Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/wa/GPM16012601.mp4 The one to watch in this race from Gloucester Park last week is the 6. That’s Not My Gait is its name. It wasn’t its gait either. This was a trotters race. It paced the whole way. RWWA Stewards should have disqualified it immediately. They didn’t, because they missed the wrong gait completely, even […]
Good Morning Archie, Frank from Fremantle is spot on about the Pearl and the Diamond swallowing up $300k……$300k that in reality comes from robbing the poor to feed the rich. There is a massive transfer of wealth occurring in WA Harness. Outer country clubs had $2 grand taken from their feature race each week…..$8,000 down […]
So WA announces stakes increase prize money for 2 year old racing. No, it is for 2 races that the idiots running the sport have increased by $300,000 total. That in a time when metro prize money has been reduced to $21,000, for most races. So 2 owners benefit, while the majority lose out. Why […]
Racing WA has announced a significant boost to two-year-old harness racing prizemoney, reinforcing WA’s position as the leading jurisdiction in Australia for juvenile standardbreds. From 7 August 2026, the 2YO Diamond (Fillies) and the 2YO Pearl (Colts and Geldings) will each increase from $100,000 to $250,000 to be the richest single-sex two-year-old harness races in […]
Harness racing in Western Australia is in a world of pain following the state government’s announcement of the Financial Sustainability and Governance Review of racing. It is not particularly clear at this stage what exactly the review is all about, other than that it is not about jockey or animal welfare, but rather to “ensure the […]
Deni did the double. Minstrel won the Cup. What a mighty horse he is, as tough as teak like Pure Steel. And what a wonderful achievement by Deni Roberts to become the first woman ever to drive two WA Pacing Cup winners. It was a night for celebration all round. https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/wa/GPM12122504.mp4
Hi Archie, Chester and I were only saying the other day, over a Lamington and a Cuppa in the members at Pinjarra Trots, how long is it since we have seen a good old fashioned plunge, drug assisted or clean as a whistle, you know, all hands on deck, helping a battler get the cash? […]
It is morally reprehensible and completely unacceptable for greyhounds to be euthanised unnecessarily. Such an act destroys all public confidence in the greyhound racing industry. It is common knowledge that participants in the past have been caught deliberately euthanising their greyhounds once the dogs finished their active racing career. This practice must be stopped, or […]
The race for the WA State Trainers title looks like going right down to the wire, with Michael Young and Aiden De Campo – neither of whom has a won a premiership before – clearing right out from the rest of the field on 103 wins (Young) v 101 wins (De Campo), with last year’s […]
As we told you a couple of weeks ago there is a huge push by the thoroughbred industry at present in Western Australia for increased funding. One of the main issues being ventilated by the gallops trainers is their claim that harness racing is receiving a disproportionately large share of total revenue earned by the […]
