Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Three brothers and Tasmanian harness racing drivers have been charged with transporting drugs from NSW to Tasmania on flights and via post following a probe into a high profile horse owner and his wife. The State Crime Command’s Organised Crime Squad Casino and Racing Unit and Tasmania Police Operation Avanti established Strike Force Chiel to […]
Harness racing trainer Paul Tonkin was disqualified for 18 months after one of his horses threw a positive swab to the potent painkiller Tapentadol, which is as strong if not stronger than heroin. Tonkin – a respected member of the community who had never before offended in his life – had a very plausible explanation […]
Cambridge Stud CEO Henry Pluntree launches a tirade about the supposed issues within racing in this video above posted on the SEN website, and concludes by saying that the problem in racing is the Administrators. It is a bold statement that has garnered support from a range of racing participants, including former race caller Brian […]
The leaders of the Victorian Greyhound Breeders Owners and Trainers Association (GBOTA) are at odds over the public statement made this week by the association’s President Craig Treherne calling on trainers to boycott racing on Monday as a show of support and solidarity for its member John Boreland. Last year Boreland was disqualified for 2 […]
Opinion piece by Belle From Burnie The bottle of Fenbender obtained from Birch in May was already OPEN then doesn’t that make the analysis irrelevant as it could have been adulterated after opening? Probably Birch isn’t that smart (editors note: I wouldn’t bet on that) but if I were using Levamisole – which of course […]
HISA/HIWU follow the lead of the Harness Racing Medication Collaborative and USTA on Metformin threshold Posted on November 19, 2025 from the USTA Communications Department Columbus, OH – On Monday (Nov. 17), the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) Committee announced a proposed new minimum level for the banned substance Metformin more than a […]
We tipped you off a fortnight ago about this. The reporters from the mainstream media who get their information from corporate press releases have finally caught up. What a terrible time it is to lose your job just a few weeks out from Xmas. Our sympathies go out to the affected Entain employees. Ladbrokes, Neds […]
Tasmanian harness racing identities Nathan Ford (pictured) and his younger sibling Mitch Ford have been arrested and charged with alleged involvement in a major cross-State drug trafficking and supply ring. Police apprehended the Ford brothers on Tuesday and held in custody since, as extradition proceedings for their removal to NSW this week have been successful. […]
INDUSTRY NOTICE IN RELATION TO RECENT MEDIA REPORTS 19 November 2025 Some industry participants may have seen articles recently published in The Sunday Telegraph and in the online edition of The Daily Telegraph (or Code Sports), on 9 and 10 November 2025. Regrettably, those articles contained many factual errors. HRNSW issues this notice to correct and clarify the 10 important matters […]
In a high wage economy with low unemployment stable workers are hard to find, especially when like most trainers you only wish to pay the minimum award hourly rate. Not all that many Australians are prepared to work at mucking out horse boxes for $25.85 an hour, not when they can get $40 an hour […]
