries […]
