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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 […]
South Australian trot driver Kenny ‘The Gambler’ Rogers is one of those sad individuals who become hooked on the dirty, illegal street drug ice and refuse to kick the habit, or can’t, and enter into a spiral that sucks them down into nothingness faster than a crocodile’s death roll ever could, and keeps pulling to […]
A horse trained by John McCarthy threw a positive swab to cobalt in October 2018. McCarthy was charged with presenting it to race while under the influence. Five years later he was found guilty and given a DQ of 12 month. John McCarthy appealed, and his sentence was reduced to 9 months. He appealed again […]
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 […]
