Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Ipswich track was rated a Heavy 8 at the outset of Wednesday’s race meeting, to the surprise of many for only 3.5cm of rain had fallen on the course proper over the past 7 days, with only 0.2mm of it – a mere sprinkle – having come during the previous 72 hours. Only a […]
Racing Victoria presented only one expert witness in the Darren Weir case, an Equitation Scientist (whatever that is) named Dr Andrew McLean. Dr McLean’s role in the case was to demonstrate that the use of a jigger on a horse in training had the potential to corrupt the outcome of a professional thoroughbred horse race. […]
We are not comfortably satisfied that the outcomes of the relevant races were in fact affected. Therefore, the cases of the Stewards succeed or fail on the “likely to affect” provision. It in turn succeeds or fails on the finding of the capacity of the jigger treatment given to the horses to affect the outcome […]
The whispers out of Christchurch are that the current chairman of the Albion Park trots Brad Steele is a lay down misere to win appointment to the crucial role as CEO of Harness Racing New Zealand, replacing Gary Woodham who recently resigned due to ill-health. Brad Steele is little known among Kiwi industry participants, but […]
Tonight’s Fremantle Cup is another cracker of a race, providing trot fans with action aplenty on both sides of the ditch. Pinny Tiger has explosive early speed that makes him probably the fastest horse in Australia off the mobile arm, and he will use it here to try to burn across to front over the […]
Catch a Wave could do the double tonight by winning the Fremantle Cup. Gary Hall Jr is on Lavra Joe from the pole, says he’s holding the front at all cost, but I don’t think he’ll bluff ChrisVoak on Pinny Tiger who’s very fast out…….Jack Callaghan this week on Hot And Treacherous just bides his […]
The Group 1 Taylor Mile is the feature event on the card of a big meeting at Auckland tomorrow tonight, and it is going to an absolute cracker of a race with Don’t Stop Dreaming, Sooner the Bettor, Merlin, Don’t Stop Dreaming, Speak The Truth and Better Eclipse all going head to head trying to […]
My great-grandfather Jack Sheehan, who died on the Western Front on Anzac Day 1918, in the battle of Villers-Brettoneaux that helped save the British Isles, and win the war What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle Can patter out their […]
Townsville horse Sosthenes never appeared to be the soundest galloper on the Townsville strand. As a 2yo the gelding by Worthy Cause out of Never Despair had one trial in March last year finishing 2nd in a three horse field, and then wast put away for 210 days. He came back as an early 3yo […]
In a decision that has left many shaking their heads in disbelief, Darren Weir has escaped the serious charge of attempting to corrupt the outcome of the 2018 Melbourne Cup, with the judge in charge of the VRT – a former shareholder in horses trained by Weir – describing his use of a jigger on […]
