Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This is race 8 at the Echuca trots last night. Can you see a margin for the outside horse? Look again. Can you see it now? No, me either. It must have a damn short nose. Or the judge got it wrong. I favour the latter. What do you reckon?
There is something wrong with Steward’s heads isn’t there (pardon the pun). Doesn’t every trot drivers bit on the side dress themselves up in a rubber hose and say bonjour to them in the stables area? Maggie does. That and a bit more. They just live boring lives, and can’t believe that some people have […]
The long running prosecution of Glenn Douglas and Ellen Tormey for alleging drenching a horse before a race is over. Harness Racing Victoria have spent circa a million dollars trying to send Douglas and Tormey to Coventry. They have lost. All charges have been withdrawn. The costs and damages bill is expected to be enormous. […]
I was chatting to a well-know fella that I share a love of true crime and racing with the other day (both of us on the side of light, or him anyway), and we were discussing the punt. When sharing his tips for the Bendigo meeting two days hence, the man gave me three. One […]
Ben Yole had 60 of the 99 runners in Hobart last night in the three races he contested. That’s just ridiculous. What is going on when he brings horses over to race in Victoria is even worse. Chainsaw had two runners last night. The first one Miss Tyler was driven as dead as a doornail. […]
Bonno got 11.1% of the early quaddie. It paid $71.00 for a dollar, meaning that he collected $7.90. I hope he didn’t spend it all in one place. He had $10 each way on Something Bettor which ran 2nd and paid $2.10, so there is another $21.00. Running total $28.90. And he got the trifecta […]
Well we’ve clearly got Jason Bonnington rattled after we towelled him up on his home turf last week, for everyone’s favourite white sports coat and red bow tie wearers bets are all over the show, he’s claiming the win price on place bets, and there are Hail Mary exotics for Africa. You can find Bon […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/vic/KIC09062211.mp4 Coming into race 4 at Kilmore last night the Chainsaw Yole trained 10-year-old pacer Southern GNP had won just 1 race from his previous 34 starts over the past year, most of the runs being down in lowly company in Tasmania. The single win was eight months ago against very poor company in 30-44 […]
There is nothing like a trip across the stormy seas of the Bass Strait to spark an old walker back to life, but don’t tell anyone that because all of a sudden all the seats on the ferry will be booked out by Lourdes style pilgrims and Ben Chainsaw Yole won’t be able to bring […]
I’ve just been reading through the Racing Victoria ‘Green Paper’ – Strategic Plan – for the next decade, and am sitting here shaking my head and wondering what planet these people are on. Some of RV’s potential (read: gunna happen, but we just can’t say so yet) plans are no brainers. Sandown gets sold to […]
