Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Nick Ryan has been stood down (suspended) pending the hearing of the charge laid against him of possessing an illegal substance (synthetic EPO), and all his entrants in Cup week have been pulled out by order of the Stewards. The matter has been deferred for hearing until the end of the month, but given that […]
Hesitate has being going very ordinary in the past year, and since March has won just 1 race from 14 starts. He has started about 40-1 on average at each of his last seven outings, and gone very ordinary at each. A fortnight ago Hesitate got beaten over 80m in a nothing sort of Free […]
Gee I wonder how the Racing Victoria Compliance Assurance Team knew to raid trainer Nick Ryan’s stable yesterday morning. Or how they knew how to look in his glove box to find the syringes full of EPO. How do you reckon it happened? Someone dobbed him in for sure. There is no honour among thieves. […]
I wonder if Racing QLD asked Corrie Knack about his past involvement with the drug sellers Medivet Equine when they interviewed him for the job as harness racing handicapper? If they did, then I wonder how deep they dug, or what sort of facts they checked? Medivet sold the unlawful blood and oxygen booster Darbepoetin […]
There’s a lot to unpack from Monday’s bombshell indictment of 27 people connected with alleged equine doping rings, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation may not be done with the case yet. When the charges were announced by the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, officials said the investigation was ongoing. […]
We told you 2 years ago that horse trainers in both codes were using the synthetic EPO Darbepoetin alfa to artificially improve their horses performance. Today Nick Ryan got caught in a surprise stable raid with two syringes of the stuff, proving us right. You can learn all about what this gear is and what […]
Harness trainer Richard Moreau was Canada’s equivalent of Emma Stewart or more recently Jason Grimson, a seeming unstoppable force of nature who had dominated the sport for more than a decade, training 6000+ winners that earned more than $60 million prizemoney, and winning the Canadian trainer of the year title for 10 consecutive years. Last […]
DARBE 500 – AECS TAYLOR MADE – 5 ML DARBE-500 is a synthetic form of erythropoietin which stimulates and increases red blood cell levels. As the prime regulator of red cell production, DARBE-500’s major functions are to: Promote the development of red blood cells. Initiate the synthesis of haemoglobin, the molecule within red blood cells that […]
Got a pacer that could run 1.53 when it was young and feeling good, but like most old fold such as you and me hasn’t been able to match it since it started to feel sore and stiff and afraid to stretch out anymore in case thing went wrong? There is an easy way to […]
The Victorian Racing Tribunal has handed gallops trainer John Leek Jr – who at age 72 seems a bit old for the last part of the name – a 3-year disqualification for attempting to drench one of his jumpers by the side of the road on the way to the races. There is no doubt […]
