Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There are two big drugs in racing cases going on in the USA this week. One is the one that we have been focusing on – the one that we call the FBI case – involving mass produced illegal and misbranded drugs, bent chemists, crooked vets, and cheating trainers. The other is the case brought […]
Stewards today concluded an adjourned inquiry into the running and handling of Its Super Easy ( Angus Garrard) from Albion Park Race 7 – 11/01/2022. After an extensive review of the betting, which showed no abnormal betting and reviewing the horses previous racing characteristics, confirming the horse hangs in his races. Today after taking further […]
Greg Sugars, driver of Eiffel From Heaven ($2.70 fav), was questioned regarding the tactics adopted on the mare, in particular his decision to not direct the mare wider between the 400m to the 200m to fully follow Mister Cracker and further his decision to direct the mare wider on the track upon straightening and not […]
A few days ago I told you the story about how an NZ Racing Integrity Board adjudicator named Olivia Jarvis stuffed up an RIB hearing involving a horse named High Flying Harry. Today I want to tell you a bit more. The so-called ‘independent adjudicator’ Olivia Jarvis is the girlfriend/partner of a barrister named Kerry […]
VICTORIAN horse racing’s new corruption watchdog has vehemently denied having accepted cash from a convicted drug dealer to do private detective work, saying the allegations are part of a malicious campaign to destroy his reputation and force him out of the industry. Former detective Dayle Brown, chosen last week to head Racing Victoria’s integrity services […]
Well, well, well. Look at this. Peter Lamb is the name you are looking at, the starter at Melton. Lamb is the man who got sacked in New Zealand for hooking the start of last year’s NZ Trotting Cup, the one in which his mate Mark Purdon’s horse Self Assured got a flying start from […]
The man in charge of Tuesday’s controversial New Zealand Cup start has been replaced. Long-time Canterbury harness racing starter Peter Lamb was informed by host club Addington he will no longer be their starter, with the role going to former assistant starter Ricky Donnelly. The start of Tuesday’s $540,000 Group 1 great race was widely […]
Dr NAPTHINE (South-West Coast) — My question without notice is to the Minister for Racing, and I ask: can the minister confirm that the newly appointed general manager, integrity services, with Racing Victoria, Mr Dayle Brown, was investigated and disciplined for misuse of his Victoria Police identification in South Australia when he was on a […]
Do you reckon that James Innes Jr was fair dinkum on Blueskin in the Eve Security Services Maiden Plate at Gosford on Friday? I very much doubt it. Blueskin was a first starter coming into this off two trials. In the first of them a month ago he jumped like a rabbit with Innes on […]
Lachie Manzelmann is a talented driver, but unfortunately he is a most reckless and dangerous one too, as he proved in the first race at Redcliffe last night. The further question is whether there is something else behind his crazy drive in this race as well. There were two chances in the first last night, […]
