Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We have a magnificent day of harness racing ahead at Addington, with four Group 1’s on the card plus two half-million dollar slot races for three-year-old’s the Velocity and the Ascent. This is probably the best all round program of racing all year. Sit back, strap in and enjoy the ride. RACE 3 – IRT […]
You don’t see this every day do you? A jockey being suspended for careless riding in a trial. I can’t remember the last time I read about one happening. Until now. —————————– SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Sunshine Coast Barrier Trials Tuesday 11 November 2025 Trial 7 Following the running of this Trial Stewards inquired into an incident […]
We hear a lot about humans being cruel to horses, but we don’t hear so much about horses being cruel to humans. They can be though, and at times are. Horses kick and buck and bite and stomp a person, and do so without a pang of regret. On Wednesday in the 6th at Doomben […]
Well the votes are in and Peter V’Landys has been reelected as Australia’s Greatest Racing Administrator in a landslide. The votes being the 2024/25 annual reports of Racing Victoria and NSW. The numbers being the electors. Here is a summary of the count. Racing NSW revenue was $116 million less than that of Racing Victoria […]
The inconsequential error by the Racing Appeals Panel (RAP) wasn’t the only thing interesting about this week’s decision on the Joshua Morrow appeal by RAP-190. The error of magnitude in the original Stewards penalty that it exposed was interesting too, if only for its illustration of the fallibility of our integrity officials and the need […]
We are rarely critical of the QLD Racing Appeals Panel (RAP), whose work we hold in the highest regard. It is once in a blue moon that the panel makes a mistake. But when that blue moon rises comment must be made. The QRAP stuffed up in the Joshua Morrow case. Not once, but twice. […]
Tasmanian thoroughbred and harness racing may not seem to care a great deal about the impending shut down of greyhound racing in the State, but neither code seems to realize what is about to hit them when the dogs are gone. You see greyhound racing accounts for 39.5% of wagering turnover on Tasmanian races, yet […]
What the hell were Victorian Police doing putting handcuffs on former CFMEU Secretary John Setka after they arrested him yesterday and led him away in front of the cameras that just so conveniently happened to be there. It all seemed like quite the set up to me. Setka is 61 years old. He has dealt […]
The good news for harness racing is that N40 owner Josh Davine has resolved the issues that led to him making the decision to severely downsize his racing interests, and will be staying in the game. Nutrien’s online N40 Reduction Sale will go ahead as planned, but those anticipating a cheap fire sale will be […]
Peter ‘Noddy’ McMullen decided to take his old mate Gus on a trip to New Zealand. It was a working trip. Gus was there to run in the Dominion Handicap, and Pete was there to pull off a plunge. It seemed a pretty ambitious plan. Gus had won a Group 2 and a Group 3 […]
