Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
In the wake of our story about the deaths of three young pacer from the Stonewall Stud stable on NZ tracks in the past four months, and the potentially fatal incident involving a driver at another, the RIB yesterday announced that has launched an investigation into the matters, seeking to determine whether there were only […]
It was only four years ago that three of trainer Robert Dunn’s pacers in four different races returned positive swabs to the performance enhancing stimulant caffeine. Dunn was fined $7 000, a sentence most considered remarkably light. The year before Dunn had been fined $4000 after one of his horses returned a positive to the […]
Stewards Report: Trainer Mark Currie Date: 14th September 2022 Panel: Clayton Warren & Peter Lane Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) Stewards today concluded an inquiry into a report from the analyst that a blood sample taken from WHERE’S TEKAY NOW on the 2 August 2022 prior to it participating in the Toowoomba Official Trials returned […]
I have it confirmed that Mark Currie has thrown one positive swab recently, and that he copped a 4 grand fine. The mail is that he has a second one too. We are waiting to find out what the substance is. It will be interesting.
That is a good question. It was always a freight train coming. I know the answer. Do you?
Another drug cheat swept up in the FBI sting in the USA has gone down. Rick Dane is the one this time. He was a run of the mill type trainer who left the Mid-West of Illinois when the prize money collapsed, and then he moved to Coast and came to the conclusion that if […]
It’s easy. Pre-race swab them There was almost half a million dollars in stakes on offer at the Cairns Amateurs meeting yesterday, including the Cup worth $150k and the Sprint worth $75 000. Three horses were pre-race swabbed across the whole day. Their odds in the betting were $10, $14, and $51. Down south at […]
Whether you are a gallops person or a trots, the best place to learn about drug cheating in racing is the United States. The Stewards reports tell you a whole lot of things that you might never have previously known. Like this one does. Acth Gel is an anti-inflammatory pain killer. It stops a horse […]
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Yet another crook caught up in the FBI horse doping scandal has copped their just deserts today. This time it was the sales rep for the drug company stealthily selling the gear. She got three and a half years. So far the Australian suppliers have slipped all the punches. That is about to change. ————————————————————————- […]
