Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
Here is our brief and admittedly opinionated commentary on the HRNSW March Integrity Updates and Information published yesterday on the national harness racing website at https://www.harness.org.au/media-room/news-article/?news_id=64804 Read on and see what you think. Clayton Harmey copped a positive swab to Levamisole after winning a race at Newcastle in January. We tipped you about that […]
The case of New Zealand co-trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott decided last week by the Racing Integrity Board merely serves to highlight the absolute absurdity of the current substance rules and testing regimes applied by racing authorities on both sides of the Tasman Sea. O’Sullivan and Scott were stripped of their win in the […]
There is increasing speculation in racing circles that if Gillon McLachlan is proven to have knowledge of the AFL’s drug testing cover-up practices – and to date he hasn’t been – it may cost him the long-mooted Chairman’s role at Racing Victoria. Racing is a sport that is dependent both on being free of drugs, […]
This is a previously unpublished portion of the transcript of evidence from the 2015 Sam Kavanagh cobalt inquiry. It raises huge questions about the integrity of a number of people across both codes of racing, and – if the witness’s evidence were true, which we are not asserting they are – casts several people in […]
There is trend emerging in NSW harness racing whereby pacers that leave the Seaton Grima stable suddenly lose two legs. Four starts back Saginaw won at Menangle in 1.52.5. It then ran down the track three starts ago in a higher class race at Menangle, but still ran a similar [personal time of 1.52.6. After […]
TCO2 Levels The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has identified the following horses that have recorded a TCO2 reading above 35.1 mmol/L. This information will remain online for 28 days from the publishing date. All horses notified on this list (including past notifications) are subject to new measures requiring trainers to present them to the stewards for pre-race […]
Haven’t Naomi Kerr’s horses started flying again since NSW harness rogue Shannon Wonson started taking after dark drives from his workplace at Darren Weir’s pre-training center in Baringhup up to Mildura to visit friends. It’s quite remarkable really. https://www.hrnsw.com.au/news/1745/mr-shannon-wonson–recommencement-of-disqualification Kerr had runners in 6 races at Broken Hill. She won 4 of them, and ran […]
