Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Have a read of this. It’s a story that appeared in the Perth newspaper the West Australian yesterday. It’s true too. But it’s not the full truth. This couple involved are a high profile WA harness trainer and his wife. The husband played stick and ball at the Olympics for Australia. It seems the love […]
If I am reading the Stewards summary correctly – and I am certain that I am – then only 4 of the 9 winners at Globe Derby last night were actually swabbed after the race. Only two of the nine were swabbed before the race. That is outrageous. If you don’t actively drug test winners, […]
Quite a few people have asked me why the veteran 50 something journeyman jockey Peter ‘Hammo’ Hamilton has been denied a license by the QRIC. The simple answer is that I don’t know, so I can’t tell you. Instead I will just present a couple of facts to you, and leave you to work it […]
Peter Hamilton IR0110-21 17 November 2021 Original decision Refusal of Application for Thoroughbred Jockey Licence Final outcome Original decision confirmed – Refusal of Application for Thoroughbred Jockey Licence
NSW gallops mentor Garry White has never been a great trainer, or really anything much more than struggle street Stan. His career strike rate is about 11%. Between April and September this year he all but doubled it. 10 from 50 at 20% White returned during this period. It would be nice to think that […]
As it set out to root out cheaters, the Jockey Club found two kindred spirits across the Hudson River, at the Meadowlands racetrack in New Jersey. Jeffrey Gural, a second-generation New York City developer, runs the track, which hosts thoroughbred and harness racing. Brice Cote, a former minor league relief pitcher and police detective, is its […]
Changes have been made to the rules around blood spinning in the harness racing industry. But Harness Racing New Zealand is refusing to go public with the revised rules. The process of blood spinning, also known as ACS or PRP, involves collecting blood from the horse using a needle, processing it in a laboratory, and […]
Dr Michael Henley Rewei Brown. Mobile equine veterinary surgeon. Rangiora. Just across the road from Woodend Beach. No office to speak of, but a great big back yard with a driveway that would fit a float, and brick walls all around. Presently in possession of the blood spinning machine formerly the property of Equine Blood […]
EFFECTS OF NICKEL ON EPO PRODUCTION Almost 40 years ago the group of Hopfer discovered that the intra-renal injection of nickel compounds (αNi3S2, NiO, NiS2, βNiS, Ni dust) produces an increase in circulating EPO and erythrocytosis in rats (6). The intra-renal injection of Ni3S2 was also effective in guinea pigs but not in in hamsters or […]
We all know who Anthony Van Dyck was. He’s the Aiden O’Brien horse that broke down and died in last year’s Melbourne Cup. His death became the catalyst for the introduction of widescale changes to the way international runners in the Cup have to be tested to ensure that they are sound, and that they […]
