Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Double Westbred is a terrible program that perpetuates the breeding of horses for the bottom shelf and widens the divide between the haves and the have nots, is it any wonder people don’t want them. Merv did miss out something very significant from the top end of the sale, two usually very prolific buyers, Team […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APM01032502.mp4 QLD Stewards have opened and adjourned an inquiry into Nathan Dawson’s drive on Momentum Swing in the first race at Albion Park last night, and with excellent cause too for at first glance the leading reinsman’s actionz looked highly suspect to say the very least. Momentum Swing quickly found the 1-1 position on the […]
The whispers that there is some funny business going on with certain drivers at Albion Park have reached a crescendo in the past couple of weeks since former rails bookie at the gallops turned professional punter/layer on Betfair Lindsay Gallagher was banned by Stewards from entering the birdcage and stabling area at the track during […]
NSW Derby – Heat 1 2400m We kick off the night with the first heat of the Derby, with horses needing to finish 1st to 4th in their heat to qualify for the final of the blue riband classic run next weekend. Emma Stewart’s much vaunted boom colt The Highlight Reel is the $1.55 favorite, […]
Bjorn Baker’s amazing run of success in 2025 continued last night at Canterbury when he notched up a treble from just five starters on the card. The hat-trick took Baker’s tally of wins since New Years day to an incredible 44 wins and 44 placings from just 144 runners, at strike rates of 31.2% the […]
Tyler Leslight and Billy Johnson having a chuckle about how the kid gave Justin Stanley the old what for, and got away with it ILZOOMYA – Stewards questioned rider Tyler Leslight regarding his riding action rounding the final turn where his right elbow was extended immediately prior to SPIRIT OF GIVING improving to his inside. […]
Hi Jack There has been a great deal of information exchanged between myself and the Racing NSW Licensing Committee over the last few days. I believe we are now on a path towards approval and I expect we will have a determination to that effect on Monday morning. In the meantime, Racing NSW have provided […]
The rumor mill is running rife that a leading Toowoomba trainer has had two horses throw positive swabs to Meloxicam. We won’t name them at present until we can confirm, but no-one will be surprised if and when we do. You will just shake your head and say surely they couldn’t be that silly could […]
Brendan James is a Tamworth based trainer whose horse threw a positive swab to Phenylbutazone, often referred to as “bute”, is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory painkilling drug for the short-term treatment of pain and fever in horses. Pacers and trotters are not allowed to race with bute in their system, because it masks pain from injuries […]
Pikelet Spirit wasn’t a very fast dog and didn’t win many races, just 4 from 59 starts. She tried hard though, which is shown by the 12 placings that she ran during her short life. It’s over now. Pikelet Spirit is dead. Just before the little bitch’s fourth birthday the killer first turn at Ipswich […]
