Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Golden Sand is a pacer who until yesterday had raced on 51 occasions and won just 4 times. He is trained by the Russian, an old bloke named John Stariha who isn’t Russian – he’s Slovenian – but sounds like Putin does, hence the nickname. Stariha is is the second phase of a career he […]
The word from the track is that Political Debate, the favourite for the Group 1 J. J. Atkins tomorrow at Eagle Farm, has soreness issues and is under a veterinary cloud. Apparently the Waller trained 2YO has been vetted today and will be vetted again in the morning prior to being passed fit to run. […]
The Nonnie is the curse of punters the world around. Nonnie stands for non-winner, and we’re talking maidens here. We are talking horses that appear to have the world of ability and often start favourite, but just refuse to stick their head out on the line when it counts, or shirk the task when they […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/vic/KIC09062211.mp4 Coming into race 4 at Kilmore last night the Chainsaw Yole trained 10-year-old pacer Southern GNP had won just 1 race from his previous 34 starts over the past year, most of the runs being down in lowly company in Tasmania. The single win was eight months ago against very poor company in 30-44 […]
Don’t be too concerned about Alligator Blood’s 17 draw in the Straddie after the scratchings. Six of the past twenty-one winners have come from barrier 15 or wider. Two winners in the 21st century have come from the extreme outside in 18 (Show A Heart, La Montagna), one has won from 17 (St Basil), two […]
A pacer named Bri Express – who we will call the cheese – made its debut for popular Manawatu (North Island) trainer Stephen Doody on the 28th of April this year. It ran a creditable 3rd in a maiden at the third tier meeting, and a fortnight later was sold. Guess who bought it? Our […]
We have been telling you for a month that Robert Dunn was going to be appointed to the board of Harness Racing New Zealand haven’t we? Well bingo is it. Yesterday Dunn’s appointment as a Director of the Kiwi control body was formally announced. In making the announcement HRNZ’s spin doctors did a lovely job […]
A reader has kindly set us straight on the origin of the name Mr Kaplan for the Tony Herlihy 3YO pacing filly in New Zealand. Apparently Mr Kaplan is the alias used by a female character named Kathryn Nemec in a reportedly outstanding American crime thriller TV series called The Blacklist. This is what the […]
There is a 3-year-old filly in New Zealand who has always puzzled me. Mr Kaplan is her name. Why is a filly called Mr Kaplan? She is by Betterthancheddar out of Time and Tide, so there is nothing in the bloodlines to suggest a reason for it. The owners names aren’t Kaplan. This filly is […]
Three muppets with all their supporters behind them cheering. New Tabcorp CEO Adam Rytenskild, Racing Queensland CEO Pins Parnell, and the Racing Minister Grace Grace, who wouldn’t know a legal bookie if one bit her on the arse. Just days after the Queensland Government dropped a huge POC tax increase of 20% on unsuspecting bookies […]
