Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Jason Grimson has built his public name as a trainer on taking used horses and turning them into stars. His reputation in harness racing circles is built on something else again. Seaton Grima is the new Grimson. Grima is getting previously ordinary horses from their former trainers and making them run as fast as Leap […]
So Emma Stewart – Victoria’s leading trainer for almost the entire past decade – claims that she wasn’t aware of the one clear day administration rule. The same rule that has been in place for the entirety of her premiership winning reign. Really? Really? Oh yeah Emma, pull the other one, it plays jingle bells. […]
Hi Peter I enjoy your stories, but your story on Phil Williamson is completely false in my opinion. Phil is the cleanest trainer we have in New Zealand without a doubt- even a big anti cheat name in NZ has his horses with Phil. I could be wrong of course but I wouldn’t back him […]
Veteran Southland trainer Phil Williamson has been having the best season of his life strike rate wise. Many have wondered how and why. Everyone wonders why healthy young seeming superstars suddenly drop dead in their emerging prime. Perhaps Einstein was right the whole time. E = MC 2.
Myself and Corey, along with our family are relieved, it has been a weight on our shoulders for a long time. It has been concerning to both of us, we have always maintained our innocence throughout the whole thing – Chris Munce 22/11/2023 Charge 1 pursuant to Australian Rule of Racing 254(1)(a)(ii) provides: A person […]
The story so far. An anonymous whistleblower sent The Black Horse Newsletter a tranche of 150 Department of Agriculture documents connected to two of Ireland’s biggest doping scandals. Issue 10 of the Newsletter contained revelations in the John Hughes case not made public before, including the names of some of the trainers and their associates […]
Queensland’s integrity boss Shane Gillard has spearheaded a new plan to catch dopers and cheats in the racing industry. In the past, the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has sometimes been accused of not doing enough to stamp out wrongdoing. More than two years ago, a group of frustrated Queensland trainers spoke out with their concerns that cheats were […]
Well so much for the QRIC Commissioner Shane Gillard’s grand plan to use an innovative swabbing regime to crack down on drug cheating in Queensland racing. There were 10 races at the main Sunshine State metropolitan meeting at the Sunshine Coast yesterday, with an average of $95 000 prizemoney on offer in each. Only 6 […]
Here is some information that has come my way lately that I thought you might find interesting. A vet informed me that these trainers who suddenly turn fast but limited horses around and get them to put up amazing performances are using short acting chemically restructured fast acting peptides that work like EPO and other […]
