Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
In October 2018 a horse prepared by the former premiership winning trot trainer John McCarthy – the father of Luke – threw a positive swab to cobalt after winning a race at Menangle. For reasons known only to J. McCarthy and Harness Racing NSW, the seemingly simple strict liability matter took 5 years to be […]
Hi Archie The Balmain Boxer calling in from Jontiem Beach jn Thailand where I’m sitting here smoking hot and sweating watching the Tigers lose again, which is getting so depressing that I’m about to go and get a massage to ease the pain. But before I do I would like to comment on your story […]
The QRIC Stewards pre-race swabbed just 6 runners on the 9 race card at Eagle Farm yesterday, and swabbed only the winner after each race and no other horse. That’s a total of 15 swabs taken all up, at a race meeting carrying prizemoney of $895 000. Rockhampton hosted a 12 race card on Thursday, […]
On Friday night there were only 6 runners swabbed on the nine race card. Look at the prices of them (the favorite not swabbed in the race is in brackets next to it). R1 – $8 ($2.20) R2 -$126 ($3.10) R4 – $151 ($1.90) R5 – $23 ($3.20) R6 – $51 ($2.30) R8 – $26 […]
Integrity management standards in South Australian harness racing have plunged to such depths that the State has become a laughing stock. They don’t even test all the winners down there. Not even the ones they say they do. The Stewards summary for last night’s Globe Derby meeting shows that post-race swabs were only taken from […]
Tamworth trainer Dean Chapple has this week been disqualified for 2 years on a charge of presenting one of his horses to race (and win) with the painkiller Meloxicam in it’s system. Click to access 240419%20mr%20dean%20chapple%20inquiry%20conducted.pdf It’s an extraordinarily heavy sentence for a substance breach offence that usually attracts just fines. Look at some of […]
Cocaine use appears to have been rife among those attending the Grand National, a Telegraph Sport investigation into racing’s “Peaky Blinders” drugs problem has found. The class-A substance was present in dozens of toilet cubicles examined during this year’s festival, despite organisers declaring beforehand anyone carrying illegal drugs would be denied entry to Aintree. The apparent scale of cocaine use […]
It is 7pm on Grand National day at Aintree and I am Maximus has long since galloped to victory in the 176th edition of the world’s greatest steeplechase. Yet, time is only now being called on the party in the racecourse’s Festival Zone for those not to have had their fill of one of the […]
OFFICE OF RACING INTEGRITY and MR MITCHELL FORD Date of hearing: Friday 29th March 2024 Stewards Panel: Neil Finnigan (Chair); Roger Brown Present: Mr Mitchell Ford Rule: Australian Harness Racing Rules Charge: That Mr Mitchell Ford did present to drive at the Tasmanian Trotting Club meeting on Sunday 25th […]
Mitch Ford pleaded guilty to the charge of having Amphetamine, Ecstasy, Benzodiazepines and Cocaine Metabolites in his system when he presented to drive at the Hobart meeting on Sunday the 5th of February, and was sentenced on the basis of his claim that the drugs were the residue from a single pill that he had taken […]
