AFL footballer with Adelaide Crows. 136 games, 274 goals. Sports nut - NFL, NBA, AFL, NBL, NCAA football and basketball, F1 plus Harness & Thoroughbred Racing.
Group 1 contests are the pinnacle of any of the three codes of racing. It’s what almost all participants (jockeys, drivers, trainers, owners) strive for and something that is merely a pipe dream for most – with that Group 1 glory so elusive and so hard to attain. Saturday June 1 marks a special day … More Harness Jewels Preview
5,360m of gruelling racing will give us a major indication as to who is the dominant mare and filly of the current generation. At Addington Raceway on Friday evening, the New Zealand Oaks will be held with the three-year-olds clashing across 2600m for $150,000 in stakes. 24 hours later, the top open age pacers will … More Harness Girls Take Centre Stage
This weekend we farewell royalty. We farewell the queen. The queen of the turf. A legend of the sporting arena regardless of event, era or opinion. Winx’s feats have and will continue to become legend for longer than you and I grace this earth. Thanks to technology, every generation to follow will get to watch … More Farewelling Greatness – WINX
Sitting around awaiting night games of AFL is very boring so I’ve had a look at a couple of Australasia’s premier Harness Races on tomorrow evening. They’ll be conducted more than 5,000km apart but tomorrow’s New Zealand Derby and West Australian Derby will showcase the future superstars of Harness Racing. At 6:55pm (Adelaide time, … More NZ & WA Derby Previews
Some things have changed, some have stayed the same. At the elite level, few can remain at the very top for very long. That’s what makes dynasties like Hawthorn, New England Patriots, Golden State Warriors and Melbourne Storm so remarkable and so hard to replicate. In Harness Racing, it is perhaps even harder to stay … More Unofficial Harness Racing Power Rankings – March
Sydney’s premier evening of Harness Racing was dominated by the most dominant stable, perhaps of any code in any part of the globe. All Stars co-trainers Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen cleaned up the New South Wales Oaks, Ladyship Mile and ran a quinella in the $1 million Miracle Mile. And just for good measure, … More The All Stars Spank ’em – Miracle Mile Wrap
Australasia’s richest Harness race is primed with the eight participants locked in, barriers handed out and the $1 million there for the taking. Aside from what looks to be a highly competitive Miracle Mile, we’ll have a further five Group 1 races plus a Group 2 clash for the two-year-old rookies. Almost $2 million in … More The Big One, The Miracle Mile
We roll into the heart of Sydney’s Carnival of Miracles this weekend with the Miracle Mile qualifying heats as well as the qualifiers for the Derby, Oaks and Ladyship Mile. In what shapes as a fascinating and entertaining night’s racing, here are the horses I’ll be tipping to win through to the major races on … More Carnival of Miracles – night two.
Many of us have been salivating at what this year’s edition of the Chariots of Fire might present us. As is almost always the case, we lost a couple of big guns along the way (Ride High, Spankem and Pat’s Delight) but we still have a collection of budding superstars aiming for Group 1 glory … More Chariots of Fire
I watched the barrier draw live on Facebook this week for the $500,000 Group 1 Hunter Cup and only once could I hear a significant amount of noise from the people in the room. It was when TAB’s Adam Hamilton – on behalf of Kevin Pizzuto and co. – drew barrier three for reigning Inter … More Hunter Cup – Tiger’s To Lose…
