Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
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 […]
