And when you look at the last 400m you can see why some might suggest that David Moran was driving dead on Always Fast in R9 on Saturday
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#MXM18092110
In the Tailamade Lombo on Saturday, even though it was a Gp3, some are worried about Joe Pace's rubber necking on the leader before letting her drift off the fence to allow a sprint lane run when one does not exist at Ballarat, for the heavily supported Itzamajor Surprise (also strange that results list it as $12 when it started $6.50 at best)
Stewards: Joe Pace, driver of Diamond Party NZ (4th place) was fined $100 under rule 162(1)(www)(c) for failing to make sufficient effort at the entrance to the home straight to prevent Diamond Party NZ from shifting away from a marker pegline position when leading, which resulted in Itzamajor Surprise (2nd place) being advantaged when obtaining a clear inside run. In assessing penalty, although acknowledging the feature race status, Stewards also determined that the racing manners of Diamond Party NZ had contributed to this occurrence and due to Diamond Party NZ continuing to shift out in the home straight the mare was placed on its last chance to race truly.
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#MXM18092105
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And when you look at the last 400m you can see why some might suggest that David Moran was driving dead on Always Fast in R9 on Saturday
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#MXM18092110
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What was Michael Stanley playing at in R4 at Kilmore
on the $81 long pop Watch List
he goes from booting up to keep fav Major Moth 3wide then as soon as MM drops into the 1x1 behind him he drops the anchor and luckily Damian Wilson was alert and pulled straight out
Michael Stanley's driving was dam near dangerous IMO
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#KIM24092104
With a lot of luck replays may be up later
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As good a place as any to post this
Most have heard of the Peterprofit (Archie Butterfly) website/blog
Posted today: For legal reasons that cannot be discussed we are presently reviewing all articles on this website to ensure that they are compliant with an order of the court. This has meant taking down most stories.
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I hadn't noticed this at the bottom of PP's page before
I think there is a role for PP as racing needs critical evaluation, maybe this court ruling will provide the moderation that was lacking
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Now in the Jason Grimson NSW barn, Boncel Benjamin went from finishing last over 2300m at Menangle a fortnight ago to winning in 1.53.2 on Saturday - that is faster than King Of Swing has ever managed
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#PCM09102103
ps Boncel Bendjamin's best ever winning Mile rate is listed as 1.51.2 but that is plain wrong as the race was only over 1190m
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Looking at the fields for tonight I just noticed that
Egodan ran 1.49.8 last Saturday when 2nd at Menangle
3yrs ago he got down to 1.51.8 (his very best non winning performances back then got down to about 1.51)
That was when he was about to turn 7yo
Under the old system he would now be 10yo and he has improved 2 secs
14mths ago he probably got within 6secs of that time when 2nd at Mildura
Going on Tk Records Menangle is 7 secs faster than Mildura (not that the horses holding the records are comparable, so it is probably a little bit slower than that)
So maybe Jason Grimson has a canny eye for the potential of an old horse
Some may suggest he has a magic elixir but you can see that you can say the times are there
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Sometimes I think PeterProfit imagines things BUT this one is undeniable and yet The Stewards saw nothing
Watch the finishing straight for this race from Menangle on Dec 10
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#PCC10122102
Entering the home straight for the last time Jack Callaghan was driving the 4th positioned horse who was tiring on the pegs
He looks behind as if he has heard someone shout out to him
He then steers his horse into the sprint lane to get out the way (for Cameron Hart on the equal favourite who then finishes strongly but only gets fourth)
His horse was not galloping and he had no legitimate reason for entering the sprint lane
This had to be inquired into and would seem to be a candidate for many months suspension
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I should have added that because there is no sprint lane at Menangle, he has actually taken his horse right off the track!
Last edited by Messenger; 12-15-2021 at 03:36 PM.
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Well at least the stewards did follow it up
https://www.hrnsw.com.au/racing/stew...wupreports/263
Stewards questioned driver J Callaghan in relation to his actions approaching the 200 metres when steering MACH THE KNIFE down to the inside of the marker pegs at this point when weakening. Mr Callaghan explained that he had believed his runner had choked down in the event and was stopping abruptly, and when alert to runners improving quickly behind, he elected to move his runner down the track to avoid any contact and for safety reasons. Given the circumstances Stewards found the actions of Mr Callaghan to be reasonable and no further action was taken
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