Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Illegally doping racehorses is animal abuse in the service of greed. Such corruption threatens the health of racehorses and undermines the integrity of the sport. Today, three defendants have been sentenced for their roles in perpetuating, and profiting from, the mistreatment of animals. The sentences each defendant received appropriately reflects the seriousness of […]
Jockey Ric McMahon has delivered bombshell evidence in the first day of the Birdsville Cup jigger stewards’ inquiry, claiming trainer Todd Austin handed him the electrical device and told him to use it on a horse’s neck during track work. McMahon told the Doomben hearing that Austin handed him a jigger to use on one […]
We have written about former racing Steward Neil Boyle on a number of occasions. It is our view that after the incident involving him sending unwanted lewd texts and pictures to an apprentice jockey a couple of years ago – actions that saw him quietly walked out the door – he should never have been […]
Part 2 Offences 5 Cruelty to animals (1) A person shall not commit an act of cruelty upon an animal. (2) A person in charge of an animal shall not authorise the commission of an act of cruelty upon the animal. (3) A person in charge of an animal shall not fail at any time— (a) to exercise […]
We are told by various sources that the person who took the video of Mitchell Hutchings bashing a tied up and defenceless horse with a hammer is the anti-hero’s brother Brett Hutchings. Brett Hutchings is the track curator at the Parkes Harness Racing Club. He was also the recipient of last year’s Parkes Young Driver […]
Watch this. It’s Jason ‘Jill’ Grimson on the eventual winner. He’s the one I have circled above. Keep your eye on his right foot. See it? If you didn’t then watch it again. Grimson has hitched his sulky tight, and it twisting his foot so that it comes into contact with his horse, using its […]
Now whip itInto shapeShape it upGet straightGo forwardMove aheadTry to detect itIt’s not too lateTo whip itInto shape My God. This jumpout is over just 530 metres. Watch the prick one from the outside in the yellow cap flog his horse. His name is Colin Lennon. He hits this horse 14 times, all before the […]
I felt bad for about 2 seconds when I heard the news that rider Ric McMahon had been charged with a criminal offence carrying up to two years jail for carrying the jigger at Birdsville. Then I reminded myself that jiggers aren’t parasols, and jockeys don’t carry them to look cool. They carry jiggers so […]
Almost $1.7 million was raised last year from the 1% animal welfare levy that Racing Queensland deducts from thoroughbred racing prizemoney (but not for some inexplicable reason from harness or greyhound stakes). Do you know how many horses were rehomed for your money? Fifteen. I kid you not. Fif-bloody-teen. Eight pacers or trotters, and seven […]
