Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The case of trot trainer Adam Kelly and the meth positives was a most unusual one indeed. Two of Kelly’s horses threw positive swabs to methamphetamine – P, ice, crack, crank – in the space of 10 days, one of them – Showmethetanlines – after winning a listed race at Menangle. In the Hanging State […]
We have written repeatedly about how trot trainer Paul Tonkin was dealt a massive injustice by Harness Racing NSW Stewards when the honored member of the community who had saved people’s lives through his work was disqualified for 18 months and vilified as a drug cheat, merely because one of his horses threw a positive […]
In late May this year Hunter Valley trot trainer Brendon Flaherty was handed down a two and half year year disqualification after his mare Gisselle threw a positive swab to methamphetamine. Flaherty was a first time offender who pleaded guilty to a presentation charge at the earliest opportunity. Yesterday another Hunter Valley horseperson Grace Panella […]
The long running Alligator Blood positive swab in the 2020 Magic Millions saga is set to move to its next phase with the second iteration of the Stewards Inquiry into the matter commencing this Wednesday and continuing into Thursday. Most racing fans will know that the matter has been subject to a seemingly endless string […]
Luke Tarrant appeared in court again yesterday. I wonder how he is going. He could have been a champion, and for a while was, but now he is just a bum. What a waste of an early part of a life. Drugs do that to you kiddies, along with other things. The latter before the […]
Ricky Gordon is the QLD trot trainer who we told you about presenting the wrong horse to race under the wrong name in a race at Albion Park earlier this month. https://peterprofit.com/?s=ricky+gordon The inquiry into that matter is ongoing, and yet to be finalised. But a few days after it happened Gordon appeared before the […]
A couple of days ago we declared Minos an absolute certainty at Albion Park, and begged you to take the tip. Hope you did. It shit in. $2.80 we got, and are wishing you did too. Leap To Fame holds the track record at Albion Park. It is the greatest pacer ever seen. Minos is […]
There is interesting mail out of Tasmania that disqualified harness racing participant Mark Reggett’s appeal last week against his 5 year disqualification for EPO was disrupted by the unexpected – by Reggett anyway – appearance of 5 police to meet him at the appeal room door. It is said that these officers seized his phone. […]
There is nothing official published about it yet, but we all know that Tasmanian dual code trainer Connor Crook has been done for having vials of EPO. While the matter is being sorted, Tasracing has determined to refuse Crook’s nominations for both his gallopers and his pacers, which is fair enough because if you possess […]
Story by Lucy Rutherford, Adelaide Now A horse trainer who trafficked millions of dollars of drugs for a sophisticated enterprise has been jailed for over a decade. Andrew John Benz (pictured 2nd from right appearing on the SA trot TV show with the hosts and another guest), who police say also went by the AN0M […]
