Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Opinion piece by Belle From Burnie The bottle of Fenbender obtained from Birch in May was already OPEN then doesn’t that make the analysis irrelevant as it could have been adulterated after opening? Probably Birch isn’t that smart (editors note: I wouldn’t bet on that) but if I were using Levamisole – which of course […]
HISA/HIWU follow the lead of the Harness Racing Medication Collaborative and USTA on Metformin threshold Posted on November 19, 2025 from the USTA Communications Department Columbus, OH – On Monday (Nov. 17), the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) Committee announced a proposed new minimum level for the banned substance Metformin more than a […]
We tipped you off a fortnight ago about this. The reporters from the mainstream media who get their information from corporate press releases have finally caught up. What a terrible time it is to lose your job just a few weeks out from Xmas. Our sympathies go out to the affected Entain employees. Ladbrokes, Neds […]
Tasmanian harness racing identities Nathan Ford (pictured) and his younger sibling Mitch Ford have been arrested and charged with alleged involvement in a major cross-State drug trafficking and supply ring. Police apprehended the Ford brothers on Tuesday and held in custody since, as extradition proceedings for their removal to NSW this week have been successful. […]
INDUSTRY NOTICE IN RELATION TO RECENT MEDIA REPORTS 19 November 2025 Some industry participants may have seen articles recently published in The Sunday Telegraph and in the online edition of The Daily Telegraph (or Code Sports), on 9 and 10 November 2025. Regrettably, those articles contained many factual errors. HRNSW issues this notice to correct and clarify the 10 important matters […]
In a high wage economy with low unemployment stable workers are hard to find, especially when like most trainers you only wish to pay the minimum award hourly rate. Not all that many Australians are prepared to work at mucking out horse boxes for $25.85 an hour, not when they can get $40 an hour […]
Stop it Jamie! You’re making us dizzy.
A philosophical question for you. What is it to be dead? Answer? To not be alive. The NSW Animal Justice Party would and its leader Emma Hurst (pictured) would have you believe that it is better for greyhounds not to be born at all than to die. I disagree. We are all going to die […]
The whole of racing’s thoughts and prayers are with Bailey Rogerson tonight as she lies in a coma in hospital with horrific injuries after a terrible fall at Arawa Park on Sunday. Bailey suffered a fractured skull in the fall, and doctors immediately placed her in a coma amid concerns about intracranial pressure and a […]
Bubba Tilley returned to his hometown of Roma today and lifted the biggest race of the year. Wasn’t he happy about it too. He will get a fine for sure, but who cares? Not Bubba the Lair, that’s for sure. He’s won the Cup And good on him too.
