Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Registered racehorse owner Joe Aria, who used to be known by his birth name of Joseph Iaria, decided this year to accept a job as Racing Manager for the stable of Robert Hickmott, who once won a couple of Melbourne Cups with Almandin and Green Moon, back in the days when Lloyd Williams used to […]
2001: Robert Warren became addicted to meth while working as a jockey, his defence barrister said. Picture: Fiona Harding Story by Daneka Hill, Townsville Bulletin An old man’s dream to build a Breaking Bad-style meth empire in Townsville was brought crashing down by an incorrect Qantas boarding pass and a police search. Robert John Warren, […]
The recording below is of one time top-line jockey (now retired) Gavin Eades abusing his then partner. We are only publishing it because the woman victim of the vile verbal attack has returned to the UK to live, presumably at least in part to get away from Eades. People’s private lives are usually their own, […]
As we foreshadowed last week, Mildura trainer Aaron Coad has been stood down and all of his horses scratched from their engagements following his recent arrest on drugs charges. No official announcement has yet been made, but we are told that Coad’s license has been suspended pending resolution of his criminal charge/s. Coad next appears […]
On what is turning out to be a very bad day for the sport, the money lender who is the subject of this story that appeared this evening in the Adelaide Advertiser is rumored to be a prominent South Australian harness racing owner. It’s a tough game the trots. A very dangerous one too. By […]
In news just in more Mildura harness racing identities have been arrested on drug charges. The trainers – who at this stage cannot be named – were arrested on Thursday afternoon by Victorian Police and will appear in the Mildura courts in the coming days. The arrests come on the same day that SA trainer […]
By Himangi Singh: Herald Sun An Adelaide horse trainer accused of trafficking more than 100kg of cannabis through his family business allegedly told police “fanciful” tales of being “set up” and raking in big bucks selling hay and horse meds, a court has heard. Luke O’Neill, of Adelaide, fronted Mildura Magistrates’ Court on Thursday for […]
Andrew Benz, second from right in the polo shirt Reports out of South Australia are that disgraced owner Andrew Benz, who is on bail awaiting sentence for trafficking $37.5 million worth of the evil drug methamphetamine (ice), had until the trainer’s own arrest on serious drug charges last Friday been working in the stables of […]
Story by Janine Watson; Daily Telegraph It has been a spectacular fall from grace for former high-profile horse trainer Dwayne Donald Schmidt, who currently remains behind bars waiting to be sentenced after pleading guilty to several child rape charges. In an unusual twist, Schmidt instructed his lawyer to not continue his bail and voluntarily entered himself […]
South Australian harness racing trainer Luke O’Neill will remain in custody until at least Thursday after being arrested in Mildura yesterday on serious drug charges. O’Neill, who is currently 3rd in the SA trainers premiership, was driving a horse transport vehicle when he intercepted by Victorian police, who allegedly found a commercial quantity of cannabis […]
