Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Former Australian Turf Club (ATC) Chairman turned head of the QLD Racing Review Matthew McGrath appears to be somewhat confused when it comes to the Property Stakes. McGrath declares on his Linkedin page that the ATC owns Randwick racecourse. It doesn’t. The Crown (the NSW Government) does. Randwick is occupied and operated by the ATC […]
We wrote last week about the extraordinary improvement of former NZ pacer Helium since it was sent to America and the stable of husband-and-wife team of Dan and Christi Noble, a pair who if they aren’t brazen drug cheats must be the greatest trainers of any code ever to live. Nah scrap that last bit […]
Eyebrow-raising results produced by four horses campaigned by Dan and Christi Noble on the closing night at Scioto Downs raises concerns and calls for out-of-competition testing in Ohio. By Brett Sturman There’s a widely popularized phrase stemming from a 1960’s United States Supreme Court ruling, “I know it when I see it.” When applied to […]
Matthew McGrath, the man from NSW running the QLD Racing Review, is a great self-promoter, but are his claims to being a highly successful racing administrator true? The simple answer in our opinion? No. In a submission McGrath made to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Sale of Rosehill he made the following claims, which no […]
Archie, Just a FYI if you do your research you will actually find that Jason Grimson’s 1st ever G1 winner was a 2YO called Don’t Think Twice .so he is barely an amateur at training young horses. He achieved the highest achievement well before tried horses come along Cheers Billy Burns from Booroowa Editor’s note: […]
Archie How good was it to see Grimmo get that elusive 2yo victory? It only took a nearly quarter million dollar purchase and a 3/4 brother to the best pacer Australia has produced! Cheers, Kenny from King Island Editor’s note – Kenny is referring of course to Leap To Fame. His mother and the dam […]
In an occurrence as rare as Halley’s Comet, NSW’s leading trainer Jason Grimson has finally trained a 2-year-old winner. Grimson rarely plays in the juvenile pond so hasn’t made many attempts at winning with a youngster in the past, but he proved with the win of the Glen Holland bred, Mick Boots owned Bettorleftalone at […]
Concerns grow for Newcastle’s greyhound racing industry Story by Oli Goeldner: Newcastle Weekly Newcastle Greens councillors are pushing for a transition plan to support the city’s greyhound racing sector, as concern mounts over safety at a Wallsend track. The call follows the Tasmanian Government’s decision to phase out the industry last month and moves overseas […]
As predicted, Harness Racing NSW has lodged an application in the Supreme Court for Judicial Review of the recent Racing Appeals Tribunal decision in the Ben Sarina case. They sort of had to, for the Tribunal’s determination that disqualified or warned off former licensees are not bound by or subject to the rules of harness […]
The conga line of Queensland jockeys who have been outed over the doctored Health Assessment Report (HAR) scandal just got longer, with apprentice Mitch Goring the latest to cop the wrath of the Stewards. Goring has been disqualified for 8 months for submitting a HAR for the current season that was not signed by a […]
