Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
* No 2010 financial report is publicly available for harness racing, so we have used the 2009 figures. The numbers used here are true and correct, and extracted from the respective codes annual reports. A lot of people in harness racing have a lot of different opinions about Kevin Seymour. I have held different opinions […]
MILDURA Race 6 no 11 – Mailman Delivers. Race 8 no 8 – Bernie Winkle So does the champ. MELTON Race 8 no 8 – Tough Monarch Rickie Alchin has got the brilliant old warrior absolutely flying. He’s not quite as fast at Tornado Valley, but he’s fitter than his rival and a hell a […]
Ben ‘Chainsaw’ Yole trains 58 of the 91 starters on the seven race card at Hobart tonight. How ridiculous is that? Here are his starter numbers in each race. R1 – 10/13 R2 – 8/12 R3 – 9/12 R4 – 5/13 R5 – 7/13 R6 – 9/15 R7 – 10/13 Chainsaw should on numbers win […]
FRIDAY – AUCKLAND Race 2 No 5 – The Mighty Miki Chris ‘C.J.’ Ryder’s colt trained by Barry Purdon’s looked really good in it’s trial. On debut here, but as long as he paces cleanly he wins. Race 5 No 2 – Miss Montana This little one is a very good filly in the making, […]
Jim Pike, rider of Phar Lap, horse player. Pike was once the richest man in racing. He died in a rented room of an apartment building that he used to own, before he knocked it off on the punt. It is during the last race meeting at Saratoga, and one evening I am standing out […]
We all know now that Ben Currie’s internal review of the decision to deny him his trainer’s license back after serving his time for racing rule breaches has failed. The QRIC maintain it’s stance that a young man aged 30 should be thrown out of the sport for life on spurious grounds, even though he […]
It’s not good for business to be giving your competitor’s a boost, but I am just a mug racing writer not a businessman so what does it matter? This article by David Fowler* published on justhorseracing.com.au about the Ben Currie travesty is an excellent short analysis of both Currie’s current situation and of the systemic […]
We wrote earlier about the hot race 3 at Penrith. Now we are going to tell you about race 7, and why we suspect that it might have been the daily double. The Rex Horne and Leon Jurd owned and Jurd trained Highview Saddler was the medium of a huge plunge in the race, and […]
Liz Cambage and Hall of Fame Opals guard Sandie Brondello, who stands 5 ft 7. Inside the paint basketball is a game about size. The Opals don’t have any. It doesn’t look like they will anytime soon either. We told you at the time exactly what had happened in the closed door practice session against […]
They tell me that former jockey turned child murderer turned convict turned trackwork rider again Jason Piper died a couple of weeks ago in Redcliffe. In was an aneurism I am told, or something similar, and the end came quick. I am very sorry to hear that. Piper was only 40, which is far too […]
