10yo Whozideawasthis drew 1 last week and was $6.50 when he beat Chicago Bull
Last night he drew 12 but stuck to the pegs and beats the champ (last) again and pays $85.80 WA
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#GPM28052101
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10yo Whozideawasthis drew 1 last week and was $6.50 when he beat Chicago Bull
Last night he drew 12 but stuck to the pegs and beats the champ (last) again and pays $85.80 WA
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#GPM28052101
An improved run 3rd up by the Bull after drawing 1 but I couldn't have taken red figures much less $1.18 after his last two
I thought the winner may have been the danger but that was probably because I have a bit of Vic bias, $14 not bad for 2nd favourite
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#GPM04062104
Ross Olivieri has improved Major Times out of sight doesn't even look like the same horse that raced in Vic no head check races with his head on his chest.
He had a fantastic Gp racer over here but kept finding one to knock him off
First Rock N Roll World and now Follow The Stars is leaving WA to stand in NSW
https://harnesslink.com/australia/fo...medowie-lodge/
GP abandoned - no big 2yo race :(
I cannot recall a meeting ever being washed out at GP. It's belting down in Perth at the moment.
Bunbury has had far more rain than Perth - well over an inch, plus they had over half an inch yesterday and yet the track looks perfect tonight (plenty of puddles on the infield)
Just looked again and most of yesterday's rain fell between 8.30am and 9am this morning (9am is when Oz weather bureaus empty their guages) SO Bunbury has had over 45mm in 10hrs
This must be a model track
I think the thing with GP was the fact that they had ¾ inch in half an hour !
19mm in a half hour could have been enough to damage the track, probably rutted or washed out part of it.
Freo Cup $300BigOnes 10.52 AEDST tomorrow night
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...22#GPM21012204
I am guessing the 40° forecast resulted in all races being put back two
It got to 41.5°
Cup is now listed as 11.45 AEDST
(I'll read about it in the morning)
It was a sensational finish by the Star - he was the equivalent of 7 wide around the bend
It would have been so good to see him get up (as 8 out 10 of the night's winners were the leader)
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...22#GPM21012204
Keep the replay rolling after the finish line and you will see Gary Hall Jnr (Chicago Bull) understandably has a lot to say to Aldo Cortopassi (Magnificent Storm) who despite the runs did not even beat him by a metre
Anne was not that far away from pulling off a major coup after sending Hurricane Harley over to WA
We don't know what Vampiro may have had to offer as he was checked when trying to get clear
Patronas Star has come down the outside like a "Japanese steam train" I think Japanese bullet train may have been more apt.
Hall Jnr can say what he like but (with the benefit of a TV screen) once Storm came charging and got the death there was never any death on offer. Storm flogged Bull last start and start before that Storm was clear run of the race and beat home Bull. If we go back to 3rd Sept and Storm sat outside Minstrel and had the audacity to run right away from him. Cortopassi has every right to drive Storm like the best horse in the race.
$99.50 on the local tote for Wild West getting up in the WA Pacing Cup for trainer Gary Hall Snr but the run of the race was stablemate Chicago Bull who was nabbed on the line and beaten into third by HFHD x HD after spending most of the 2936m in the death (Of course I am no driver but I am not sure why Jnr had to leave the 1x1 so early to go to the death - controlling the race?)
While Gary Hall Snr trained 1st and 3rd the race belonged to the Suvaljko family with drivers Callan and niece Emily filling the quinella
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...22#GPM04022204
Slow tempo not as much sprint in the old boys legs its either go death on a slow speed or have to sit 3 wide the last lap giving Minstrel cover. I think Hall did the right thing.
Bull was fantastic but given the slow early speed I think Magnificent Storm to come from near last and 3-4-5 wide was the run of the race. To run past Freo Cup quinella in Minstrel and Patronus Star shows how massive it was. Given dist covered he would have gone close to 54 his actual last 800m covered of 2950m. Quinny probably the only horse who could have ever won from there.
I missed the Magnificent Storm's run Brendan (I was watching without audio) so I will have to have another look and I can appreciate your reasoning for Hall's drive
Stewards have adjourned an inquiry into the first three horses in the cup will be interesting to find out what that's all about.
Alta Christiano had four winners at GP last night. What a champ with his Christian Cullen bloodlines he would have had a huge impact at stud for many years.
So Wildwest is heading for Sydney I've always thought the horse would go over there. Probably to be trained by B McCarthy. I think he will really show his potential at Menangle.
Bull and Storm differing runs so hard to compare but Storm and Minstrel both had to go 3 wide, Storm then 4 and 5 wide from 2 lengths further back and ran past him.
