Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Dear Sir A tricky question has arisen in the wake of the 3rd v dead heat 1st protest in race 1 at Menangle on Saturday night. The issue is explained in the story below, which has been made free to read for your ease. Would you please advise of the HRNSW interpretation of the rule […]
So Port Au Prince blows from $10.00 out to $16.00, which is quite a surprise to form students who rate the horse as about a $6.00 chance. Just as it is making what could be a decisive mid race move the horse’s lugging pole breaks loose. It is eased out to the back, where it […]
ScreenRecorderProject168_1.mp4 ScreenRecorderProject166.mp4 https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC16121708.mp4 https://www.qric.qld.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-22-December-Trista-Dixon-Licence-Disqualification.pdf (Subsequently appealed – see QRIC records) Dear Commissioner, Chief Steward Harness, General Counsel and Communications Manager As much as it pains me to raise such an issue, I am compelled by the Australian Rules of Harness Racing AHR.246* to bring to your attention what I truly and verily […]
This is race 9 at Albion Park last night. Blacksadance is the $1.45 favorite. Grant Dixon’s horse Governor Jujon has posted it in the death running two sub 30 quarters. Dixon goes 27.7 f0r the 3rd quarter to tank the fave. Then he does this. Watch his head really closely. See him look? If not […]
Elouisa Dale gets backed off the map in the 8th race at the Creek last night. It is trained by Chantal Turpin and driven by Pete ‘Noddy’ McMullen. Noddy’s sister Taleah is on the 2 horse Melton Insulted. We all are. Insulted that is. Taleah fires out to the lead to get across the 1, […]
Remember that story we told you about the bloke punching the horse? The one where we showed you the video of him doing it? This one? Driver Punches Horse – What a Cox He got 7 days. I kid you not. They’re serious about animal welfare in New Zealand. As serious as Kim Kardashian is […]
Bonnington: Never give up on the dream of self-sufficiency Jason Bonnington 12 MAY 2023 This will take some doing, but, if you’re willing, imagine a world where harness racing had some agency over its own race times and schedule. On Saturday night at Melton, there’s an almost 40-minute gap between the evening’s sixth event – […]
Where I come from, if there’s a buck to be made, you don’t ask questions, you go ahead and make it. Learn your lines … plant your feet … look the other actor in the eye … say the words … mean them. Once a song and dance man, always a song and dance man. […]
