Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The breaking news from across the ditch is that Woodend Beach trainer Cam Jones (pictured above) has this afternoon been caught with a needle in his hand ready to inject his pacer Johnny Nevits with an unknown substance on the way to the Addington race track. Our information is that Jones was being covertly surveilled […]
Yesterday we write a story about harness trainer Stephanie Lippiatt and opine that the inquiry into her drive on a 50-1 shot at Menangle on the weekend was a double blind, as part of a three coconut trick. Lo and behold, the very next day at the very same track Lippiatt comes out and trains […]
US trainer Bob Baffert is a long time drug cheat. A few years back his Triple Crown – Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont Stakes – winner Justify threw a positive but escaped on a technicality. His Kentucky Derby winner this year Medina Spirit didn’t. It threw a positive to steroids and got stripped of the win. […]
Egodan was, until yesterday morning, a washed up veteran 10-year-old pacer who for the past 18 months had been seeing out the final days of his racing career in the back block town of Mildura, up near the NSW/Victoria border where the oranges grow and the green grass and the ice cold glass flow. In […]
Prosecutors in the federal drug adulteration and misbranding case filed their sentencing recommendations for veterinarian Dr. Kristian Rhein late last week, and the documents revealed a couple of new details about the case they would have mounted against him. Rhein has entered a plea of guilty to a charge of drug adulteration and misbranding for […]
A pacer named Whistle On By drawn the pole was backed from $4.40 into $2.90 in the first at Globe Derby yesterday. Given that it hadn’t won in it’s past 27 starts, and had only won 2 from 34 in its lifetime, many wondered why. They don’t anymore. Whistle on By won. His winning time […]
The chain of custody is super important when dealing with swab samples. If these samples are not stored safely and securely they can be tampered with, stolen, adulterated or contaminated. Even if none of these things occur, anyone who blows over is a fair chance of getting off if they can prove insecure storage. On […]
The increasingly popular among young licensees harness training hub at Woodend Beach just north of Christchurch has rapidly become the heartland of illegal and highly dangerous horse doping. This is a matter of concern to both Australian and NZ racing authorities, for it is understood that a number of leading NSW trainers have very close […]
Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESA) are medications which stimulate the bone marrow to make red blood cells.[1] They are used to treat anemia due to end stage kidney disease, chemotherapy, major surgery, or certain treatments in HIV/AIDS.[1][2] In these situations they decrease the need for blood transfusions.[2] The different agents are more or less equivalent.[2] They are given by injection.[2] Common side effects may include joint pain, rash, vomiting, and headache.[4] Serious side effects may include heart attacks, stroke, increased cancer growth, […]
As sentencing dates approach for the flurry of federal defendants who entered guilty pleas to drug adulteration and misbranding charges this summer and fall, prosecutors and defense attorneys have filed documents which reveal a few new tidbits about the case that has captivated racing since March 2020. Trainer Jorge Navarro will be sentenced on Dec. […]
