Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
DECISION OF JUDICIAL COMMITTEE DATED 30 APRIL 2020 1. Mr Blair Orange is a Licensed Open Driver under the New Zealand Harness Racing Rules and is charged that “on the 14th March 2020 at Christchurch being a Licensed Open Driver did misconduct himself by repeatedly telling RIU staff to “f… off” when lawfully investigating a […]
It was a year ago, September a day I well remember I was walking up and down in drunken pride when my knees began to flutter and I fell down in the gutter and a pig came by and lay down by my side As I lay there in the gutter thinking thoughts I could […]
Now let me say from the outset that I am definitely not talking through my pocket here, for I had my biggest bet of the weekend on Amore Vita which won the 2-year-old fillies final of the Vicbred Super Series last night. That squared away, you would have to ask – as an avid reader […]
Kenny Rogers is a thrice disqualified drug addicted driver, who is presently serving yet another stint for driving while high on Ice. Belinda McCarthy is a NSW trainer who was disqualified after her horse threw a positive swab to Boldenone, a banned steroid. Amy Steenhuis is closely related to Zac Steenhuis, a trot trainer who […]
They say actions speak louder than words, but sometimes the converse is true. Actions are but fleeting, and often seen by none or few. Words stay on the page for all to see. Here are Adam Fairley’s. Is it really in the best interests of the sport for the pedigree analysist for Cobbitty Equine Farm […]
We’ve received a large volume of correspondence relating to our story yesterday about former HRNSW official Adam Fairley being soon to appointed to replace Craig Meagher on the board of the organisation. No-one who has contacted us is in favour of the appointment. What we have been told is that while Fairley was a senior […]
The former Kiwi pacer Nerano has had six starts since coming across the ditch. It’s won them all, and done it in brilliant fashion too. That’s why is was so surprising that there was no money for it in race 4 at Wagga on Tuesday night. There was plenty of money for So Much Bettor, […]
Norm Torpey has been around the Queensland stewarding ranks for a long time now, and has held some very senior positions within the ranks of the QRIC and it’s successors (and been demoted from them). Torpey is supposed to be one of the better stipes in the north, but I personally wouldn’t pay two cents […]
Nathan Jack, Mark Pitt and Lisa Bartley were stood down from racing and charged with a criminal offence when accused of deliberately falsifying a stable return to conceal the true trainer details of a horse at Cobram. Matt Brinsdon did exactly the same thing in New Zealand last month, and has escaped with nothing but […]
You would have to be kidding wouldn’t you? The pacer with the form you see above has just won a race at Redcliffe by more than sixty metres, in a mile rate of 1.56.0. That’s preposterous. Im Plain Jane’s average over it’s past 10 starts has been 2.02.6. It has just run almost 100 metres […]
