Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Gary Hall Jr treated us to a masterclass on Mister Smartee last week in the Nullarbor, and last night in the Group 1 Fremantle Cup with the same horse he did it again. Hall drove Mister Smartee hard up the inside at the start from his inside of the backrow draw after Kate Gath fired […]
Nullarbor winner Gary Hall Jr, a great driver Cameron Hart sure is a slow learner. He made the same mistake twice, and it cost Swayzee the Nullarbor. We showed you Swayzee’s vulnerability a few weeks ago after he was run down from in front at Menangle. On that night he ran his second quarter in […]
It’s a most intriguing race the Nullarbor, on so many levels, one of the most important of which is the start. Most people have Mighty Ronaldo and Waverider coming out hard off the gate looking for the front, and Minstrel going with them and then crossing to the front, all in the first two or […]
The race before the Nullarbor on Friday night is just as interesting as the main event is, and has the potential to be as exciting too. Race 9 the DOWNLOAD THE APP 3YO CADECEUS CLUB CLASSIC PRELUDE NO.3 features the two best 3-year-old pacers in WA, but in this writer’s considered view two of the […]
The Nullarbor field is out, and the betting market has been turned upside down by the draw. Swayzee, who was $1.70 on Ladbrokes this morning before gate numbers were pulled from the barrel, has blown out the door to $3.00 after drawing the inside of the second row on the tight half mile Gloucester Park […]
Archie, Concerning the absurd scheduling of the race at 9.36 pm WST or 11.36 pm EST. What a bizarre decision. (Gloucester Park CEO) Michael Radley has been rabbiting on for ages about the necessity to leverage Eastern States turnover on Harness with early starts. In some instances, 4.00 o’clock starts during daylight savings in the […]
Jason Grimson went on air yesterday to pooh-pooh Gary Hall Jr’s earlier claim that Swayzee was 1000-1 to sit outside his WA superstar Mister Smartee in the Nullarbor on Anzac Day and beat him. Swayzee is better sitting in the death outside another horse, Grimson told interviewer Gareth Hall, adding in a ‘back at you […]
WA harness racing’s much mooted transition to the national ratings handicap system is supposed to be working well, at least if you believe the press releases put out by Racing and Wagering Western Australia, who shout its benefits from the rooftops. https://racingwa.com.au/news/2025/02/04/more-competitive-harness-racing-with-national-ratings-handicap-system Looking at the meeting at Gloucester Park last night we are not so […]
If there is one thing worse than a race caller calling the wrong horse the winner, it is when the caller doesn’t even realize it. Talk about rubbing egg in your own face. Number 10 Pure Silver didn’t win the 5th at Bunbury on Saturday as called. The 4 horse Fiery Spark did. There is […]
By Merv from Middle Swan Pearl from Pinjarra was left….well….clutching her pearls, after the running of the $50,000 Pinjarra Cup on Monday Afternoon. When the field came out, premier trainer Justin Prentice had 3 runners engaged up against the reigning champ Minstrel, a renowned and tough stayer with a fantastic record over the long journey, […]
