As you can see Tasracing has given gallops trainer Tanya Hanson warm plaudits and a fond farewell upon her retirement from the racing industry, with the principal racing authority’s tribute to her published on its website. That says everything you need to know about the regulators of the sport in the Apple Isle, and their […]
An Inquiry into All Aspects of Death of Home Creek is Demanded – Don’t Let This Innocent 4yo Mare Die in Vain
A 4-year-old mare named Home Creek collapsed at the 500m mark in race 1 Aramac on Saturday. Two horses went over the top of her. The riders of the three fallen horses Tim Brummell, Anna Bakos-Schrapel and Robbie Faehr were all taken to hospital with injuries. T’was but for the Grace of God none of […]
Jumps Racing Must Cease
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 […]
QLD and NSW’s Stance Against Beating Up Horses are Just Hollow Words in the Wind
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 […]
The Appalling Conditions That NZ’s Leading Trot Trainer Robert Dunn’s Horses Live In – It’s Animal Abuse Writ Large
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 […]
Australia’s Newest Bookie’s Response to the Death of Sir Erec
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. […]
The Death of Sir Erec
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 […]
Wayne Yole Didn’t Use a Hard Burr on This Horse, He Was Just Thin Skinned – Pull the Other One it Jingles
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 Trainer With the Most Famous Name in Racing Alleged to be a Horse Beater
Tom Smith, the Rockhampton based trainer with the most famous name in racing but not a tenth of the ability, is said to be in a spot of Barney Rubble, and if the mail is right he deserves to be too. Smith is reported to have violently beaten an unraced 2-year-old in his care, to […]
Ban the Burr – And the Pricker Too
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 […]