Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We have received some interesting information from multiple sources since we published our story about southern bookmakers clamoring to field at the Albion Park trots during the Winter Carnival meets. One of the bookmakers we mentioned in the story is Mark Opie, the owner of the corporate bookmaker Okebet. It has come to our attention […]
You may notice the name C. McGuigan in the ownership of many of the N40 horses trained by Michael Brennan. Catherine McGuigan is Brennan’s wife and mother of his kids. She is also a struck-off drug-using equine vet. Strange sort of person to have living at a registered training address and owning horses isn’t it? […]
This is an excerpt from the QLD Harness Racing Board Annual Report 2013. There are always lessons to be learned from history, particularly for those who weren’t there. With commissions paid from the TAB as a consequence of wagering turnover being harness racing’s primary source of income, it is essential that everyone associated with the […]
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play, Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, And the skies are not cloudy all day. On what should be the greatest night of harness racing in Queensland this century a chill wind is blowing across Albion Park carrying whispers […]
Give the one time Caspar of Cabarita Beach directions to the nearest spray tan joint too while you’re at it ….. After almost two decades of having no bookies at the Albion Park trots except for the occasional appearance at carnival time by cherry picking NSW based bookmaker Ben Krahe, we now have World War […]
Its been a great Inter Dominion carnival, and a successful one on the tip too. We’ve reached the Grand Final. Let’s end the series with some more winners shall we. RACE ONE – YOUND DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP HEAT TEN – 1660m As a true lover of the sport I have really enjoyed the Australasian Young Drivers […]
Everyone’s favorite naked tipster Dr Georgia Whiting is back by popular demand. She’s confident too. The Doc reckons she has got the program at Headquarters, as she calls Flemington, totally covered. Let’s see just how close she goes.
Some people out there are questioning whether Leap To Fame can hold the lead in tonight’s Inter Dominion final. They’re fools. Larry will hold the challengers out early and this is how he will do it. Exactly like he did on Path To Greatness in the Rising Sun. From the 3158m starting point there is […]
An import having its first WA start for trainer Michael Young started $2.00 favorite in race 2 at Gloucester Park last night. Why that’s remarkable is that the horse – name Our Thunder – was a rating 30 walker with form of 79 starts for just 2 wins – the most recent of them 63 […]
Does this sound familiar? A little bit like Ben Yole’s operation, or maybe a lot Naomi Kerr is seeking to buy, lease or train horses from around Australia. She is advertising in the harness racing classifieds for owners to send her horses that are currently in work so she can race them in Northern Victoria, […]
