Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Growth was driven by an additional 90 races being run (2% more) and an increase in average turnover per race of 7%. An Australian record was set for the most wagered-on Australian Harness Race meeting, exceeding $9 million for the Victoria Cup meeting in October 2021. These results confirm that the TROTS24 strategic program is […]
My great friend the the ever brilliant leading UK race writer, gallops lover, and anti-drugs in racing campaigner Will Jones has just released his latest edition of The Black Horse Newsletter. As usual it is an excellent and most informative read. Given the events of the weekend when 2 horses dies, it is a most […]
THE HORSES 4 June 2023 Trois Vallees collapsed and died in a five furlong flat handicap at Nottingham. The Racing Post’s results section stated: “Towards rear, weakening when faltered and fell over one furlong out, bled from the nose.” The Stewards Report confirmed the filly “bled from the nose before falling” and the BHA website […]
THE CONDITION Exercise-induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH) refers to the presence of blood in the airways of the lungs when a horse undertakes intense exercise. At rest, the equine heart usually beats between 25-30 times per minute, but during exercise this increases to 220-230 beats. This high pressure from the heart substantially increases blood flow in […]
I have to admit that I was skeptical at first about media personality Yvonne Sampson’s appointment to the board of Harness Racing NSW, presuming that it was just tokenism. What a dickhead I was. Sampson is an extraordinary woman, and a hugely worthy selection to steer NSW harness racing into the future. She’s a horse […]
WINNER OF TWO INTER DOMINION TROTTING CHAMPIONSHIPS (TR.TT1:55.6) Foaled in 1977 of pacing lineage, Scotch Notch became the trotting enigma of her time, with breeding experts puzzling over her pedigree for years. However, her trotting instincts are still as much a puzzle now as they were two to three decades ago. Her sire was the […]
The writers don’t know what they are saying, and most of the mainstream commentators don’t too. They are all saying how great it was to see Sam take the field. Only the wise know. It was insanity. Totally and utterly unnecessary. Sam is gone, finished, kaput. Her World Cup is over, just minutes after it […]
A friend told me last night before the Matilda’s game that Tony Gustavsson was a fool. Well the Doc called him a fuckwit rhymes with runt actually, but I was being polite. I disagreed with the Doc, not because I knew anything about the Swede who is coaching our team, rather just because I like […]
One brother is dead, and the other is going to be in jail for the next decade or more for killing him. All over six hundred bucks. For god sake, I am not rich but I had 800 bucks on a h0rse in a nothing race in New Zealand on the weekend. Melbourne Merv Butterworth […]
Is it really true that Harness Racing Victoria invites special guests to the elite big bucks areas at the MCG to watch the footy? The ones that cost lots of thousands of dollars a season? Surely not. HRV are broke aren’t they? Dale Monteith and the other board members that footy fans have seen there […]
