Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
On Monday we published a story titled Jigger Me Timber – Is It True That … In this story we posed the questions about whether it was true that …. a tool of a trainer turned up at his local track to work his horse the other day accompanied by a work rider who doubles […]
This local rule of racing introduced in QLD late last year for reasons of protecting the welfare of racing animals is pretty easy to understand. A horse cannot race more than 5 times in 30 days unless it is granted permission by the Stewards. It’s a shame that someone forgot to tell the Stipes. This […]
During the week we made trenchant criticism 0f the HRNSW for seemingly failing to take tissue samples from the body of the pacer Saginaw after he was euthanised on track at Menangle following an alleged colic attack. Less than a week later, on the opposite side of country, another pacer had the terrible misfortune to […]
Saginaw – trained by Seaton Grima’s close associate ‘Smokin’ Joe Connolly, a servind NSW police officer – ran in the first race at Menangle on Saturday night and finished a weakening 7th. After the race Saginaw was inspected by the vet and diagnosed with colic, which is most unusual condition for a horse who five […]
There is major push on in New Zealand by the so called Animal Welfare groups to shut down greyhound racing. Operating under a joint umbrella coalition, these groups – which includes the SPCA – are making a lot of noise in the press by claiming that the sport is inherently dangerous and cruel, and demanding […]
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 […]
