Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Addington is the home of the bullsh*t standing start. We learned that the year that Self-Assured was given a fly in the NZ Cup. The starter Peter Lamb got sacked for that one. Whoever was starting the races on Friday night should too. That or get sent back to starting from a strand school. Reeducation […]
Sam Kilkenny is a the bloke who along with his then business partner set up the highly successful racehorse syndicator First Light Racing. Kilkenny, an accountant by trade who was a director of the firm Willis Partners, until recently used to be front, back and center promoting First Light, and was regularly seen at the […]
I don’t know what made Paleface Adios pop into my head. It was probably the story I wrote about the Eureka. Wouldn’t you just love to see a modern day Paleface there in the race? That boy would pack the joint out. Nothing much else does.
Archie Call me a dickhead but they are now upholding protests from 50m out. Seriously? But then you look at the Stewards Panel and laugh. King from Kalinga Our reply? Sorry King, but you invited it. You’re a dickhead. That was the most obvious protest upheld in the history of racing. The 2nd horse was […]
Not exactly sure where the frogs are but I presume they live in the brick pit pond, where the water is. The brick pit is an excavation about a 100m drop below the surrounding land, the brick pit walk is an elevated walk that goes out over space across the pit. Access to the pit […]
By Nick Clark Worksafe Tasmania is investigating harness racing trainer Ben Yole Racing Pty Ltd in relation to matters under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 and the Work Health and Safety Act 2012. The Department of Justice also confirmed that there is an active prosecution of Benjamin J Yole before the courts in relation to an […]
Take a look at this drive will you? It’s race 10 at Albion Park on Friday night and we are watching Boston Bronski, the horse in the Donny Smith colors of lime green and black driven by Adam Richardson. Watch what Richardson does, and remember that Albion Park has a sprint lane. See that? Adam […]
Racing on merits 147. (1) A driver shall race a horse on its merits. (2) Action or non action by a driver during the course of a race which prevents or impedes the horse driven by that driver from racing on its merits shall be sufficient to establish non compliance with sub rule (1). (3) […]
What has become crystal clear from the Rosehill Inquiry is that the active voices on the issue fall broadly into four camps. There are the animal welfare groups who are opposed to racing full stop. How the views of these people whose aim is to shut racing down are relevant to this inquiry into the […]
