Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Story by Matt Nicholls, North West News In heartbreaking news for a group of Outback owners, the winner of this year’s Birdsville Cup, Testator Silens, will be sensationally stripped of the title after allegedly returning a positive swab. The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has yet to confirm its findings, or which substance Testator Silens tested […]
Trainers in the Far North QLD trainers awoke to a rude surprise this morning when the QRIC integrity assurance team paid them a visit as part of an out of competition testing blitz designed to catch out trainers who are using performance enhancing drugs on their horses but are timing the administration so that the […]
Organised Crime Squad detectives have extradited and charged three men following an investigation into a drug syndicate linked to the harness racing industry across NSW and Tasmania under Strike Force Chiel. Strike Force Chiel was established by State Crime Command’s Organised Crime Squad Casino and Racing Unit and Tasmania Police Operation Avanti into the intra […]
Three brothers and Tasmanian harness racing drivers have been charged with transporting drugs from NSW to Tasmania on flights and via post following a probe into a high profile horse owner and his wife. The State Crime Command’s Organised Crime Squad Casino and Racing Unit and Tasmania Police Operation Avanti established Strike Force Chiel to […]
Harness racing trainer Paul Tonkin was disqualified for 18 months after one of his horses threw a positive swab to the potent painkiller Tapentadol, which is as strong if not stronger than heroin. Tonkin – a respected member of the community who had never before offended in his life – had a very plausible explanation […]
Opinion piece by Belle From Burnie The bottle of Fenbender obtained from Birch in May was already OPEN then doesn’t that make the analysis irrelevant as it could have been adulterated after opening? Probably Birch isn’t that smart (editors note: I wouldn’t bet on that) but if I were using Levamisole – which of course […]
HISA/HIWU follow the lead of the Harness Racing Medication Collaborative and USTA on Metformin threshold Posted on November 19, 2025 from the USTA Communications Department Columbus, OH – On Monday (Nov. 17), the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) Committee announced a proposed new minimum level for the banned substance Metformin more than a […]
Tasmanian harness racing identities Nathan Ford (pictured) and his younger sibling Mitch Ford have been arrested and charged with alleged involvement in a major cross-State drug trafficking and supply ring. Police apprehended the Ford brothers on Tuesday and held in custody since, as extradition proceedings for their removal to NSW this week have been successful. […]
INDUSTRY NOTICE IN RELATION TO RECENT MEDIA REPORTS 19 November 2025 Some industry participants may have seen articles recently published in The Sunday Telegraph and in the online edition of The Daily Telegraph (or Code Sports), on 9 and 10 November 2025. Regrettably, those articles contained many factual errors. HRNSW issues this notice to correct and clarify the 10 important matters […]
“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked […]
