Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
NSW trot trainer Brendan Flaherty has been disqualified for 2 1/2 years for presenting his filly Gisselle to race with methamphetamine in its system. It is an outrageous penalty. No-one actually dopes their horses with meth, because it is obvious they will throw a positive swab if they do, which means that Gisselle’s positive was […]
James Orman is a very nice young lad, born and raised of very good parents. He is also an outstanding jockey, and an an extremely smart and focused family man. Back when he was still an apprentice and I helped hook him up with his lovely now wife Heidi, Jimmy told me that his ambition […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/wa/GPC02062610.mp4 This is race 6 at Gloucester Park last night. Number 3 Strike Force has been backed late from $15.00 into $7.50, and according to our mail from the corporates has been coupled up in multis and exotics for plenty. Kyle Harper drives it. He is the son of the multiple disqualified cheat Lindsay Harper. […]
Mick Boots (pictured above, left) is Australia’s biggest harness racing owner. He owns or owns shares in 300 horses. Pacer and trotters cost about $800 a week one average in training fees. Assume Mick Boots pays the equivalent of 200 training fees, and that means that he is paying $160 000 a week to have […]
As you can see in the story below, trot trainer/driver Jordan Topping has form for animal welfare breaches. Her partner Ryan Veivers does too. This pair are not people who care properly for horses. Now we learn from the Harness Racing Australia website that last month Jordan Topping copped 2 x 6 month disqualifications, to […]
Rule AHR90A – Trainer Licence (2.6) An applicant for a trainer’s licence Grade A must have satisfactorily completed all training modules applicable to a trainer’s licence Grade B and held such licence for not less than 12 months unless the Controlling Body decides otherwise. We told you last week about how QLD trot trainer Ryan […]
DR LUK SUN CHIN, Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit By Michael Guerin One of horse racing’s most enduring and loved characters says he “is a bit embarrassed” about being honoured in today’s King’s Birthday Honours. “It is a lovely honour but I have so many other people’s help in all facets of […]
QLD Racing Minister Tim Mander came to the job with a track record of honesty and integrity, and was widely regarded as a man who could be trusted to keep his word. That reputation of Mander’s was exploded when he cheated on his wife and mother of his children by commencing an affair with his […]
The Crisafulli Government has secured the future of greyhound racing in Bundaberg with the delivery of a new sand track for the community. Local participants have been left without a place to race since September last year after the grass track at the Bundaberg Greyhound Racing Club was deemed unfit for racing. Under the former […]
Hong Kong Our mate Lucky Lingard on his ever impressive website letsgohorseracing.com.au has highlighted James McDonald’s ride on Romantic Warrior in the Group 1 Champions and Chater Cup at Sha Tin last week, and called it into question. In support of his proposition that J-Mac was let off light Lucky has reproduced the thoughts of […]
