Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The QRIC has just posted full details of the reason that jockey Paul Randall had been disqualified for 18 months, and I have to say that what this senior rider did was despicable, and that he should he should have been warned off for life. The incident that lead to Randall’s disqualification occurred at the […]
A lot has written and said about racehorses, pacers and greyhound returning positive swabs to the insidious human drugs cocaine and methamphetamine (Ice), two illegal substances that’s use and abuse has become so widespread at all levels of our society that we are now seeing suburban housewives, footballers, high-profile lawyers, millionaire eastern suburbs housewives, politicians […]
I make no comment upon their worth as human beings because I don’t know them, but the records show that as far as their conduct in harness racing is concerned, the current or formerly licensed Russo clan is just no good. Paul Russo is the elder statesman of the trot side of the family. Peter […]
Well how is this for timing? On Thursday we publish a story highly critical of the Racing Integrity Board in which we highlight the deficiencies in the newly introduced system of an external Adjudicative Committee hearing and determining matters that have been traditionally the domain of racing stewards in each of the codes, and questioning […]
Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) Stewards concluded an inquiry into licensed Apprentice Jockey Ms Alisha Ross for providing an altered doctor’s clearance and giving false and misleading evidence to Stewards at the Townsville Turf Club on 1October and the Mackay Turf Club on 2 October 2021. After taking into consideration all the evidence tendered by […]
Watch the replay below. It is a heat of the rich 3YO NSW Breeders Challenge run at Bathurst last night. Winning it guarantees a pacer a place in the semi-finals. Five quick things before you look. Mitch Turnbull is driving the leader. His sister Amanda is on his back. The favourite is in the death. […]
When the New Zealand Racing Integrity Unit was set up in the wake of the Messara report there was great hope that the new, independent (to a degree) body would jump boots and all into the job and start cleaning up the plague of performance enhancing drugs in the sport. On the evidence published to […]
This was received last night from a harness racing industry expert. It is a very astute analysis/ Well there is the ultimate exercise in stupidity from Harness Racing Victoria. Why did it edit the video to cut out the interference in the straight? If it wasn’t TABCorp putting up the replay in its entirety someone else […]
When a dual licensed jockey/trainer has a runner in a race they are not allowed to ride any other horse. Black and white, no ifs or buts, full stop, end of story. As we told you a few days ago, dual licensee Cheryl Rogers rode a horse in the 2nd race at Gayndah against one […]
Watch this. It’s the last 250m of the Group 1 Victoria Cup on Saturday night, replicated directly from the official replay of the race published on the Harness Racing Victoria and Harness Racing Australia websites. What you are seeing is the fastest 250m ever run in the entire world history of harness racing. It will […]
