Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The stable of trainer Robert Dunn, who just so happens to be a board member and Director of the control body Harness Racing New Zealand, had two runners in the tenth race at the Amberley trots meeting held at Rangiora yesterday. One of them was the heavily backed I’m Your Huckleberry, who sat on the […]
Archie I have just been told from good source that the Brisbane Racing Club has determined that as of next month a number of small trainers at Deagon’s leases won’t be renewed, These trainers were told in the past get out of the stables in the side streets of Deagon and move into the stables […]
RACING APPEALS TRIBUNAL QUEENSLAND NOTICE OF DECISION APPEAL NO: RT016-07 DATE: 9 July 2007 APPELLANT: Shane Ernst George Scriven RESPONDENT: Queensland Racing APPEARANCES: Mr Michael Grant-Taylor SC on behalf of the Appellant; and Mr Matthew Tutt on behalf of the Respondent. REASONS FOR JUDGMENT Mr Brockwell Miller – Deputy Chairman The Appellant rode Take The Plea […]
Rock N Roll Doo looked a superstar late last year when he went bang, bang, bang and won the Caduceus Classic, the Kilmore Cup and the Victoria Cup all in a row. But then the connections made the ill-fated decision to take him over to New Zealand for the Cup. He went like a busted […]
No, not the referendum, although in a way it’s related. This one. Anyone who hung around Brisbane bookmaker’s rings when they had one will recognize it for sure. It used to boom out at loud volume, particularly around the stand of rails bookie Lindsay Gallagher (more on him soon). Certain Melbourne bookies who ended up […]
LGHR has been reliably informed that in excess of 40 people – we find it hard to believe – have departed since the new ‘Dream Team’ took control of the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission. The old adage ‘dispense with those who represent a threat’ is alive and kicking at this under-performing, over-funded Labor Government enterprise […]
International globetrotting steward Pete ‘the Plodder’ Chadwick started work at Harness Racing Victoria on the weekend, with the great man sitting on the panels at both the Group 1 Southern Stars and Hunter Cups meetings on Friday and Saturday night respectively. Chadwick sat ON the panels, he didn’t CHAIR them. The reason for that is […]
The word out of Auckland is no. I find it hard to believe myself, but that’s what they say. Nothing about the ATC would surprise me. We will find out soon I guess. When the rain breaks.
See the thing above? It’s a list of shareholders in a company named Medical Australia. In 2014 Medical Australia bought a company named Medivet. About 5 years later a Medivet company in Lexington, Kentucky became rather famous, for all the wrong reasons. Medivet was the supplier of the illegal drugs to all the trainers in […]
This is John Baker. He is said to be a supplier of EPO to horse trainers. Those in the know say he is low level. Turbo and Grimmo don’t think so. Not that I would know why. Or they would tell. Have you seen John ducking in and out of Menangle? Next time you do […]
