Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Racing Queensland are lauding trainer/driver Doug Lee as some sort of legend of the game. It would help if the spin doctors knew a little bit of history. Back then it wasn’t easy to get convictions on animal cruelty charges. But D. Lee was convicted nevertheless. I wonder if he would ever have got his […]
This innocent young looking Asian ‘bloodstock agent’ Victoria Wang has purchased a large number of pacers from New Zealand to take over and ‘race’ in China. It’s total bullshit. I am not 100% certain why the Chinese are buying standardbreds, but I am 100% certain that it is not to race as V. Wang claims. […]
From owning a couple of hot pot restaurants to exporting hundreds of Kiwi thoroughbreds to China, billionaire Lin Lang has created plenty of intrigue in racing and politics. But Lang’s New Zealand company – Inner Mongolia Rider Horse Industry – is in receivership. The horse exports have stopped, putting a market potentially worth many millions of dollars […]
I have no idea what the driver of the horse in the 1-1 Jonny Cox was thinking when he turned a repeatedly punched the horse behind him in this race, but I am sure he will have plenty of time to reflect on his actions as he serves what should be a lengthy suspension or […]
Julia Creek based trainer Tanya Parry is lauded by Racing Queensland as the savior of racing in the far north-west of the State. She probably is too. But if Parry is, then I don’t reckon racing up there is worth saving. I went back a year to see where Tanya Parry’s horses that raced on […]
New allegations of animal cruelty, doping, corruption, wage theft, tax evasion and sexual harassment within the harness racing industry demonstrate the need for a broader inquiry than that currently underway, Labor says. Shadow Racing Minister Dean Winter said he had been provided with witness statements given to the Murrihy Inquiry which he said outline even […]
Thoroughbred Racing Northern Territory has responded quickly to out request for information about the 16 retired or deceased horses from a 2022 race meeting that we selected at random. All of these 16 horses are accounted for and records have been kept. This is an outstanding result. We thank TRNT for being so responsive, and […]
Has anyone got a a couple of poles? An umbrella? Some grass? Anything, anything? Anything at all? Sorry Chainsaw. Not quite.
Illegal performance enhancing drugs have no place in Irish racing and breeding industries. In particular, the Task Force supports the position of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities that the use of anabolic steroids should not be permitted in or out of competition. Doping is cheating, and cheating is fraud: cheats have no place in […]
(Background note – Dr Lynn Hillyer is the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board’s Chief Veterinary Officer and Head of anti-doping) There have been multiple cobalt cases during Dr Hillyer’s tenure as Chief Veterinary Officer, but O’Brien’s violation goes to the heart of everything that’s wrong with her anti-doping programme Pedisnap ran four times as a three […]
