Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Take a look at this replay above will you, and tell me if you think the infringement – if that’s what you call it, which I don’t – in the incident here is worthy of a 15 day suspension. You are looking at the horse in the death in the red with green V and […]
David (Dave) Anderson was one of the disgraced and deceased harness racing owner John Seaton’s closest friends. Seaton was the owner at the centre of the Blue Magic doping scandal in the early 2000’s, and committed suicide before his charges were heard. Anderson spoke on behalf of the family at the funeral, where he said […]
How could Michael Stanley possibly have applied a poultice to the legs of his runner in the $210 000 APG Final Soho Alamasi two days prior to the race, and not have washed or worked the horse for two days leading into the event? Knowing that horses could not be treated with a poultice after […]
I saw this on Twitter today, and my immediate reaction was not to believe it. It has to be a hoax I thought, a photo-shopped piece of anti-Green propaganda. Surely no semi-mainstream party would be so ridiculous that one of their policies would be shut down all forms of racing. That’s just insane. I forgot […]
Lacey Morrison got ripped off blind by the Stewards at Gordonvale on Saturday. In race 4 she was denied a protest win by the stipes failing to see Frankie Edwards whip his horse 14 times before the 100m mark, and 25 times in total (see story below). Then in very next race she had her […]
Stewards advised Mr Bowen that a Veterinary Certificate, an ECG Report and the horse would need to undertake an official Barrier Trial prior to racing again. This is another clanger in a series of them made by Stewards at the Gordonvale meeting on Saturday. Who do you reckon is going to ride the ECG and […]
I want to tell you a little story that demonstrates the sheer incompetence of the QRIC thoroughbred steward, and illustrates it for all too see. We are at the Gordonvale races just south of Cairns on Saturday, and it’s race 4. The horse in the blue with the red cap is Magnate, ridden by Frankie […]
The three professional race meetings held at Longreach, Mt Isa and Goondoowindi on the weekend were country cards, meaning that each of the five race cards were worth about $50 000 in prizemoney and QTIC bonus payments. There was only one Steward at each meeting. This poor official had to run the whole show on […]
Chris Dawson, aged 73, is on trial for his life. He is alleged to have killed his wife Lyn more than 40 years ago. If convicted Dawson will die in jail. As most of Australia is aware, this prosecution has been spurred by journalist Hedley Thomas’s hugely popular podcast series The Teachers Pet, in which […]
We have written previously about NZ trot steward S. Renault working ‘remotely’ during the COVID-19 restriction period because he refused to get vaxed. Although for privacy reasons he did not name Mr Renault directly, or discuss the reason for his prior absences from the track, when we asked RIB CEO Mike Clements about the issue […]
