Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Last week on Friday the 9th of June we had a 3YO and over Free For All worth $30 000. Free For All means exactly what it says, a race for all comers 3 and over. It attracted just 4 runners, The quartet were rated NR 73, NR78, NR 103, and NR 120. They finished […]
Unlike the rest of Australia, WA harness racing has rejected the national ratings system and clings to a convoluted and near impossible to understand old fashioned handicap model based on weird mix of lifetime wins, recent earnings, and who knows what else. Read this at the the link below and see if you can work […]
Racing and Wagering Westerna Australia (RWWA) stewards pulled a without notice visit to the Byford Training Track on Tuesday morning and performed ‘random’ drug testing on a number of horses that were working out on the track. Big so deal you might say, so what? Well what is that that two of the biggest trainers […]
I hear that certain people involved in the management of Gloucester Park are casting doubt on the assertions made o this website that 1 hectare of the land behind the 5.9 hectare block that the club sold for $10 million is worth $27 million. 1 hectare without river views = $27 million. 5.9 hectares with […]
HERITAGE LISTING LOCATION DETAILS Address: land bounded by Nile St, Nelson Ave, Waterloo Cres & Trafalgar Rd, East Perth – VFL 8/9/2010. Includes: Trotting Track; Main Entrance & Forecourts; Enclosure Totalisator; Leger Totalisator; Switchhouse; Birdcage; Birdcage Entrance; Birdcage Kiosk; Canary Island Palms; Track & other associated buildings & Plantings surrounding the track; and enclosed in […]
We were never told the valuation of the 5.9 hectares of Gloucester Park that the club sold for $10 million paid over 5 years and a new stand. It seems now that there was a reason for that, and not one that tastes good at all. Last month the WA Government announced plans to sell […]
Does the face fit the story? We say so. Redevelopment of Gloucester Park winds up in court A judge has cast doubts over a legal bid to stop apartment developers Adrian Fini and Ben Lisle acquiring 40 per cent of the Gloucester Park trotting complex. Justice Kenneth Martin has questioned whether evidence put forward by […]
Perth real estate agent Duro Margaretic was, until last week, a board member at Gloucester Park. He hadn’t actually sat in on any board meetings for a while, because unlike at Albion Park in highly similar circumstances, the WA club had stood him down. I cannot tell you why for legal reasons. After yesterday’s seminal […]
The disastrous barrier draw for the Quokka 2 weeks ago brought back non-fond thoughts of a previous draw disaster for harness racing fans with long memories. Legendary WA based harness racing historian and writer Alan Parker describes the events of the 1987 WA Pacing Cup catastrophe in his brilliant and utterly unappreciated seminal classic The […]
