Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
In recent times we have been bemoaning the disparity in penalties handed down to licensees by Harness Racing NSW compared to those meted out in other states, and here is another stark illustration of the issue. In June trot drivers Jack Brown and Lucas Rando were disqualified for switching urine samples during an on-course drug […]
Hi Archie, I read with interest the article from HRNSW Stewards that Scott Hewitt received no penalty for his Levamisole positive swab. In talking to one of the stewards about the case, apparently Scott ran sheep on his property (which he treated with Levamisole) and although the horses and sheep were in separate paddocks, the […]
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By a process of elimination we believe that we have identified the Luke McCarthy trained pacer that has thrown a positive swab to cocaine. The horse appears to be Kingmaker, which won races at Menangle on the 24th and 31st of May. (We had previously written that the positive occurred in QLD; that now seems […]
The case of Shane Sanderson and his horse Perfect Stride’s positive swabs to tiludronic acid is very interesting one that shows the importance of proper scientific research having been conducted prior to depriving licensees of their livings for breaches of the substance rules. Tiludronic acid – s0ld under the name Tildren – is a treatment […]
In a week when harness racing appears to be drowning in an ocean of drugs, the unwelcome talk around Queensland trotting circles is that one of champion trainer ‘Cool Hand’ Luke McCarthy’s horses has thrown a positive swab to a substance believed to be cocaine during the recent Brisbane winter carnival. It is not known […]
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 […]
