Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We were highly critical of the WA Stewards report into race 1 at Gloucester Park on Tuesday night, and with good reason, for they has the winner as dropping out from the 600m mark and being issued a warning for performance, which is quite a novel concept. The mystery however is now solved. They had […]
The biggest plunge seen at the WA trots for a long time landed last night on race 7 at Gloucester Park. Rolling Fire was the horse’s name, and it was backed from $81 into $10. It should have been too. This race was a boatie. For the uninitiated, a boatie means the raced was fixed. […]
So without even looking at the betting records, or hauling the suspect drivers of the horses involved into the room and grilling them, the RWWA Stewards headed by the recent law graduate Chris Courtland (pictured above) decide that everything about the most blatant boat race in living memory run last night is all just tickety […]
See this beautiful looking 2yo yearling filly? She’s by Bettors Delight out of Laurella, who is out of Christian Cullen, the golden cross. Black Pearl is her name. Cran Dalgety paid $120 000 on behalf of his clients for her at last year’s Auckland sale. It was money very well spent. The filly debuted in […]
I spent three hours on the phone today with Michael Radley, the CEO of Gloucester Park, and based on what I have been told I have come to the conclusion that the story I wrote earlier regarding the sale of parts of the track land was wrong. Mr Kevin Jeavons had no part to play […]
In order to sell Gloucester Park to the Senior Vice President of the Western Australian Trotting Association’s son’s company, the WATA need to have the approval of at least two-thirds of the membership cast a vote. Fifty percent of those that cast a vote must vote yes. What that means in practical effect is that […]
The Western Australian Trotting Association (WATA) owns the Gloucester Park raceway. GP stand on approximately 14.4 hectares of land, although 2.2 hectares of it is owned by the Crown. Yesterday the WATA announced plans to sell just under 6 hectares of it – all on the Swan riverside -to a property developer called Hesperia. How […]
We asked an astute reader from WA for their opinion on the proposed sale of parcels of land at Gloucester Park, the home of harness racing in the state. This is their view. It makes a lot of sense to me. There is no choice for a future for WA harness racing in my opinion, […]
Gary Hall Jr, the driver of the 2nd horse in this race Jumpingjackmac, fired in a protest against the winner Double Up and its pilot Ryan Warwick on the grounds of interference in the back straight. The interference was pretty clear cut, and Warwick caused it with blatant disregard for the rules. Hall Jr was […]
I’m a huge fan of WA trot caller caller Richard Bell, and have sung his praises on many occasions and described him as Australia’s best in his niche profession. But just lately there have been a few little things that Bell has said or done that have made me stop in my tracks and scratch […]
