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I wonder if the war is prolonged what the effect will be on Harness racing in WA? Has there been any information from Racing WA about how racing will adapt or continue should energy prices continue to rise? For some context we travelled over 300k…
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I can’t seperate these two: Preux Chevalier’s Hunter Cup win (or just about any win by this great horse). This in had a touch of Secreteriat about it. Imthemightyquinn’s Fremantle Cup win (when he circled three quarters of the field in about 200 me…
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Can’t remember seeing a race like race 7 at Bunbury tonight with 8 of the nine starters coming from one stable. Reminiscent of Tasmanian harness fields in recent years.
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I have attended two Busselton meetings and haven’t been impressed with the racing. Numerous horses galloping, false/poor starts, the odd driver tipped out, one horse threw itself down twice in front of the crowd last night and was scratched, fields …
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Love hearing the sectionals, especially the lead times at GP re 2100 and 2500 when there is such a bias towards the leaders. I don’t mind Richard Bells calling apart from the fact that he is very slow to call the lead time and also other quarters. T…
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Off the top of my head I reckon they will get six months, on appeal. Harness drivers aren’t sports people in the traditional sense (the horses are providing most of the effort) so the rule would be about safety rather than driver performance enhance…
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GP Race 2 Number 10 Sadhita each way. This horse has a bit of potential and the Padbergs have had success with former Howlett horses in recent times. The trial was sound and the horse looked really well in itself. Race 5 Number 9 Penny Black - love …
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Interesting Stewards inquiry going on in NSW. Looks like the urine samples of two drivers were supplied by the same third party, according to dna analysis. I’ve heard a lot of stupid things over the years but this is right up there.
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That was a classic comment. He actually did a great job all day given it was a challenging day for a caller, really added to the atmosphere. Also gave a wrap to the young woman AV who drove the last winner. I think that was her second winner in 8 dr…
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Re Collie - not a good look for the sport with so many horses breaking up and causing interference, lucky there wasn’t any accidents. A lot amount of dust was being produced so not sure whether the track was too soft or whether it was just poor dri…
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Race 9 Number 7 Blaze Coops. Hopefully it leads. Has led before from 7 at GP. When it ran second to Captain Bligh. (Was Blaze Coops lead time last start at Pinjarra, 38.3, the fastest ever recorded there? Equates to a 26.2 quarter or a 34.7 GP lead…
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I attended the Bunbury meeting and saw a horse who appeared to me to be a couple of feeds away from looking like a rescue horse. It didn’t have “a lean horse due to fitness look”, more the look of a skinny horse due to a lack of sustenance ie lack …
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Has there been a better Derby win than Christopher Dance on Friday night? Time was good at 1.56mr (slowish lead time), deep for the last 1200mtres on a small track, inconveninced, bad barrier, ran away from them, no hard luck stories that I could s…
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Just reading about the reduction in Vicbred bonuses (5k re first win)Wondering if we are heading that way once track rationalisations are completed (Dropped a mare at a stud yesterday and was impressed with the number of horses of all types that w…
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Take a look at Tuesdays GP meeting and you might reassess your faith in technology. Four trainers who have two horses in a race have drawn alongside each other in barrier 6 and 7. What are the chances of that happening? I believe these are randomly …
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Wow. Just reading about Daintys Daughter , won the Fremantle Cup at the age of 7. We are lucky to see a mare in a free for all these days, let alone a 7 year old. Hopefully this current group changes that.
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And Kudos to the Treasure family (and Harper) re win with Starlight Dream whom they bred also out of their good mare Dreams Daughter. Last nights win resembled many of the wins of Dreams Daughter, one of the fastest horses that I have seen with res…
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Velocipede - from the family of Dainty’s Daughter. So that’s about 50 years and that line is still producing good horses (including Jumbo Operator), pretty amazing.
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No need to report breaches around substances which result in fines to the public via the newspaper. Most of these will be fairly trivial and not affect integrity (Waller /Waterhouse etc get fined on a frequent basis and people still seem to bet on t…
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It seems Louie Dior was a late nomination therefore even the non preference L7 horse got a start before it.
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Add to the above the old school bell ringing with a lap to go (this should be brought back to some of our other tracks) which was a highlight for mine. The win by the drivers in the community relay (pending a stewards inquiry possibly) as they demol…
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We are going to Kelliberin because of the 100 year celebration and a desire to support the club (in a fairly minor way). Even the normal meetings are always a good day. I attended GP the other night and it was a little bit depressing as opposed to K…
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If that perimeter wall has been like that for 5 years how does the council allow that? Also didn’t the parade ring have a bed of roses in the middle? Note - I love GP, despite my protestations, and have been going there on and off since I was a kid.…
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How has Perth Council allowed GP administration to block the path with their temporary fix of the falling down perimeter wall for so many years?(I am assuming that the land where the external path is is public space) Does anyone know how long has th…
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Witnessed something last night at Wagin last night that I haven’t seen for a while - people having fun at the trots. Wagin admin put on a Black Friday night and drew a really good crowd at their trot meeting. People of all ages were dressed in vario…
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If you are looking for increases in breeding, what about what the community calls wastage? It is fairly difficult to rehome horses at the moment. Decent broodmares are being given away etc. The only good thing about the NR system is that it keeps h…
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Nail on the head re Eureka race/trial. That was not a good showcase for the sport I.e leader dominated off a slow pace. Kerryn Manning, outside of McCarthy, was the only driver to show any initiative. Breeders should ask for a refund of their Stall…
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I have returned to the sport after 10 years of not being involved and it seems to me that Racing WA are hellbent on closing harness racing in this state. Some of the decisions and reluctance to change are quite mind boggling. Who makes these decisio…
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I remember the amount Eden Mile where Classic Gary sat one out one back and flew home to win. From memory trained by Greg Harper by this time but originally trained by Ray Sweetman who also had his brother Special Gary (a gelding). Classic Gary sire…
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Well let’s hope they put a spotlight on the night before Friday. It would add to the night if there were a couple of local stallions paraded also. I know Allwood took a couple to Pinjarra last year and I think Shockwave was at Pinjarra n Monday. In…