Whoever Said Three’s a Crowd?
It’s a cracker of a place Port Douglas. What ugly old fat bloke wouldn’t puff his chest out up here? Especially after landing an eagle? Or should that be an albatross?
Why Don’t the Stewards Give Jill a Gold Star Instead?
Every person in the harness racing world suspects that Jason Grimson is doing some sort of drug cheating. Unless you accept that Grimson is the greatest trainer that the world has ever seen, how else can the outrageous form reversal of Swayzee be explained? So during the week the Stewards go out to his temporary […]
The World Has Gone Mad
Astero started favorite in an Open company race at Doomben yesterday, the best race on the card. Less than 2 years ago it beat Savvy Legend into 2nd place in good quality restricted race at Newcastle. Four starts back Savvy Legend won a heat of the Provincial Stayers championship at Ipswich. Next start out it […]
Dem’s da Rules – Except For Em
1.1 Background The intention of this policy is to outline to all industry stakeholders the circumstances where the Harness Racing Victoria (HRV) Stewards require the prior disclosure of the intended tactics to be employed in a race. 1.2 Objectives The objectives of this policy are to: Protect the integrity of the Victorian Harness Racing Industry […]
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly From a Great Night of Harness Racing at the Creek (And a Race at Melton)
THE GOOD The crowds. Wasn’t it great to see so many people at the Creek? It almost felt like the old days, or the possible ones ahead. The Lost Storm What a 3YO colt this is. He will give the Eureka a fair shake. Jack Callaghan’s drive on Mach Shard in the 1st What a […]
Larry Gets Lazzed – This Was Just Cruel – But That’s Racing
There is this old Damon Runyon story called All Horse Players Die Broke. I’ve republished it in the story below, but basically it’s all about how there a million ways in racing to get beaten. The story was written a century ago, but the truth of it has stood the test of time. We saw […]
All Horse Players Die Broke
It is during the last race meeting at Saratoga, and one evening I am standing out under the elms in front of the Grand Union Hotel thinking what a beautiful world it is, to be sure, for what do I do in the afternoon at the track but grab myself a piece of a 10-to-l […]
Tic Toc, Tic Toc – It’s Time For Tim O’Connor To Go and See the Doc
I greatly respect Tim ‘Tic Toc’ O’Connor as a harness racing enthusiast and author of stories about the sport, so this is not a personal sledge, but fair dinkum Tic Toc, are you for real? Now 1200m racing isn’t new to the sport – The Stampede dates back to 2004 and the Mercury80 to 2020 […]
The Biggest Certainty of the Year Gets Up
When we bid for a slot in the TAB Eureka we promised to use it as a chance to take the sport outside of its bubble. That’s the very reason we approached Charles. He’s not just a sporting superstar and celebrity, he’s one with a genuine love of harness racing and he’s the perfect fit. […]
The Frog Who Turned Into a Prince -For a Little While Anyway
Just 3 months ago the former Kiwi pacer Swayzee, at that time trained by multiple Group 1 winner Tim Butt, was getting smashed in shit races all round. Betterthanarocket beat it on a Friday night at Albion Park. On Friday that horse ran around in a rating 70 race at Redcliffe. It ran a weak […]