Always a Few Lengths in Front of the Rest
I think we might have beaten the Wagga Advertiser to the story by a few lengths. Perhaps even we lead the charge. You always hear it first here. Each and every time.
A Look Back at Trotting in the Western Districts
We again thank reader Bill Edwards for this fascinating look back at the history of harness racing in the NSW Western Districts. A few more lines about Jim Chisholm whose daughter Nancy married Frank Donohoe. Jim was a butcher on the south coast of NSW. In those days most horsemen also chose butchering as their […]
A Ravishing Question (First Published March 2022)
Two years after a colt by Captain Treacherous out of Ravishing Girl was purportedly sold to a buyer named A. Portelli for $80 000 as a yearling at the 2020 APG Sydney sale, the now 3Y0 remains in the ownership of Australian Pacing Gold. Given that the company is a registered not for profit organisation, […]
So Who is Going to Drive Bondi in the Miracle Mile Now That Aaron Dunn is Locked Down For 7 Days?
I am joking. I think. Suspensions in NSW don’t really happen, they are just fictions on paper. Robbie Morris copped 28 days in the first round of ID21 late last year, and hasn’t served a second of it. Jack Trainor was given 21 days a fortnight ago, and he is still driving. Aaron Dunn will […]
And Therein Lies the Answer to All the TAB’s Woes
9 out of every 10 dollars bet on racing or sports is wagered online. Ninety percent of all bets, and rising. The TAB has the worst online offering of any major bookmaker or betting outlet. It’s website is so clunky and and slow that you can only describe it as terrible. It is unwieldly, cluttered […]
They Called This Race Meeting Off? – Really?
There are more than a few people down the Riverina way who are questioning the decision to abandon the Leeton harness race meeting last night, with many describing it as premature, and others simply claiming that spooked by the weather a thousand miles to the north, the officials just jumped the gun. When you look […]
Ya Gotta Love the TAB
This is today’s racing in Sydney, as displayed on the TAB website. Running races simultaneously at Canterbury and Warwick Farm with the same horses in the field would be a good trick wouldn’t? Of course they are not. The Warwick Farm meeting was transferred to Canterbury earlier in the week. Tabcorp – the company that […]
I Reckon This Protest Decision Was a Bit Harsh
The 2nd placed horse in this race at Riccarton last week was in the black and white, and the 3rd placed horse on its inside in the red. The rider of the red horse protested against the one in the black. It was upheld. I don’t reckon it should have been. What do you think? […]
It’s a Dangerous Game the Trots
This terrible accident occurred in race 2 at Menangle yesterday. It highlights the risk that trot drivers take every day, and the perils that they face on the track. I don’t think it was anyone’s fault. It’s just one of those things that can happen in racing. We hope that horse and driver are okay. […]