Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This is an FBI recording of a trainer buying EPO from the corrupt vet Seth Fishman, who is currently serving 11 years in prison for his crimes. It makes for very interesting listening, particularly the part where Fishman tells the trainer that horses that aren’t geared up with Performance Enhancing Drugs (PED’s) can’t be competitive […]
The all the way victory of Will I Am in the 5th race at Menangle yesterday came after a winless run of 17 starts and it got me curious. “Has this horse ever won when its been pre-race swabbed?” I asked myself. So I went and had a look, and the answer is no. Will […]
Last week we told you the story about how Cantfindabettorman was stripped of it’s ID24 Consolation win after returning a positive swab to Heptaminol, but the horse’s trainer Isabel Walsh escaped with just a fine after Stewards found that the drug had been prescribed by a vet and that Walsh had recorded administration of it […]
The Tom Dabernig trained sprinter Ashford Street threw a positive swab to Testosterone, Formestane, 4-Hydroxytestosterone, and 6a-Hydroxyandrost-4-Ene3, 17-Dione in a swab taken before its run in the Millennium Sprint at Caulfield in October. These are steroids, and under the rules of racing Ashford Street would have been banned from racing for a year for having […]
The Isabel Walsh trained Cantfindabettorman has been stripped of its win in the 2024 Inter Dominion Consolation final are returning a positive swab to the performance enhancing drug Heptaminol. Heptaminol is an amino alcohol which is classified as a cardiac stimulant (positive inotropic action). It also increases coronary blood flow, affording horses the ability to process more oxygen, which […]
In a clear message to licensees that you have to pee when the Stewards direct you to, Queensland jockey Shannon Apthorpe has been disqualified for 12 months after refusing to provide a urine sample when required at trackwork at Clifford Park in March. Apthorpe, who hasn’t ridden in a race since December last year, will […]
Rockhampton horse trainer Tom Smith has been in the news lately after he bashed and brutalized a young horse for half an hour while trying to force it to enter the on-track pool and swim, and thanks to being charged with the wrong offence got away with just a fine. He might not be so […]
Former Group 1 winning trainer Ben Smith has died. Smith, who has had well documented battles with substance abuse, is believed to have suffered a drug overdose. The trainer had a roller coaster ride in the sport, shooting to prominence through the deeds of his mare In Her Time before falling back to earth when […]
We have written extensively about the relaxed attitude to cobalt positive swabs recently adopted by the QLD integrity authorities. Whereas once the QRIC would throw innocent, upstanding men like Neale Scott and Darrel Graham out of the game for long periods and blacken their names after their horses returned positives to the stuff that were […]
Trainer David Moran cost Captain Hammerhead’s connections a Shepparton Cup and a $28 500 winners cheque after he was found to have hocked the horse to victory and it was disqualified from the race. Moran quickly made it up to the connections and saved Harness Racing NSW a half million dollar bonus cheque when two […]
