Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
New QRIC Commissioner Catherine Clark, a dead ringer for her parents The announcement of the appointment of Catherine Clark as the new QRIC Commissioner is warmly welcomed, for finally we have someone in charge of the integrity side of the sport who understands racing. Personal disclosure here before I continue: my late parents Lyn and […]
It is 6.00am on Thursday morning and the Stewards Report from the meeting held at Melton last Saturday night has still not been published by Harness Racing Victoria. Why has publication of this report for the feature meeting been delayed? It is very poor practice and totally unacceptable. If HRV can’t organise itself to deliver […]
The annual performance report of the still relatively new QLD Racing Appeals Panel has been released, and I must say that on every level the Panel has proven to be a huge success. 42 applications were decided in the past year. All bar 1 of them were completed on time. Of the 42 determined applications, 18 […]
Disgraced trot trainer Greg Bennett has lost again in his latest of a long string of attempts to regain his license, with the NSW Racing Appeals Tribunal last month ruling that it has no jurisdiction to hear his attempt to appeal Harness Racing NSW’s refusal to hear his application to be relicensed, leaving him nowhere […]
Dean Elliott, the chief executive enabler Harness Racing South Australia announced yesterday that trainer Shane Loone has been charged with corruption, deception, improper conduct and betting offences in relation to a race at Gawler last month. If HRSA had done its job properly in the first place it never could have happened. About three years […]
Here is the guts of what the Stewards say happened, with a bit of our commentary incorporated into the tale. Shane Loone has two horses in race 6 at Gawler on the 12th of August, Majoreholeinmypocket and Illawong Kim. Loone nominates himself as the driver of Majorholeholeinmypocket. Given that he couldn’t drive a nail into […]
Long-term subscribers to this site will remember the case of the ring-in at Globe Derby in September 2021, when one horse from the Shane Loone stable was substituted for another in a race, and then the ringer went out and set the race up for another Loone horse by attacking the leader and favorite in […]
Good morning Chief Steward My name is Archibald J. Butterfly, and I author stories on the racing website peterprofit.com. I hold accreditation as an authorised member of the racing media issued by Racing Queensland. I write in relation to the ongoing investigation being conducted into the substitution of one Shane Loone trained horse LETS GO […]
Dear Mr. Butterfly Thank you for reaching out to HRSA. May I point out this has not been a common practice by you in the past with a number of abhorrent, false, and misleading stories published by yourself in relation to South Australian harness racing in recent times. Shame on you. If you would like […]
A few years back we wrote a story, based on information received from what we regarded as credible sources, about a licensed Victorian trainer/driver having been accused of sexually assaulting a minor. Based on what we had been told, we formed an immediate emotive based conclusion that the licensee was guilty of the matters accused, […]
