Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Race 5 at the Pinjarra trots this afternoon. The 8 American Eyes is unbeaten in 4 starts and looks like a real good horse in the making. It blows from $1.65 out to $2.10. The 10 horse Captain Said So looked like a good horse earlier on its career, but has finished a pair of […]
Hi Archie, Gunther from Gidgiegannup here, reporting on a family night out at Gloucester for the Punter Family …… Nope, not a great idea. First problem, a 60 minute journey to the Jewell of WA harness, Gloucester Park……and the joint is surrounded by roadblocks. Rookie mistake, don’t go to the trots when there is an […]
“More than $20 million in annual costs have been removed from RWWA’s operating base over the past 12 months, compared to our 2025-26 budget, with most of these savings already in place and the remainder to take effect from the start of the 2026-27 racing season”, the RWWA CEO proudly boasts. “This disciplined approach has […]
Securing a sustainable future for racing in Western Australia requires clear priorities and disciplined decision-making. Over the past year, the RWWA Board and Executive Team have taken considered action to strengthen Racing and Wagering Western Australia’s financial position and provide greater certainty for the WA racing industry’s long-term sustainability. Resetting RWWA’s cost base As you […]
The bloke in the video above is leading WA trainer Michael Young. Listen to him as he tells the harness media and the public that his 2 runners won’t be trying in their races at Pinjarra on Monday night. Lovely stuff isn’t it? Fortunately for punters who ignored him or didn’t hear this interview, Young […]
The WA Harness Industry, like others Australia wide and probably across the ditch, is on it’s knees, bleeding money, all metrics collapsing, …….turnover, participation, licensed personnel, foal numbers, horse population….you name it, it is in decline. And it is not because of a fuel crisis triggered by you know who in Pennsylvania Avenue. Solution, simples, […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/wa/GPM03042607.mp4 Take a look at Gary Hall Jr’s drive on the 7 A Little Silence in the last race at Gloucester Park last night. It blew from $1.70 out to $2.20. The winner Luvbite firmed $3.30 into $1.80. When you see Hall Jr’s drive you will immediately understand why. The highlight comes in the back […]
Leading WA harness racing trainer Mike Reed has been disqualified for 6 month for his horse Henty throwing a positive swab to Solatol, a human beta blocker used off label on horses as an antiarrhythmic to treat atrial fibrillation. Oddly, Reed did not claim environmental contamination, but rather put evidence before the Stewards ed that […]
WA trot trainer Mike Reed was scheduled to attend in inquiry last Thursday into his horse Henty throwing a positive swab to the banned beta blocker Solatol after winning a race at Gloucester Park in late November. We don’t know whether or not the inquiry proceeded, or whether Reed attended, but what we do […]
Gilbert and my good self wandered over the road to the APG Yearling Sale up at Middle Swan today, keen to see who would be emptying their pockets chasing Harness’s “Clayton’s Pot of Gold”…you know the stakes boost you see when you don’t actually have a stakes boost? With “Diamonds and Pearls” playing over the […]
