Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
31 May 2024 – Mr Jack Trainor – HRNSW Stewards have commenced an investigation in relation to reports from the Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory (ARFL) that Levamisole has been detected in the following samples: Pre-race blood sample taken from MANHATTAN NZ prior to race 2, the CONDELL PARK PRODUCE BABY BLING STAKES (1609 metres) conducted at Tabcorp […]
What are Louisiana regulators thinking? Bowing to a horseman’s group and veterinarians who think that horses should race on more drugs, the Louisiana State Racing Commission has just decided that there is an “emergency” in the state that requires them to make horses less safe than they were. The state is reducing withdrawal times for several […]
The news that trainer Emma Stewart has escaped the noose by having her 6 month disqualification for race day drenching 2 horses reduced to a mere $12 000 fine has shocked many in harness racing, not least of all the Stewards. Treating your horse with anything on race day it a huge no no, and […]
As you can see above, the racehorse Mr Cruise was placed TCO2 List early last month after throwing a reading in excess of 35.1 mmo/L in a pre-race swab at Barcaldine. Horses that are placed on the list are subject to mandatory pre-race testing at their next 6 starts. Or they are supposed to be. […]
Stable change for Aardie’s Express 4 June 2024 , News By Adam Hamilton Boom Kiwi-bred mare Aardie’s Express has joined the powerhouse Jason Grimson stable. With Jack Trainor facing a possible stint on the sidelines over two swab irregularities, he and Canadian-based owner Mike Tanev opted for the stable change. Aardie’s Express has joined Grimson’s stable […]
Jack Trainor has seen the writing on the wall and done an Emma Stewart overnight. All of his stable horses – including last start Group 1 winner Aardies Express – have been transferred to Jason Grimson in the past 24 hour, with the transfers approved by Harness Racing NSW. That’s what you call jumping before […]
On the 5th of December last year trot trainer Emma Stewart was disqualified for 6 months after Stewards caught her race-day treating two horses by drenching them with something that she says was saline, but the Stewards say – quite correctly in my view – contained a perfomance enhancing substance. Stewart appealed the decision and […]
The mail is that Jack Trainor’s soon to be announced second positive swab involves another NZ import from the Souh Island, which shouldn’t surprise anyone, for plenty of the trainers there are dodgy and so are some of the vets. Apparently it took the world’s number 1 racing analytic facility the Hong Kong Racing Laboratory […]
As a New Zealand citizen myself – the only Geebung born, bred and raised Kiwi that I know – I fully understand the reluctance of the average All Blacks fan wearer to reach into their pocket and pull out a quid. Money is hard to come by in Aeroatoa so spending it hurts But when […]
During the week we made trenchant criticism 0f the HRNSW for seemingly failing to take tissue samples from the body of the pacer Saginaw after he was euthanised on track at Menangle following an alleged colic attack. Less than a week later, on the opposite side of country, another pacer had the terrible misfortune to […]
