Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Yeah, some folks inherit star-spangled eyes They send you down to war And when you ask ’em, “How much should we give?” They only answer, “More, more, more” Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son On the same day that our research about EPO cheating in racing was published world-wide, it was fitting that the pacer […]
Some things that Racing Queensland do just leave you shaking your head and asking yourself “what the hell were they thinking?” For reasons unable to be discussed, the publication of this 3 page feature spread in the last edition of Race Magazine (the old racing calendar) is one of those things. What were they thinking? […]
The Black Horse is newsletter written by leading Irish racing writer Will Jones, author of a series of books of the same name about drug use and corruption in UK and Irish racing, particularly within the global Coolmore racing and breeding operation. Will’s hard-hitting quarterly newsletter is read by tens of thousands of racing participants, […]
As racing scandals increase around the world, Archie’s dogged detective work over the last two years has uncovered one of the major drugs used in New Zealand that enables trotters and pacers in harness racing to break track records by impossible margins. Erythropoietin Is a hormone produced naturally by the kidneys which assists the production […]
Poor old Nathan Jack. He’s only been back in the game for five minutes, and a horse kicks him fair in the head. It must hurt like hell, but I guess he’s probably used to it. After all, Brent Fisher and the HRV Integrity Team have been kicking Nathan in the teeth for years now. […]
We wrote yesterday about the outrageous decision in the case of leading SA jockey Jason Holder, who switched his dirty urine sample for one that was clean, deceived and lied to Stewards, and then finally threw a positive test result to banned substances when forced to do a second test. In a disgraceful decision that […]
Silly Willie Pike will be finished as a jockey in his home State once the law kicks in, and many others in both codes will find themselves in the same basket. The vaccination status of his main stable, the leading training partnership Grant and Alana Williams, is unknown but the former pink and whites have […]
There was clear interference in this race, and Mr R. Close the driver of Eastwood Isabella was completely responsible for it. Close is in the light green colours 3 back on the fence. His rival John Dunn – Lurch – was in the red, black and white on his outside. Driver R. Close has shifted […]
The track record over the 1780m at Redcliffe – a distance the best horses rarely run – is 1.53.3. All the best horses run over 1800m at Globe Derby. The track record there is 1.53.9. So Redcliffe is on paper 0.6 of a second faster than Globe Derby, but in reality it is at least […]
