Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Good day Archie Ted from tooleybuc chiming in again After reading your stories lately and reading in Peter Wharton’s column yesterday what highly respected industry leader John Coffey said regarding amongst other problems facing the sport, but namely integrity issues not being addressed in Victoria and NSW, it’s my view that these probles aren’t confined […]
A former Canterbury harness racing trainer spent more than 2 million dollars online gambling before filing for bankruptcy. Mitchell Paul Kerr has been sentenced to five months of home detention for misleading statements and withholding information while filing for bankruptcy. Kerr, whose licence was cancelled by the Judicial Control Authority for Racing, concealed crucial details […]
It’s a tough beat this one if you were on the inside in the 3rd race at Bathurst last night. To the naked eye as they crossed the line it looked for all money as if it had hung on. Then in the photo print it looks like it had dead-heated. The judges didn’t agree., […]
Ellen Tormey did a George Moore by blowing the whistle and never having to go around horse until the straight in race 5 at Mildura last night. Don’t you wish you could be this lucky with every horse you backed that firmed from $12.00 into $4.00? True Mildura style.
Ken Rogers is a drug addict. We’ve written about this pint-sized, woman hating grub on many occasions, and in particular – knowing far more than anyone should have to about meth addiction, due to relatives having problems with the gear – we have railed against HRSA’s continual acceptance of Rogers back into the sport without […]
South Australian trot driver Kenny ‘The Gambler’ Rogers is one of those sad individuals who become hooked on the dirty, illegal street drug ice and refuse to kick the habit, or can’t, and enter into a spiral that sucks them down into nothingness faster than a crocodile’s death roll ever could, and keeps pulling to […]
Trainer Kevin Kemp copped one on the chin for entering his galloper Denman Blue into a heat of the Burnett to Beach series in which it wasn’t qualified to compete. Racing QLD missed it’s ineligibity completely, and allowed it to run. Someone later noticed, and dobbed Kemp and his horse in. It was disqualified from […]
A horse trained by John McCarthy threw a positive swab to cobalt in October 2018. McCarthy was charged with presenting it to race while under the influence. Five years later he was found guilty and given a DQ of 12 month. John McCarthy appealed, and his sentence was reduced to 9 months. He appealed again […]
In October 2018 a horse prepared by the former premiership winning trot trainer John McCarthy – the father of Luke – threw a positive swab to cobalt after winning a race at Menangle. For reasons known only to J. McCarthy and Harness Racing NSW, the seemingly simple strict liability matter took 5 years to be […]