Yeah but Minstrel had no cover for a fair time, it's a coin toss :cool:
You can see the raised arm of celebration of Emily Suvaljko (no.1) going the early crow in the WA Pacing Cup some distance from the line. Costly?
PP along with myself thought WA harness racing was one of the healthiest states but this is not so according to him this morning
I have done a little research and suspect he may be right which I will put in my next post as I cannot put 2 pics in one post
We all know that the punting trend has seen the dogs pass us and PP's pie graph suggests that their wagering turnover is double ours in WA
So for us to receive more funding than them means we are being massively subsidized - something that the dogs are not going to allow forever
The attached image is from the 2021 RWWA Annual Report
You can see that harness received $37.6m to the greyhounds $25.9m
https://issuu.com/racingaheadwa/docs...021_vfa_lowres
I noticed that there were only 2 horses in the APG fillies heat last Tuesday
Does this mean the final next Friday is a combined fillies and colts?
The 6 horse colts heat went 1.55.5
The 2 horse fillies heat went 2.06.7
Both winners by Huntsville
I just watched the replay of the 2 horse race - it would have been interesting if Madeleine Young had had a crack at the fav a bit earlier
Maybe PP is reading too much into it but it is an interesting one
Richard Bell calls the plunge horse Our Star Watch No.1 as going straight to the lead at the start BUT it hadn't yet, so did he know that Dad on No.1 the big drifter was simply going to let it happen
Maybe it was just predictive race calling but PP feels it needs to be investigated for the sake of Integrity
Although the notorious Lindsay Harper needs to be the real centre of an investigation as No.1 blew from $1.40 out to $3 while No.2 firmed from $9 to $2
https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...22#GPM03062210
Watch until the very end. Interesting how Richie Bell more or less starts questioning the drive by Harper - particularly about the start
Surely there has to be an inquiry about the race
How come Bell calls Our Starwatch as going straight to the lead when it had done no such thing? There would be no questions asked if he was calling exclusively for radio but there is no delay between what he is calling and what we are seeing.
Lindsay Harper had a strangle hold on his horse coming out the gate and allowed the winner to cross early and fend off the early challenge from the $91 shot. From there it was a procession and Bell called it that way. He also gave a wake-up call to the stewards in the last lap, reminding them it was the biggest plunge in many months. He then critiqued Lindsay Harper's drive for them after the race. The facts are there for the stewards to follow up on. Do they have the appetite?
RACE 2 – QUAYSIDE TRANSPORT PACE DIV.1 (2130MS)
MIDDLEPAGE (L. Harper) – When interviewed in regards to not holding the lead from his inside barrier, driver advised the gelding had not started for a period of 3 weeks and he was mindful of its condition going into the race. He was also aware not to over-drive the gelding in the early stages as it had broken gait at previous starts when driven in that manner. He further stated the gelding had every opportunity to finish in first placing after obtaining clear running on straightening.
https://www.harness.org.au/racing/st...l/?mc=GP030622
WA can now be declared a ZERO Integrity Enforcement state
PP questions whether R7 at GP last night was on the up and up
The winner (backed in from long odds) got a charmed run but to suggest GHJnr knew it would come seems absurd to me as the leader and the sit horse who both came away from the pegs - couldn't have known he was there (able to get the 5 spot)
https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...22#GPC16082201
Good luck to Gloucester Park's 373 voting members - 187 of them need to get it right
If completed, the land sale will trigger a redevelopment that includes Gloucester Theatre - a new tourism, hospitality and community facility located on the eastern side of the track near the foot of Matagarup Bridge. Gloucester Theatre and its surrounds will host up to 4,000 spectators and feature dual views over the track, and across the Swan River to Optus Stadium. It will also provide a dedicated member area and member parking facilities, plus a range of entertainment and hospitality experiences that will activate the Swan River seven days a week
https://www.harness.org.au/media-roo...?news_id=53668
WA to have their own $1m Slot Race - The Nullarbor
https://nationaltrotguide.com.au/1mi...FrhFFvxZDkQ78I
Taking The Miki wins the $150k Gp1 WA Oaks
https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...22#GPM14102203
Doo sits in the chair in just about the slowest Vic Cup ever...new ID and NZ Cup fave.
Smokin Romans sits in the chair in what was effectively a dawdle and sprint home...Caulfield Cup fave.
Magnificent Storm sits in the chair after being 4wide early against last years Derby runner up/G Halls best horse in the stable...3yo filly gets the headline! ;) :o
Read a couple times over past 12 months trainer was keen for ID but article during the week suggested he may be cooling with the big WA races just a month after. Shame for fans but cant blame him with so much money on his doorstep.