Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Some really odd things are going on in Queensland at the moment. Well tried older horses are running times that just don’t make sense. Cheerstolou is one of them. When it arrived at Donny Smith’s stables about a month or two ago it had raced 78 times for 8 wins against weak company, and never […]
This photo was taken a decade ago by Luke Pizzilli, the alleged supplier of a large commercial quantity of drugs and member of Jason Grimson’s lifelong friend Tatts Menangle Crew who was arrested in Western Sydney today when he reported in to the Auburn police station as required by his bail conditions on other matters. […]
Organised crime detectives investigating an alleged harness racing drug syndicate accused of transporting drugs between NSW and Tasmania have now charged an eighth man. The State Crime Command’s Organised Crime Squad Casino and Racing Unit and Tasmania Police have jointly been investigating the alleged intra- and interstate supply of prohibited drugs under Strike Force Chiel […]
QLD jockey Amy Graham was charged by Stewards with one count of damaging the image of racing by snorting coke while jockey Casey Waddell who she thought was a mate was filming it on her phone, and another count of lying to Zim (QRIC Steward Paul Zimmerman) about who else was there on the toot […]
If, as we are told that it has, the sample taken from Sure Thing Captain while in the retention barn at Menangle has tested positive for the presence of bisphosphonate, it raises an issue of critical importance to all NSW harness racing participants. We know, and Harness Racing NSW does too, that the sophisticated type […]
Picture – the retention barn at Menangle The mail filtering through is that the substance that QLD trained pacer Sure Thing Captain threw a positive swab to while in HRNSW Menangle retention barn was a class of drug called a bisphosphonate. Bisphosphonates are a class of drugs used in the human world to treat bone […]
Trainers and Veterinarians are advised that the use of bisphosphonates can lead to prolonged and unpredictable detection times. Bisphosphonates are pharmaceutical agents that interfere with normal bone remodelling processes. There are currently only two (2) products containing bisphosphonates registered with the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA): • Tildren Injection for Horses (tiludronic acid […]
Since a class of bone drugs called bisphosphonates entered the equine market, questions have surrounded their use and traceability in horses. Researchers are starting to find clarity, however, on the latter front. A team recently confirmed that a new drug test can detect the bisphosphonate tiludronate disodium (Tildren) in horses up to three years after […]
Queensland pacer Sure Thing Captain, trained by Shannon Price, has been stood down from all types of racing from 18 November 2025. The stand-down was imposed by NSW Stewards. It is indefinite. There has been no official announcement regarding the matter yet, or any reasons offered why. The give away is in the fact that […]
You can see what has happened with all these arrests. The NSW cops were all over Tatts (Justin Downey) and his wife for alleged high level dealing. They had phone intercepts obtained under warrant on them both, and in the process of listening learned of the alleged Tasmanian supply link. So after they had sat […]
