Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I’m a massive fan of jumps racing and always have been, but when you have seven horses die during the relatively short jumps racing season and three perish on the showpiece final day, plus a jockey in intensive care wife life shattering head injuries, it’s becoming hard to the point of impossible to mount an […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC15082409.mp4 Watch Danielle Veivers flog the living bejesus out of the horse in the blue silks with red sleeves This Punter Rocks at Albion Park a fortnight ago. Veivers hits the horse more than 20 times, most of the strikes using force generated by the use of the elbow or shoulder when applying the whip, many […]
If the images you see are any indication of the story, it appears that Ben Yole is not the only trainer who keeps his horses outdoor and uncovered in terrible circumstances. They do it in Aotearoa too. Robert Dunn is New Zealand’s leading trainer. He and his training partner Jenna Dunn, the wife of his […]
Ben Keith is the man behind Star Sports, the newest entrant to the Australian bookmaking market. What you see at the top is what he tweeted after Sir Erec died. A lovely remark isn’t it? Compassionate in the extreme? When he realised what a dickhead he looked, Keith backtracked real quick. Too late though son. […]
Sir Erec has been put down after breaking its leg at Cheltenham Festival. The horse, trained by Joseph Patrick O’Brien, was being ridden by Mark Walsh in the Triumph Hurdle when it pulled up after going over a fence. Sir Erec, who was the out-right favourite to win the race, suffered fatal injuries as a […]
Stewards visited, unannounced, the stables of trainer W Yole on Monday 12th August,2024, in particular, to assess the well-being of SWIMINTHERIVER. On arrival SWIMINTHERIVER was inspected where no more than a rub mark was evident on the geldings off-side neck. Photographs were taken for ORI records. What was clear to Stewards that SWIMINTHERIVER had been […]
The picture you see is of the Wayne Yole trained pacer Swimintheriver, who won the 8th race at Launceston last night. Those injuries to the horses neck are made by a rein burr, also known as a rein pricker. Their use is a disgrace in my opinion, but to be legal under the rules they […]
Two men on a motorbike lure a greyhound during a dangerous and illegal coursing sport described as a ‘new craze’ in India. FORMER SPORTING GREYHOUNDS exported from Ireland are being used in a cruel “new craze” sport in India. Noteworthy can reveal how the dogs are being forced to chase speeding motorbikes on open stretches of […]
By Jo Lines-MacKenzie Waikato Times A Waikato thoroughbred trainer who has been accused of mistreating horses by hitting them in the face and flipping them onto the ground has been charged by the racing industry. John Malcolm of Cheltenham Stables in Cambridge is facing 12 charges laid by the Racing Integrity Board (RIB). Chief executive […]
Startling new information contained in a submission to NSW Parliamentary Inquiry Into the Proposed Sale of Rosehill Racecourse has revealed that Racing NSW rehomed just 61 retired racehorses in the 2023 year. This information was obtained from Racing NSW through an information request made under the Government Information Public Access (GIPA) Act. Click to access […]
