Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
NSW driver Jack Brown was stood down on Monday for failing to provide a urine sample when required to by the Stewards who were random drug testing at the Goulburn meeting. It turns out though that Brown did actually provide a sample, one that was of less volume than outlined in the collection guidelines provided […]
Terry Bailey shows humility and grace as he bows out of broadcasting after being a victim of Gil McLachlan’s axe. It was a dignified valedictory befitting of the man. Racing came first. Where it belongs. Thanks for your efforts Terry. Goodbye and good luck.
Harness Racing NSW have thrown the kitchen sink at drivers Jack Brown and Lucas Rando for swapping urine samples when the random drug test team came to Goulburn at the end of October last year, and then they’ve put the boot in as well. Brown – the prime offender, who in his desperation to avoid […]
24 June 2025 Harness Racing New South Wales (HRNSW) Stewards have concluded Inquiries that were commenced in relation to the provision of human urine samples to HRNSW Stewards at Goulburn on 21 October 2024, Menangle on 19 November 2024 and the subsequent analysis of those samples. On Wednesday 21 May 2025, Mr Rando was present […]
Darren Flindell is the Austin Powers of race callers, an international man of mystery. One who is unafraid too. The Sydney race caller is over in Qatar at the moment, the country that is getting pounded by Iranian bombs and shells. Flindell filmed it for the world to see. He probably called the bombs as […]
The newly set up N40 harness racing operation owned by Josh Davine is a very fluid beast. Michael Brennan is Davine’s private trainer, yet he has sent his recent $220 000 purchase the Victoria Oaks winner Coastal Babe to Luke McCarthy to train. Korbyn Newman was brought over from New Zealand to be the stable […]
Story by John Lingard https://letsgohorseracing.com.au/ THROUGHOUT his long career as a bookmaker – and even in retirement – LINDSAY GALLAGHER has ridden shotgun with controversy in the racing and harness racing industry. In 2005 Gallagher denied allegations of altering race odds but admitted breaking the Rules when he gave evidence at the Daubney-Rafter Inquiry into […]
Every punter knows that the number of corporate bookmakers has exploded, with cashed up sharpies all over the country obtaining licenses to print money by using algorithms, the law of averages and incentives to lure in mug punters and strip they and their families of their hard earned dough. Bankers, IT professionals, marketing executives, investment […]
The Phantom What has happened to a certain somewhat senior Steward in the Apple Isle? While the official reason for their long absence is illness – and we have no doubt that is true – it is said that being stood down by his employer for reasons publicly unknown didn’t help him get any better. […]
Dolly Disco was drawn barrier 7 in the last at Roma on Saturday. Starter Ms. J. Harvey must have left her reading glasses at home. She directed the barrier attendant to place it in gate 1. Dolly ran 3rd, but because the margin to 4th was eleven lengths she kept her finishing position. Ms. J. […]
