Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Overview Persons and organisations with a close interest in the horse racing industry have previously expressed strong concerns about animal welfare issues, including the alleged mistreatment of horses either during or after their racing careers. The oversight of animal welfare generally in NSW falls within the scope of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act […]
APPLICATION The policy applies to all persons: Having care and control of a registered standardbred Involved in the caring of a registered standardbred This includes, but is not limited to: Stewards Investigators Veterinarians Race Clubs and Officials Trainers Drivers Stablehands Barrier Attendants Farriers […]
Robert (Robbie) Morris is one of NSW’s leading reinspersons. He is also the Godson of the Harness Racing NSW CEO John Dumesny. On Tuesday the 30th of November 2021, in the home stretch in the first race at Menangle, Robbie Morris hit the galloping mare Skyzclearnsunny that he was driving with his whip. The mare […]
Lyn Noble is the wife of the disgraced former trainer Tom, the warned off for life owner/operator of the illegal unlicensed track at which wrongsters used to live bait, the one in the horrific Four Corners documentary. Tom and Lyn Noble profited from live baited blood, and became reasonably wealthy from it too. If they […]
The word out of the Brekky Creek bunker is that Crayons has been appointed the new Chief Steward at Toowoomba. It is a curious appointment, for Crayons is a chap named Clayton Warren, a young bloke who used to work on the barriers up at the races here in North QLD about a decade ago, […]
The red that you see inside the yellow circle in the picture is raw skin. The horse that you are looking at is Lotamuscle, the winner of the 4th heat of the Inter Dominion Trotting Championship run at Bathurst last night. Lotsamuscle is a high-priced import from New Zealand that was bought and transported here […]
We wrote earlier in the week about Saturday’s tragic death on the track in Timaru of the highly talented Group 1 placed 3-year-old trotting filly Mexicana, and raised a number of unanswered questions about the matter. Upon further investigation we now have more. They are of grave concern, literally and figuratively. 1. Death on the […]
Mexicana was a seemingly fit and healthy high class three-year-old square gaiting filly who started her career as a juvenile at the All Stars barn of Rasmussen and Purdon. She ran four placings from four starts for them, and then was transferred to the stable of Josh Dickie. Dickie won two races in a row […]
Koalas are protected species in NSW. So is jockey Tommy Berry. Berry breaches the whip rules at almost every meeting that he rides. In fact over the past month he has broken the rules on average 1.6 times at every race meeting he has ridden. He gets away with it with impunity, which means scot […]
