Tezza Goes the Early Crow
Everyone’s favorite race caller did it again last night. Terry Bailey went the early crow. And got the result he deserved.
On the Lacey Morrison Ride
Archie Re the Lacey Morrison ride. Are you serious? I completely disagree with you about the horse laying in and causing Morrison problems riding it out straight. In my book it was the worst attempts at giving one a run as I’ve ever seen. Daniel from Dunkeld
Stewards Quiz Lacey Morrison Ride – We’re Buggered if We Know Why (First Published 10 April)
The Stewards have some concerns with Lacey Morrison’s ride on Injada in the last race at Cairns yesterday. It’s the horse in red and white behind the horse on the outside in the orange as the replay rolls. Morrison’s effort looked a bit ordinary on face value, but the horse also looked to be laying […]
The Water Thief in a Drought and Dual Bankrupt Dean Baring Becomes an Unregistered Syndicator (Of Sorts)
Remember all those sedated yearlings that Dean Baring presented at the Nutrien Brisbane sale? The ones that couldn’t keep their heads up and dragged their legs all around the ring? Quite understandably seven of them didn’t sell, both because they were so bedraggled by being hit with ACE, and because they had completely unrealistic reserves […]
Tom Smith Appeal Decision – The Magic Man Wins Again
As we predicted Jim Murdoch KC (pictured) has weaved his magic and got Tom Smith off with a fully suspended sentence and a fine. We should become fortune tellers. Smith is caught red handed beating a horse for 33 minutes straight and he gets effectively gets off with a fine. You’d have to be kidding. […]
Bryse McElhinney Appeal Part I – The Bloke’s a Goose
Harness race driver Bryse McElhinney appears before the Racing Appeals Tribunal this morning to appeal a 14 day suspension incurred at Albion Park on the 4th of April under AHR Rule 156 (2) for utilizing his whip in an unapproved manner. The 14 day suspension was issued in accordance with QRIC penalty guidelines. McElhinney represents […]
Bryse McElhinney Appeal Part II – Mac the Whack
McElhinney is asked if he understands that the rule allows for the whip to be used only in a flicking motion. He says he does. Then launches into a story painting himself as a hero, saying that when you’re in a tight finish with horses coming all around you and the adrenaline is flowing you […]
Bryse McElhinney Appeal Part III – Poor Me
The Whack says he has been hard done by. Then he unleashes, claiming that the Stewards are in effect corrupt. “It just seems t0 me in the last few months or so that a lot of people are getting done for their whips, where there are other who could be getting done and nothing is […]
Bryse McElhinney Appeal Part IV – Belligerent Bryce Goes Down, Then Goes Out the Way He Came In
It’s decision time. One guess what it’s going to be. Appeal dismissed is my tip. The Chairman speaks the decision out loud. We learn that the Whack has been suspended seven times previously for whip use in breach of the rules. He’s a damn slow learner isn’t he? Based on what he has said today […]
Bryse McElhinney Appeal Part V – The Irony
We’ve just flicked to the Harness Racing Australia website, and guess what the top story is? A feel good story about The Whack. https://www.harness.org.au/media-room/news-article/?news_id=69588 How’s that for irony? Our sport’s latest pin-up boy is a serial offender. A whip it, whip it real good sort of guy. It of course being a horse. Whack told […]