Crazy Brave Crystal
Crystal Hackett is one of New Zealand’s most promising young drivers. She is also one of the bravest. It looked like the little champ actually enjoyed this ride. Crazy brave Crystal. Don’t try this at home.
Forever Young?
Is Michael Young, if you will excuse the terminology, “taking the piss” out of Harness Racing in WA? Our of administrators, stewards and his contemporaries and of course the public? Not my words but an oft repeated phrase amongst the fraternity, many of whom wonder how he is still licensed after his 3 year disqualification […]
You’d Have To Be Kidding Peter McMullen
What the hell was Peter McMullen doing here in the 1st race at Albion Park on Mister Charles? Mister Charles was the 2nd favorite in the race. The leader My Ultimate Buddha was even money. Still Rockin in the death had been the medium of heavy support, backed from $13.00 into $7.00. Buddha led but […]
Well at Least He Tried
David Fowler grew a pair of stones and had a crack at calling the winner of the photo in the Q22. He called it wrong of course. Anyone could see the outside won. But at least he tried.
The Naked Doctor Does it Again
Dr Georgia Whiting PhD does it again. Whoever said that you don’t need a university degree to win on the punt? They were lying.
Skin Wins – The Doctor in the Buff’s Best Bet Lands
Boom! Naked form study must work. Dr Georgia Whiting’s best bet of the day lands. And at $7.90 on the tote no less. Excuse me for a moment. I’m getting my kit off and grabbing the Winning Post.
Naked Zen and the Punt – The Winning Post Goes the Full Monty
World renowned racing academic Dr Georgia Whiting, whose privately published study of the methods of the world’s most successful gamblers Naked Zen and the Punt: Finding Winners in the Full Monty is in hot demand around the globe, has broken new ground this week by joining the tipping team of the seminal racing tome the Winning […]
Betting Market on the Alleged Mushroom Killer Case
The trial of the alleged mushroom killer Erin Patterson has captivated the attention of the nation. As the evidence draws to a close, here is our betting market on the outcome of the case. $1.30 GUILTY $3.10 NOT GUILTY $15.00 HUNG JURY $50.00 MISTRIAL
Outrageous Fortune – Horse Doper Nigel McGrath Allowed Back into Harness Racing Despite Being Disqualified For Three More Years
Kiwi trainer/driver Nigel McGrath is a persistent serial cheat. In 2004 he was disqualified for 3 years (halved on appeal) for using the highly controversial banned performance enhancing drug Blue Magic, in part of a broader scandal that cost two men their lives. Years later he was suspended from driving – but incredibly not from […]
Some Habits Are Just Too Hard to Break
Harness Racing New Zealand is conducting a formal review of the recent controversial incident whereby the qualification rules for the prestigious 2YO Young Guns Trot series were altered to allow horses that hadn’t contested a heat to gain a place in the field for the final (the original published conditions were that only horses that […]