Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Story by Julian Linden: Daily Telegraph Legendary trotting reinsman Greg Bennett has won the biggest race of his life, scoring a decisive win in a landmark appeal to finally get his driver’s licence reinstated after almost a decade and a half on the outer. Harness racing’s one-time poster boy has been cleared to return to […]
After 15 years in harness racing’s wilderness, former champion NSW reinsman Greg Bennett’s long march to freedom is over after the QLD Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) this week declared Bennett to be a fit and proper person to hold a Class A Driver’s License. In 2011 was stood down from the sport and later […]
I love The Angels, don’t get me wrong. No Secrets turned up to full boom is one of the greatest songs in Australian history. Pure Steel who ran 2nd in the Miracle Mile in the year the song was released was one of the greatest pacers in Australian history too. But it’s history. The lead […]
Peter Wharton and Len Barker reckon that at this stage of her career Scotch Notch has got the wood on Keayang Zahara. Paul Court thinks La Coocaracha has. Court is kidding himself. La Coocaracha is not in the same league as the other pair, and any suggestion that she was is nuts. I am not […]
After last week Mack the knife taking to my pieces on Keayang and the quality of the potential Hunter Cup field I’ll say a couple of things before I indulge myself regarding this weeks Cranbourne Cup. Keayang won’t take on the pacers to meet Mack’s requirements to take Maoris Idol mantle. They don’t need to. […]
What a brilliant race the Cranbourne Cup is going to be. The race of the year. Twice in a month. Gee I love the trots. Let’s get the silly hype out of the way first. You’re going to hear these fairytale stories about the giant killer Bulletproof Boy, but ignore them, because he can’t stay. […]
Or Larry. Or Swayzee. Or Bulletproof Boy. Or whatever you like. I just can’t wait until Saturday night!
We are told that the decision on what to do with the Deagon racecourse has been put back to about Easter time. I think the answer however is already known. Why would Racing QLD have set aside asset funding for an Apprentice Jockey Centre at the Gold Coast when they already have one at Deagon? […]
Blood drowned brain dead bits It has come to our attention that we made an ignorant error in our story about apprentice jockey Tom Orr being fined $200 for not claiming his allowance at Thangool on Saturday. We said that Racing QLD and the QRIC were negligent for allowing a 1.5kg claiming apprentice like Orr […]
A lot of people want to tell you that the genius of Jason Grimson is placing horses right. That is bullshit. When Grimson got Oursurfinsafari the horse has raced 15 times as an NR 30, the lowest rating that a pacer can be. It hadn’t won any of them, and had only placed in one. […]
