Todd Balfour’s 5-Year DQ a Lesson to All Licensees – Keep Your Hands Off the Officials, Or You’re Out of the Game

Former Adelaide gallops trainer turned stable hand and trackwork rider Todd Balfour’s 5-year disqualification for pulling down the pants of a Racing SA Compliance Officer who was conducting breath testing after the Kangaroo Island races and fully exposing the official from the waist down is utterly justified, and he was lucky not to get life. […]

NZ Licensee Guilty

An NZ harness racing licensee has been found guilty of one charge relating to sexual offences. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, will be sentenced in May. What will happen to his license between now and then in unknown, but after the guilty finding one would hope that […]

Murrihy Report into Australia’s Champion Trainer Released – Part 1 – Races Fixed, Horses Injected on Race Morning, Pastes Over Tongues, and Animals Abused – Ben Yole Must Be Stood Down Immediately

The Murrihy report into Ben Yole’s activities has just been released, and we are working our way through it. Here is a summary of his findings that we have read so far. In relation to the race fixing allegations referred to in the ABC report: 1. The evidence supports that Race 2 at Burnie on […]

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