Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
https://www.harness.org.au/media-room/news-article/?news_id=70821 Adman Hamilton is doing his very best to justify the payments he is receiving from organisers of The Eureka by talking the race up until the cows come home, but is anyone really listening? More than a million dollars of breeders and yearling buyers money raised/stolen (take your pick) from them by virtue of […]
HRNSW CEO Peter Buckman – Someone please find this man a calculator, for it appears that he can’t count Harness Racing NSW announcement this week that it is introducing a “tiered prizemoney structure” has caused outrage among the majority of industry participants, and for very good reason too HRNSW CEO Peter Buckman makes the disingenuous […]
Which Victorian father and son training team were the subject of a without notice stable inspection by Stewards on Saturday morning? What were the stipes looking for? Was there any correlation between the surprise inspection and the scratching of four of the trainers runners at Caulfield later that afternoon? South Australian trainer Jayson Finnis is […]
Hot on the heels of racing medical clearance fraudster Liam Sharrock being disqualified for 9 months for submitting false doctor’s reports for the past 3 years. we now have another bloody idiot who has been done for the same thing. Like Sharrock, licensed trackwork rider Jeffrey McKay also submitted doctored copies of his 2021 medical […]
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Respected harness racing participant Ben Settree’s concerns about the future of harness race breeding and indeed that of the industry itself are vividly illustrated by the results from last week’s APG Mixed Winter Sale. It was an abject disaster. Only 29 of the 126 lots offered sold. The overall clearance rate was just 23.02%. Even […]
Ben Settree (pictured) punching well above his weight Ben Settree and his wife Melanie were for many years among NSW’s largest and most successful standardbred breeders. They also own Grand Circuit performer Kanena Provlima. An open letter about the Eureka. It must be noted that HRA should be applauded for trying to reinvigorate harness racing. […]
I told you CEF (Cobbitty Equine Farm) would end up dealing direct with DCF (Diamond Creek Farms)…. Shame about Legendary Hanover, I would breed to him standing in NSW but his record and price point was never going to work for DCF at CEF. Way faster then Cannibal and not much dearer and way cheaper […]
Ben Melham was suspended for 8 meetings for careless riding on Shaggy in Vain Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday, but many are asking questions about whether the rider’s actions were indeed careless or whether they may have been something a whole lot worse. The race was won by Melham’s wide Jamie aboard Jimmy Recard, which […]
Express Class Slow to begin. Near the 250m was inconvenienced and shifted wider to avoid the heels of Hay Street which had shifted in advance of him. Shaggy Began awkwardly and shifted out. Passing the 300m shifted out and made contact with Shining Smile. When questioned regarding his riding rounding the home turn and in the early […]
