Which Notorious QLD Gallops Stable Has Just Copped Two Positives?
That is a good question. It was always a freight train coming. I know the answer. Do you?
Is It Really Worth It? – Do These Idiot Here Really Think That It’s Not Going to Happen to Them?
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 […]
Someone Stole Our Swab Kits Sir
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 […]
When You are Looking to Learn About Drug Cheating in All Forms of Racing, the First Place You Turn is the US of A
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 […]
Anyone Want to Buy Some Snake Venom? – Naja is the Cobra
Species 200mg 1gm Acanthophis antarcticus $170 $745 Acanthophis praelongus $210 $845 Acanthophis pyrrhus $850 $3,500 Agkistrodon bilineatus $50 $200 Austrelaps labialis $700 $3,000 Austrelaps superbus $400 $1,600 Bitis arietans $70 $300 Bitis rhinoceros $75 $340 Bitis nasicornis $75 $340 Bothriechis schlegelii $200 $850 Crotalus adamanteus $100 $450 Crotalus vegrandis $160 $700 Hoplocephalus bitorquatus $220 $900 […]
Another One Bites the Dust
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. ————————————————————————- […]
These Cheats are Racing Cyborgs
Captain Ravishing has just run the fastest last quarter that veteran Victorian race called Dan Milecki has ever seen. 25.1 seconds he ran. His final half mile was run in 52.8 seconds. It is the fastest quarter he has run by more than 2 seconds. The fastest half and quarters that Lochinvar Art ever ran […]
A Little Bit About Frog Juice – Forget the Date and Remember This – Nothing is Ever New in This World – Only Tweaked
Racing regulators kept hearing the reports: trainers were giving their horses a powerful performance-enhancing potion drawn from the backs of a type of South American frog. But for months postrace testing could not find the substance, a painkiller far more powerful than morphine. Then a lab in the Denver area tweaked its testing procedure, and […]
How Snake Venom Works – Explained by Dr Lichter
IT MAKES racehorses run through pain and is used in such tiny doses it can’t be detected. Sounds like the ultimate drug for racetrack dopers. And that’s just why racing authorities here jumped to attention when they heard snake venom might be closer to home than ever believed. Using a highly toxic substance to win […]
Don’t Even Ask About the Frogs
12/12/2020 8 Newcastle Sample Irregularity – Mrs K Morris – (BLACK EDITION) Levamisole Investigation continuing TBC 30/12/2020 1 Penrith Sample Irregularity – Mrs K Morris – (BLACK EDITION) Levamisole Investigation continuing TBC 09/03/2021 7 Leeton Sample Irregularity – Mr M Buckingham – (TARA LEEANN) Levamisole Adjourned 04/04/2022 23/03/2021 8 Menangle Sample Irregularity – Mr J […]