Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The last time Republican Party raced against Leap To Fame in the NZ Free For All, his driver Carter Dalgety – the most talented young reinsman since Dexter Dunn – got to the lead first but then handed up. He couldn’t catch him down the straight. It’s pretty hard to when Larry is roaring home […]
They’ve taken my career and life away from me. There’s no easy way to put it, I’ve been filthy at the world. I haven’t really shown up to work or been dedicated because I feel like I’ve got nothing to do in racing any more. Baily Wheeler No-one took anything away from Bailey Wheeler, except […]
Wodeton must be the most frustrating horse in the world to train. He certainly is to bet on, which I have done more times than I care to admit. I got sucked in after backing him when he ran 2nd in the Slipper, and kept following him every race thereafter. Yes I should have known. […]
You know you’ve a programming problem when you can’t attract enough horses to make up a field for a $60 000 race. That is exactly what has happened to Harness Racing Victoria having to call off the Group 1 Sumthingaboutmaori for female trotters the this weekend and reschedule it to Anzac Day. HRV have fallen […]
Last week’s decision by the Tablelands Regional Council to get rid of 44 council owned buildings and facilities in a cost-saving push seems surely likely to imperil the future of racing in Atherton. The council intends to divest or demolish the Atherton Turf Club storage and equipment sheds at Tolga racecourse and, crucially, the on-course […]
Just for fun I dreamed up the ideal field for this year’s Miracle Mile. It won’t quite happen I am sure, especially the champion trotter Keayang Zahara taking on the topline pacers, or the freak Kiwi 4YO’s Marketplace and Got The Chocolates, lining up here, but wouldn’t it make for a great race? One for […]
Racing Queensland has unveiled the finalists for the 2025 Queensland Harness Awards. Staged at Victoria Park on Sunday, March 1, the Queensland Harness Awards will acknowledge the Sunshine State’s outstanding pacers, trotters and participants throughout the past year. Ever-consistent pacer The Janitor and trotting superstar Gus join three-time reigning Horse of the Year Leap To […]
Gee menopause is hard for a bloke to cope with. It must be even harder for women. What a drag it is getting old. Oh well, it’s better than the alternative isn’t it? I think. Or at least that’s what I’m told.
Everyone’s favorite woman disrespecting former Albion Park CEO and convicted criminal offender Scott Steele (pictured at bottom) returned to his old stomping ground at Redcliffe last night to team up with his long time trainer mate Shane Graham for a winner in the last race. Diamantina Daisy was its name. which would have come as […]
Victorian trot trainer Naomi Kerr and driver Jack Laugher had a spectacular fallout last year involving Kerr’s partner David Vozlic, which saw the latter warned off for eight months after Vozlic childishly took offence to an equally juvenile Facebook emoji comment Laugher made on Facebook, and then went to the drivers room and assaulted and […]
