Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
NZ trot trainer Colin Evans was last year convicted of 30 animal cruelty charges brought by the SPCA, including failure to provide his horses with food or water, confining them in their stalls for excessive periods (up to 23 days), and beating them. He was sentenced to 160 hours of community service, banned from owning […]
Mr Garry Selkrig is a suspended GRV participant. Mr Selkrig has been a registered owner, breeder and public trainer of greyhounds since 1985. He was licensed by Greyhound Racing Victoria and bound by the Greyhounds Australasia Rules. At the time of the alleged offences the registered kennel address was 1 Worthy Road, Devon Meadows, where […]
There is a reason that several welts were dicovered on the rump of the pacer Family Tree after the completion of race 6 at Wagga on Tuesday the 7th of July. That reason is that the horse’s trainer/driver took it back to the stables after it had galloped at the start and taken no competitive […]
Two more horses lives were ended by a magic green needle as a result of racing incidents in Queensland yesterday. Ivanov broke down at the 4oom mark in race 5 at Beaudesert, and was put to sleep by the vet. He was only 4-years-old. Up north the 3YO Hopetoun Sunrise suffered the same fate after […]
We have written quite a bit lately about Ben Talbot, the brother of the brumbie killer Adrian Talbot. One of the stories we wrote was about the sudden weight loss in dogs that come into Ben Talbot’s kennel, and start to eat lean meat that ain’t beef. A dog called Scathing was one of those […]
Is that a big bad sail sticking up there? Matches the message I guess. There are 10 000 people inside the gates of Warrnambool having a ball of a time on the fang, punt and piss. Standing outside are 10 middle-aged people being uptight, sipping Kobucha water, and telling them that they are bums. Anyone […]
Trainer Bryce Stanaway has been disqualified for three years after refusing to allow a Racing Victoria vet to provide emergency care to his horse on a racetrack. Stanaway was found guilty of seven misconduct charges at the Victorian Racing Tribunal in August, after Racing Victoria stewards alleged the Torquay-based trainer threatened officials and refused to […]
What Tim Williams said about the filly with the fractured pastern is irrelevant, it’s the refusal to allow the vet to examine the horse that is. What is it with this trend from the big stables to refuse the services of the appointed race day vets these days?? And why do the Stewards allow them? […]
The Stonewall Stud owned/Telfer trained 2YO filly Sweet Maggie May broke her leg in race 4 at Addington last night, or to be precise she fractured her left hind pastern, which is much the same deal. Reports from the track are that the connections wouldn’t allow the on-course vet to inspect the filly, insisting that […]
Racing Victoria presented only one expert witness in the Darren Weir case, an Equitation Scientist (whatever that is) named Dr Andrew McLean. Dr McLean’s role in the case was to demonstrate that the use of a jigger on a horse in training had the potential to corrupt the outcome of a professional thoroughbred horse race. […]
