Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Harness Racing Victoria states in the strongest terms that what has been expressed only creates fear and uncertainty among the stakeholders the bodies are meant to represent, distracting from the collective efforts to resolve the financial complexity that we all face. Translation: It’s all the Kindred Bodies fault. They aren’t representing their members. They are […]
Dale Monteith is the worst Chairman of a harness racing authority in Australian history by panels and bar none. It’s daylight the rest. The numbers tell the story. In the 12 years prior to Monteith’s appointment in 2016 HRV had made an aggregated profit of nearly $6 million dollars. In the 7 years that he […]
Dale Monteith, the genius who as HRV Chairman presided over the financial disaster WE, the Presidents of the Victorian Harness Racing Kindred Bodies, are issuing this urgent and united statement to express our profound concern over the future of Harness Racing in Victoria. A meeting we requested last week with Harness Racing Victoria (HRV) has […]
If you think the massive reduction to prizemoney for the Breeders Crown series announced yesterday is the only crack on the chin that Victorian harness racing participants are going to cop this year, then I’d suggest you think again, for the pain has only just begun. There is no alternative, for as we’ve been trying […]
The big losers from the decimation of the Breeders Crown series are Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin, with the pair set to miss out on millions of dollars as a result of the wholesale cuts to stakes. Tonkin and Stewart have dominated the Breeders Crown in recent years, particularly since the change in dates meant […]
Harness Racing Victoria’s announcement yesterday that it is immediately slashing prizemoney for the Breeders Crown Series has rocked harness racing participants, with the series being decimated by direct cut in stakes for the 2 and 3-year-old finals of $705 000 or 64.35%, down from $1.15 million to $410 00. These prizemoney reductions imperil the Group […]
PACING 1. 2yo Colts & Geldings Final Was $250 000 Now $80 000 Reduction= $170 000 2. 2yo Fillies Final WAS – $250 000 NOW – $80 000 Reduction = $170 000 3. 3yo Colts & Geldings Final Was $150 000 Now $60 000 Reduction = $90 000 4. 3yo Fillies Final WAS $150 000 […]
The Alex Freeman trained Jay Bee Jay Bee threw a positive swab 4-hydroxytestosterone after it raced on the 5th of May Both 2023. 4-hydroxytestosterone is an anabolic androgenic steroid. Under rule AHR 90AA(4) a horse who throws a positive swab to an anabolic androgenic steroid must be banned from racing for a minimum of 12 […]
The accused trained, managed and housed harness racing horses at his registered training establishment. The accused noticed that a colt with very swollen legs. The colt was unable to weight bear on either leg and was unable to stand comfortably. The accused did not provide the colt with any veterinary treatment after he noticed that […]
We have published a number of stories over the past few months bemoaning the reluctance of Stewards in many states to take action against horses that run up inside the marker pegs at the trots. In these stories we have repeatedly called upon the stipes to take a hard line on drivers who cheat to […]
