Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Racing on merits 147. (1) A driver shall race a horse on its merits. (2) Action or non action by a driver during the course of a race which prevents or impedes the horse driven by that driver from racing on its merits shall be sufficient to establish non compliance with sub rule (1). (3) […]
What has become crystal clear from the Rosehill Inquiry is that the active voices on the issue fall broadly into four camps. There are the animal welfare groups who are opposed to racing full stop. How the views of these people whose aim is to shut racing down are relevant to this inquiry into the […]
The picture you see at the top of this story is the aerial view of the Brickpit at Homebush, one of the options that was revealed for the site a new Western Sydney racecourse should Rosehill be sold. The Brickpit is home to the green and golden bell frog, a threatened species that is listed […]
Two men on a motorbike lure a greyhound during a dangerous and illegal coursing sport described as a ‘new craze’ in India. FORMER SPORTING GREYHOUNDS exported from Ireland are being used in a cruel “new craze” sport in India. Noteworthy can reveal how the dogs are being forced to chase speeding motorbikes on open stretches of […]
There is great deal of disquiet in Tasmanian racing circles about the Tasracing CEO Andrew Jenkins prioritizing going on a junket to the Darwin Cup over attending the sentencing hearing of the woman found in part responsible for the tragic accident that left two young harness racing participants seriously injured and maimed for life. Many […]
Jack Callaghan slaughtered one at Newcastle in March, and was suspended for 6 weeks for an unacceptable drive. Happy Jack appealed the Stewards decision to the NSW Harness Racing Appeals Panel and won. His suspension was overturned. The Panel’s decision was handed down on 17 May, which was the same day that the matter was […]
South East QLD race caller David Fowler has become renowned for his inability to call winners in photos. He confirmed it twice in the one race in the 4th at Ipswich today. David called the 2nd placed Aerial Arsenal the winner. when Hi Jules actually was. And in the next breath he called Witheren Lass […]
Josh Gallagher is a talented reinsman, there is no doubt about that, but more often than you should with an Inter Dominion winner you really do have to sometimes question have question his drives. Last night in the first at Penrith was one of those occasions. Gallagher was on the 3rd favorite Bara Riley, drawn […]
We’ve been contacted by a number of readers who are eager to learn why John McCarthy has finally started serving his disqualification for a cobalt positive almost six years after his horse threw it. Apparently they can’t find any mention of the reason the sin binning has now taken effect on the HRNSW website. We […]
Our mail out of Melbourne is that a very well-known and loved Melbourne bookies clerk was seen strolling out of a garishly painted Mason Street, Newport tobacconist store this week with ten cartons of gaspers tucked under his wing. The problem is that the bloke – whose name is Renoir, or Rimbaud, or Rosscoe or […]
