Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
WA harness racing’s much mooted transition to the national ratings handicap system is supposed to be working well, at least if you believe the press releases put out by Racing and Wagering Western Australia, who shout its benefits from the rooftops. https://racingwa.com.au/news/2025/02/04/more-competitive-harness-racing-with-national-ratings-handicap-system Looking at the meeting at Gloucester Park last night we are not so […]
If there is one thing worse than a race caller calling the wrong horse the winner, it is when the caller doesn’t even realize it. Talk about rubbing egg in your own face. Number 10 Pure Silver didn’t win the 5th at Bunbury on Saturday as called. The 4 horse Fiery Spark did. There is […]
By Merv from Middle Swan Pearl from Pinjarra was left….well….clutching her pearls, after the running of the $50,000 Pinjarra Cup on Monday Afternoon. When the field came out, premier trainer Justin Prentice had 3 runners engaged up against the reigning champ Minstrel, a renowned and tough stayer with a fantastic record over the long journey, […]
Hi Archie, For many of the run of the mill breeders, the Perth APG Sale was a disaster. Of course, the blue bloods sold well to the blue blood owners who threw plenty of money around as they usually do, chasing the sales series cash as they have done for years. But some breeders took […]
Double Westbred is a terrible program that perpetuates the breeding of horses for the bottom shelf and widens the divide between the haves and the have nots, is it any wonder people don’t want them. Merv did miss out something very significant from the top end of the sale, two usually very prolific buyers, Team […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/wa/NMC15022504.mp4 Take a look at the drive of Gary Hall Jr on the$1.30 favorite Henrik Larson at Northam on Saturday night. It was the greatest dead ‘un you will ever see (until you see the next one). Hall Jr just flopped the shortie out of the gates and landed it out the back at the […]
You may remember us writing extensively at the back end of last year about the Albany Racing Club’s’ financial woes and its corrupt CEO. Well the CEO is now gone, but the club’s financial problems remain. So much so that on Wednesday the control body Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) announced that it has […]
Good Afternoon Archie, In your story on the weekend you called the last race at Port Pirie the sussest race of the year. I would argue that the Boat race of the year was in the 6th at Albany on Friday night as you highlighted in your story. Note how many stewards in attendance? Just […]
WA trot trainer Michael Young has recorded a winning strike rate of 19% for the past two seasons. Then Santa came and left the gift of magic under Young’s Xmas tree. Now he is training winners at 41%. Young has won 15 races from his past 25 starters. That’s Jason ‘the GOAT’ Grimson like. I […]
Priorities concerning horse to be driven 152. (1) The owner or trainer of a horse in a race shall not drive any other horse in the race except with the permission of the Chairman of Stewards. (2) A person who owns or trains more than one horse starting in a race and who desires to drive […]
