Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I have problems with Stewards whose judgement is so poor that they friend racing licensees on Facebook. In my opinion it shows a clear lack of judgement, and failure to understand clear lines. Alex Streckbein chaired the meeting at Warwick yesterday. He is former Racing Victoria Steward of limited experience, who has obviously been appointed […]
I was saddened to learn yesterday of the passing of Peter Donohoe, the trainer-driver who for decades was a fixture of harness racing at both the old right-hand Albion Park, and then later at the present left-hand one. I never met Peter, but as a trot fan felt I knew him well, even though I […]
Hi mate About the standing starts at Globe Derby. The best part or all is that the people they use for standing starts are not “track attendants”. They are harness racing participants that club officials asks to help while walking around the stalls, e.g. trainers or drivers. Ella Brechin is one trainer they commonly get […]
Here Mick Guerin’s story is on the HRNZ website …. The NZ Herald story below penned by Mick Guerin – which bears marked similarities to our own story published on this website the day before – appeared for a brief moment in time yesterday on the Harness Racing New Zealand website. But only until those […]
We know that Harness Racing SA can’t get their constituent principal club Globe Derby to effect standing starts correctly in a 21st century manner. Just as we know their Stewards are spineless jellyfish who can’t or won’t crack down hard to stop drivers from playing a dangerous game of rollerball on the track. Or stop […]
Archie Give Wayne Hill five years. He is a brainless idiot. That’s a compliment. Rules aren’t made to be broken. They are made to be obeyed, and for a reason. Hill just doesn’t get it. He is a cowboy and a cancer on the game. Yours at the trots as always, Barossa Bill
The standing start in the picture at the top is race 1 at Port Pirie on Wednesday. Port Pirie is a country track. Note that the starter is standing high on the top of the rostrum where he has a clear view of all the horses at the start. And that there is no human […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/sa/GDC04052604.mp4 This is race 7 at Globe Derby on Monday afternoon. Fast forward the replay to about the 400m mark and watch the 4 horse in the orange Mischievous Maggie driven by Wayne Hill who is trying to get off the fence, and the 9 Amys Baby Angel in the blue red and white coming […]
On Sunday sections of the Callaghan Park home straight were too wet to race safely on, and the Archer meeting scheduled for that day was cancelled. The Rockhampton Jockey Club CEO claimed that the sodden patches of the straight resulted from a sprinkler malfunction, which seems to be the excuse every time something goes wrong […]
Hi mate, Hope you are well. Sunday at Forbes, Race 7, Nathan Turnbull stablemates try to team drive to the point of desperation. Seven Tee Two comes to the death to pressure the leader, Always Adorned who had upset the plan of Sunset Jay Jay of leading. Turning for home, leader still going well, Seven […]
