Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Keep your eye on the jockey in the royal blue with then black cap. It’s poor Nathan Evans, riding in the 2nd race at Toowoomba on Saturday night. Kapow! A huge clod kicks up and hits him fair in the face with such force that the impact almost knocks him out of the saddle. It […]
Take a look at the three short clips below. They were taken at the starts of races 4 and 5 at Oak Park on Friday, and race 1 at the same track on Saturdy. In particular watch what the barrier attendant in the red vest does. His name is Kyle Sharp. WTF? Since when were […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/sa/GDC08072409.mp4 Bloody hell, is this track at Gawler the wild west or something? Driver Tiana McMahon gets thrown out of the cart in the first lap in an incident that disrupts most 0f the field. No clerk of the course comes out to catch the driverless horse, which proceeds to go around for the rest […]
Jimmy Cagney may not be dancing for too much longer It was a like a tomato sauce convention at the Launceston trots last night, with favorites starting deep in the red in 7 of the 10 races on the card. Five of them won at prices of $1.09, $1.05, $1.30, $1.25, and $1.05. The two […]
The news out of Perth from Ernie Manning is that Gary Hall Jr has filed appeals against his pair of 5 week suspensions (with 2 weeks to be served concurrently) imposed by WA Stewards for recent unacceptable drives on beaten favorites You’re So Fine and Wildwest. Hall Jr is also appealing his conviction for the […]
Bruce Clark has written the excellent piece on the Darren Weir sentencing hearing republished below. You can find this and a range of other brilliant stories on Bruce’s website clarkofthecourse.com A Victorian Racing Tribunal supposed penalty hearing descended into some farce as another disqualification period was delivered but no absolute decision reached. Darren Weir will […]
The General Manager of which WA race club will appear in court on the 18th of this month to face fraud charges relating to alleged thefts from the club? Is it true that despite his undoubted talents, there are some prominent Sydney trainers who are rapidly tiring of Bailey Wheeler’s ill-discipline and making rumblings about […]
The betting market for next weekend’s $355 ooo Rising Sun has been thrown into disarray after long-time market leader Frankie Ferocious bombed out big time in his lead-up run at Albion Park last night. Sent out as the $1.75 favorite in the Band 4/Band 2 Pace, the Chariots of Fire winner led on his ear […]
Will Wagner is the man behind Save Harness Racing in Tasmania, the widely read Facebook page dedicated to cleaning cheating, corruption, race fixing and animal abuses out of the sport in the Apple Isle and beyond. That of course means getting rid of the main offender Ben Yole and his crooked sidekicks, which in turn […]
Grant Dixon drove the perfect drive to win the Wondais Mate on Leap to Fame on Saturday night. Dixon was smart at the start, letting the speedster Turnitup power out past him, and then using the space he left behind him in his wake to pop off the fence and land immediately into the running […]
