Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
Lindsay Harper is a crook, a life long one too. Harper was very, very lucky to get his life ban lifted, and only did so because a whole lot of heavy hitters felt sorry for him and swung their weight behind the campaign to get the cheat relicensed. And how does he repay them? By […]
Watch what Dylan Edgerton-Green does on the horse on the leader’s back. You can’t do that. It’s mad, bad and dangerous you know, and a huge violation of the rules. This bloke should not better. Actually, he does. I strongly suspect Dylan Edgerton-Green is about to be sent on an early winter’s holiday. If he […]
Shannon Suvaljko is either: (a) The greatest judge of a close finish in the world; or (b) Overly excitable and prone to going to the early crow; or (c) A bloody idiot. I favour the latter option. What the hell was he doing giving the big whip raised in the air victory salute 10 metres […]
Tricky Ric was a top class Kiwi square gaiter who ran placings in two Group 1 races and ran close up in elite races behind topliners of the ilk of Sundees Sun, Enhance Your Calm and Bolt For Brilliance before he was purchased for a substantial sum by WA interests, and sent over to race […]
DECEMBER 21, 2021 HARNESS On Friday, 17 December 2021 Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) Stewards conducted an inquiry into a report from the RWWA Harness Racing Department regarding the Handicap Win Only Earnings (HWOE) as recorded in the National Harness Racing Database for TRICKY RIC NZ, since that gelding arrived from New Zealand and […]
How does it work? There are two parts to the conditioned racing system. The first part relates to the grouping together of horses based on the stakes they have earned for WINNING races with allowances made for races won as a 2 or 3 year old and limits placed on higher staked races for all ages. This […]
