Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There were two very experienced Stewards in the shape of former NZ Chief Stipe Ross Neal and ex-Gold Coast Chief Steward Paul Gillard on the panel at yesterday’s Cairns meeting. You wouldn’t have known it though by the way owner Tom Hedley and his trainers played them off a break. The two race day officials […]
See the horse that was third across the line in the trot at Albion Park on Saturday night gallop its way there? Surely it would have to be disqualified you’d think. You’d be wrong. The Stewards ruled that it had gained no advantage over the 4th horse home, and allowed it to keep 3rd place. […]
What you are about to read in this and the stories to follow are the transcripts of discussions between corrupt then recently resigned HRNSW Stewards Matthew Bentley (now deceased) and Paul O’Toole, who was arrested 3 weeks later and was subsequently jailed. In what became known as the Green Light affair, both stewards had been […]
Early last year Harness Racing NSW issued this author with a legal letter in response to an article we wrote about what we perceived at the time to be vulnerabilities in the integrity of it’s swabbing procedures. In the legal letter HRNSW’s CEO Peter Buckman laid out details of how the integrity officials of the […]
Wayne and Samantha Hill (pictured above) https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/sa/GDC28042510.mp4 Trainer Samantha Hill had two runners in race 9 at Globe Derby yesterday. Hill drove the 2nd favorite Alleyes, her husband Wayne Hill drove the favorite Twixten. When the field settled early Twixten landed in the 1-1 on the back of Gaita Pullicino’s horse Ima Destroyer, with Alleyes […]
Driver Leonard Cain (pictured) should be charged with an unacceptable drive on Lostandfound in the last race at Redcliffe tonight and given stiff time. Lostandfound was the heavily backed $1.35 favorite for the race, and was given no chance at all of winning by Cain. He took it off the arm fast, but not quite […]
Central QLD stable hand (or trackwork rider, there appears to be some confusion as to which) Chris Wearne’s appeal against his 16 month disqualification for animal cruelty rule breach offences was heard yesterday by the QLD Racing Appeals Panel sans its leader Justice Kerry O’Brien, who is presumably enjoying an Easter break. The hearing was […]
The disturbing news out of Auckland is that a convicted sex offender – who due to court issued suppression orders we shall refer to only as Offender X – is working for, and on the registered South Auckland training premises of, the largest harness racing operation in New Zealand. 10 Months Home Detention For Convicted […]
What trainer Thomas Smith did While attempting to swim a young unnamed bay gelding (‘the horse’), Smith: Struck the horse on several occasions using the poly pipe on the gelding’s rump and hind using force Struck the horse across the neck with the poly pipe Shortened the poly pipe to use it as a blunt […]
We recently expressed our opinion that the AFL had erred by allowing A-grade referee Nick Foote to continue his side hustle as a racing tipster sponsored by corporate bookmaker Sportsbet. In light of this video (at bottom) published this week on the 2Units website featuring Foot (the clean shaven one) and his business partner Dave […]
