Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Most of us will remember Willie Wonka’s ever lasting gobstopper that he manufactured in the Chocolate Factory. The QRIC Stewards from the Home Hill meeting on the 28th of December last year obviously liked it, for they have adopted the approach when it comes to adjourned inquries. They never end. An inquiry was convened into […]
We have published a number of stories over the past few months bemoaning the reluctance of Stewards in many states to take action against horses that run up inside the marker pegs at the trots. In these stories we have repeatedly called upon the stipes to take a hard line on drivers who cheat to […]
The injury toll at Bundaberg from last Monday’s meeting alone In the latter part of 2022 and early 2023 Racing Queensland spent $1.4 million on upgrades to the Bundaberg greyhound track, including the laying of a new grass surface and a full renovation of the track levels and cambers on the turns. At the time […]
This seemingly happy picture of a school bus driver with a prized greyhound hides a twisted truth …. A school bus driver who arranged to have four of his racing dogs killed may face criminal charges after an investigation by a greyhound watchdog. Collin Wasson, from Wagga Wagga, pleaded guilty to 16 offences at the […]
So after months of being regarded as a certainty to take up the Chairmans role at Racing Victoria. all of sudden Gillon McLachlan is no longer a candidate, because now he is taking up the job of CEO at Tabcorp. Is long tall Gilly mad? Who in their right mind would want to be the […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/REC12062412.mp4 Driver Ricky Gordon copped a 3-week suspension for an unacceptable drive on the early leader Left To Rocknroll in this race at Redcliffe last night, and so he should have too for he drove the horse at speeds that it wasn’t capable of runnng, and as result it dropped out at 700m mark to […]
Ben Yole has dodged the nuclear bomb by winning his appeal against being warned off for life, and now had his license back, although to date he is yet to resume training in his own name. He doesn’t need to at the moment, for Team Yole and their backers have installed bowlers in his place. […]
What a vintage edition of the New Zealand Trotting Cup this year’s great race on the 2nd Tuesday in Novemer truly promises to be, one of the best ever. Australia’s star pacer Leap To Fame promises to be there, and will be the one they all have to beat, if such a thing is actually […]
This is the low camera shot of the finish of race 2 at Mt Gambier yesterday. How do you reckon they finished? Inside 1st, middle 2nd, outside 3rd? Wrong. Try again from the replay. The inside? Wrong again. The angle at Mt Gambier is a shocker. It was a dead heat inside and outside, with […]
12 June 2024 Cocaine users are dying in their 30s from heart disease usually only seen in pensioners, as deaths linked to the drug surge by 20 per cent. A leading drug researcher has issued a stark warning to users, saying that cocaine’s health effects are as bad as using ice. Cocaine sold on Australia’s […]
