Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Will a 25% tariff be imposed on our standardbred exports to the USA when Trump rules that the HRA stallion levy is an “unfair tax” on American imports?? Some people might think that’s a good thing…… Belle From Burnie Editor’s Note The people who hate the stallion tax so much are the importers of chilled […]
Another excellent article courtesy of our friend the award-winning former Fairfax racing editor John Lingard at letsgoghorseracing.com.au THEY might have been slow out of the barriers but the new LNP Government and its Racing Minister Tim Mander now have a desperately-needed agenda designed to resurrect the integrity image of the three codes in Queensland after […]
It was 59 years ago that an ageing Cardigan Bay traveled to the US and took on the young superstar Bret Hanover, then regarded as the greatest pacer in the world. That view was reassessed after Cardy took him to town. Can you believe that the Auckland Trotting Club desecrated his grave to make room […]
The decision of the NSW Harness Racing Appeals Panel to warn Ben Smith off without giving him a Parker Warning beforehand that his sentence might be increased has been published. You can find it at the link below. Click to access ben%20sarina%20ap%20decision%20170325.pdf
Rumors are sweeping the track that a former police officer turned crown witness in a murder case known as the Nazi Hunter has been headhunted to join the Gallagher trot punting gang, and that a secret meeting will be this week at the Redcliffe Trots for the purpose. The Nazi Hunter, a once warned off […]
The Ontario horse racing industry is warning it could be a major casualty in the trade war between the United States and Canada, and the fear is particularly palpable among horse breeders already struggling with rising costs due to inflation. Arika Everatt-Meeuse, the second-generation owner of her family’s Shannondoe Farm Thoroughbred breeding operation near St. […]
An 80-year-old Grafton trainer suffering from Alzheimer’s disease has been suspended for three months after being found guilty of sexually harassing a former stable employee who is now working as a Clerk of the Course. Trainer James Leslie Jarvis was ruled by the NSW Racing Appeals Tribunal to have subjected Northern Rivers Racing Association (NRRA) […]
Mick Guerin’s interview with NZ Racing Minister Winston Peters is a must watch for fans of racing in the Shaky Isles. In it Peters reveals that geo-blocking legislation that will provide the TAB/Entain partnership with a legal monopoly on racing and sports betting in New Zealand will be passed by the NZ Government in May. […]
Archie Re your story this morning (Monday). Leap To Fame is not even the best Queenslander this century, let alone the best in the world. Ever heard of Blacks a Fake? 4 Inter D0minion wins and second twice. Won the Hunter Cup off 20m beating Smoken Up and Safari. Here’s your best Australian pacer of […]
This morning I was speaking to an experiences internal horseman and good judge of my acquaintance about the best horses he had ever seen or raced against in his many decades of involvement with the sport across three countries, and his immediate answer was Leap To Fame. “But you raced against the great champion Somewheresomebeach, […]
