Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Dear Archie I am noticing a troubling trend in Harness meetings in Victoria in the new year, and that trend is the terribly low number of both pre race and post race swabs being taken. I note that some meetings are down to as low as 2 total pre race swabs and 3 post race […]
This is a recent Stewards report from Washington PA that tells a story about many things, mainly horses who run through brick walls. It applies to the gallops equally as applies to the trots. —————————————————————– CONDUCT DETRIMENTAL TO THE BEST INTEREST OF HORSE RACING On March 10, 2022 Commission investigators observed trainer Santiago Porfilio administrating an […]
Harness Racing NSW employs a retention barn for runners in big races. Horses have to be in the barn by midday on the Thursday prior to their race, and are kept under close guard and physical 24/7 surveillance until 2 hours prior to the starting time of their race. The Tamworth and Albury Cups are […]
So who’s the Kiwi trainer who put their hand up this time and said they administered the Levamisole? Six or eight weeks after importation, two races apart sounds more like local administration then an imported problem Could the difference be that NSW tests, as you claim is essential for integrity, every winner and the other […]
Nathan ‘Cracker’ Jack is probably feeling anything but crackerjack after copping a 9 month disqualification after throwing a pair of positive swabs to Levamisole on NSW soil, both with the same Kiwi import (name – Skinnydip) in races run 2 weeks apart, and 6-8 weeks after the horse arrived in Australia. He shouldn’t be too […]
Central Coast trackwork rider Gary Kramer has been suspended for 22 months after throwing a personal positive swab to banned illegal drugs after riding in trackwork at Port Macquarie in late September. The sentence may appear harsh, but its not given that this was the fifth time that Kramer has returned a positive to drugs. […]
Harness Racing New South Wales (HRNSW) Stewards commenced an Inquiry today in relation to reports from the Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory (ARFL) that Levamisole was detected in the following samples: Pre-race blood sample taken from the horse SKINNYDIP NZ prior to race 4, the STEEL SUPPLIES PACE (2270 metres) conducted at Wagga on Friday 7 […]
Just when we’ve been giving the QRIC under Kim Kelly’s operational leadership a huge wrap for its hyper-charged new and improved swabbing regime in the South-East, along comes yesterday’s meeting at Cairns and blows the whole thing out of the water. I don’t know if the new supply of test kits got lost in the […]
Four-year-old Kiwi mare Xcite Me came to Australia a in July as a 13 start maiden, and didn’t look to be any world beater. She didn’t in her six starts for skilled Sydney trainer Paul Fitzpatrick either. He did get her to finally break her duck in weak race at Bathurst, but after that she […]
A few weeks back we wrote about how swabbing at QLD metropolitan race meetings has been vastly enhanced under the leadership of QRIC Deputy Commissioner Kim Kelly, who was perhaps Australia’s – if not the world’s – best Steward prior to taking up his new executive role. It’s pleasing to see that the swabbing at […]
