Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Correspondent Jay Jay from Perth Turf Talk writes: One month late, the Annual RWWA Report 2025/2026 has finally dropped. It contains the usually syrupy flannel from the Chairman and the CEO but I suspect Ian Edwards’ attempt to make a silk purse from a sow’s ear is best encapsulated by this marvelous example of smoke […]
The hitherto very slow pacer Altair Star had 112 starts for its former trainer Leo Wallrodt, and won just three races, all of them out in the bush. Before it was transferred to Hayden Reeves less than a month ago it hadn’t run a place at its past 34 starts. all of them in the […]
Harness racing is a professional business, and in Western Australia is funded to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. Gloucester Park is the headquarters and showpiece of the sport, with races run there televised across Australia and New Zealand and around the world. The first thing viewers see is the mobile rolling up […]
Just take a look at these ‘starts’ at Gloucester Park last night. They aren’t starts. They’re a joke. The horses on the front line haven’t scored up properly. Those drawn the inside are up on the gate, the ones drawn to their outer aren’t. They are supposed to be. None of these races were started […]
Gary Hall Jr is not just the best trot driver in Western Australia. He is the fastest reinsman on two wheels as well. Never go before the clock tower kids. Junior just showed you all why.
Gloucester Park is the capital of Western Australian harness racing, the metropolitan track sited on prime inner city Swan River land directly opposite Optus Stadium. It should be a pristine showpiece for the sport. Instead it has become an absolute hovel. These pictures were taken at GP before the first race on Tuesday evening. What […]
Archie I might have to respectfully disagree over the “closing country tracks saves money” narrative, as experience shows that “decreasing the footprint” via country track closures and a reduction in meeting dates in WA, has had a catastrophic effect on numbers of licensed participants, number of owners, number of breeders, number of foals and ultimately, […]
Good Morning, You correctly note that WA has a minimum Metro Stake of $21,000, the highest in Australia. It is completely unsustainable and is being funded on the “never never”. In season 2025 (financial year ending July 30th 2025), WA paid out total harness stakes (Metro and Country) of $30,561,571. The Revenue generated from turnover […]
Hi Archie, Chester and I are always comfortable when we stagger off the front verandah and wander over the road to the trots at Pinjarra. It’s nice and warm inside the pavilion and I have long been a fan of ‘Why pay for heating when someone lays it on for nothing”. Simply good management of […]
Wanna see a killer drive? Killer as in dead, deliberately or by mistake. Then Kylah Madden’s steer below on Chief Copy – who was backed off the map from $4.60 into $1.90, and even shorter in some quarters – is the one. Now call me chivalrous, or old fashioned, or gentlemanly, or even sexist if […]
