Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It seems that another 2 young Kiwi drivers have returned positive swabs after the RIB conducted unannounced random drug testing at Cambridge on Thursday. We don’t know what substances they returned the positives to, but one of the drivers involved is Zev Meredith, who we gave a big wrap on this site for his driving […]
About 3 months ago a story written by Archie Butterfly was published on this website. In it we stated that 4 dogs trained by a Queensland greyhound trainer named Graham Hall had returned positive swabs to readily available over the counter amino acid called gamma- aminobutyric acid, or GABA for short. We were wrong. The […]
Warning to trainers – Levamisole usage in greyhounds Trainers are advised to be cautious when administering antiparasitic medication to their greyhounds containing the active constituent levamisole, which is a prohibited substance, as is its metabolite aminorex, due to their stimulant effects. The exemption in the prohibited substance rules regarding antiparasitic medication is as follows: “includes […]
Gold Coast racehorse trainer Les Kelly, winner of 3 of the past 5 premierships on the Glitter Strip, had two horses throw positive swabs to EPO in the rich Ramornie Handicap at Grafton last year. After an interminable and quite inexplicable delay in finalising the matter, Kelly was last month handed out an 18 month […]
Rising star young trainer Cameron Ross, who recently moved over the desert to set up a training base with his true love and fellow trainer Jocelyn Young in Perth, has been stood down from all forms of racing across Australia by HRNSW Stewards after one of his winners in Sydney in February threw up a […]
Every person in the harness racing world suspects that Jason Grimson is doing some sort of drug cheating. Unless you accept that Grimson is the greatest trainer that the world has ever seen, how else can the outrageous form reversal of Swayzee be explained? So during the week the Stewards go out to his temporary […]
Watch these two races. The first is a very weak up to NR70 race at Redcliffe two months ago. Swayzee is the horse in the white and the maroon colors. It goes like a busted arse. https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/REC06042302.mp4 Swayzee gets bought by clients of Jason Grimson after that run, and is transferred to his stable. Two […]
Jack Callaghan’s was the drive of the race, not that of Grant Dixon. Callaghan sucked Dixon into doing exactly what he wanted him to do. Just when it looked as if Dixon was for sure going forward, Callaghan offered him the easy option of a nice spot in the line. It was a bit like […]
I Cast No Shadow emerged from the obscurity of the claimers to win the Len Smith Mile last year in 1.48.8, and in the next 100 days went on to win Inter Dominion and run 2nd in the Hunter Cup. If you hadn’t seen Boncel Benjamin do the same thing when it won ID21 you […]
What you see below is an extract from a 280 page 2018 report into integrity in Australian sport. The report focused on human athletes, but horses are mammals too and it equally applies. It goes some way toward explaining the genius of Jill Grimson I am sure. Note the Clenbuterol reference. 6.1 PERFORMANCE AND IMAGE […]
