Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Chubby Checker the former Turbo trained pacer that has got him into all the trouble hasn’t raced since December last year. The singer that it was named after is still at the age of 82 going strong and belting out tunes at the trots. I guess the original Chubby never got treated with Levamisole. This […]
Kerry Ann Morris’s appeal against her 6-month disqualification for presenting her Kiwi import Black Edition to race twice with the prohibited substance Levamisole in its system has been dismissed by the NSW Harness Racing Appeal Panel. We will provide a detailed commentary on the panel’s decision in a later article. What it means upfront though […]
Emma Stewart trained four odds-on favorites at Menangle last night. Extraordinarily not one of them was pre-races swabbed. Admittedly her Oaks winner Very Pretty ($1.09) and Queen Elizabeth II Mile runner-up Ladies in Red ($1.75) had been in the retention barn up to 2 hours before their races, but to imagine that stops a determined […]
A careless whisper from a careless manA neutron dance for a neutron fanMarionette strings are dangerous thingsI thought of all the trouble they bring Baby you send me, baby you send meSet adrift on memory bliss of youBaby you send meSet adrift on memory bliss of you I always wondered how a little known Victorian […]
Now trainer Nick Walsh, pictured with Alfie back in his days as a young gun rodeo star Nick Walsh is a young Rockhampton gallops trainer and horseman in his mid-twenties, who in the few years since he started training has been leading winners in at an average strike rate 3 in every 10 starters, and […]
Diclofenac Diclofenac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It humans it treats rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis sprains and strains in muscles and ligaments back pain toothache migraine gout ankylosing spondylitis – this causes inflammation of the spine and other parts of the body It does same in horses. Diclofenac is not a cure for any of these conditions, […]
SA jockey turned trainer Jordan Frew has been outed for 10 months for blowing over 0.05% while handing horses at the races. It was his 3rd such offence in the past 5 years. In 2019 he copped a 2 month suspension for going over at the Strathalbyn races. Then in 2022 he went over the […]
Oh lady, running down to the riptideTaken away to the dark sideI wanna be your left-hand manI love you when you’re singing that songAnd I got a lump in my throat‘Cause you’re gonna sing the words wrong – James Keogh for Vance Joy For Real Life and Frankie Ferocious first met as 2YO’s in the […]
GENERAL Reinsperson Ken Rogers stood down under R250(3) pending the analysis of the saliva sample taken after his initial saliva test was reported as non-negative. As reported on the night repeat offender Kenny ‘The Gambler’ Rogers has thrown another positive swab to meth. He rolled the dice on not getting caught, and lost. Addiction is […]
Ken Rogers is a drug addict. We’ve written about this pint-sized, woman hating grub on many occasions, and in particular – knowing far more than anyone should have to about meth addiction, due to relatives having problems with the gear – we have railed against HRSA’s continual acceptance of Rogers back into the sport without […]
