Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
Young Western Apprentice Tara Atherden had a day to remember at Carnarvon yesterday, where she rode the winners of two-thirds of the card. Atherden, who only made her racetrack debut 2 months ago, came into yesterday having won just 1 from her first 35 rides, but that was never going to be a worry or […]
Take a look at race 4 at Gloucester Park last night and keep your eye on Chris Voak, the driver of number 1 Maximum Rock. Have you ever seen anything like this before? The gear malfunctioned, and no matter what Voak tried to do he couldn’t rectify the situation. Maximum Rock lost 5th place on […]
Archie Re: Pearl and Chester claiming that Pinjarra is getting lights What Did Ever Happen to That Crazy Scrambled Egg of an Idea of Selling Prime Waterfront Land at Gloucester Park Off To Their Mates? – Chester and Pearl Ask the Hard Boiled Questions What a load of bollocks. Pinjarra isn’t getting lights and won’t […]
