Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The decision to allow Ben Yole and other harness racing figures named in the Murrihy Report to return to the track will stun every animal loving Tasmanian. After months of examining the conduct of Ben Yole and his stables, independent reviewer Ray Murrihy made findings Yole had broken the rules of racing and animal welfare […]
On Friday 15 March 2024 Harness Racing NSW (HRNSW) Stewards commenced an Inquiry into the late scratching of the horses WHODAT BOODAT, BUTTER CUP, MY ULTIMATE LEVI and MOOPS from the Broken Hill Harness Race Meeting on that date. The inquiry was adjourned to allow Stewards to obtain further information in relation to the scratchings […]
It appears that in the UK there doesn’t need to be any interference for a jockey to lodge a protest. The pommy Stewards are now upholding them on suspicion. Have a listen below to how this chief stipe explains her panel’s decision to promote the 2nd horse in a race to first placing. They upheld […]
Do you remember a story we wrote a couple of months ago in which we predicted days before it happened that SA trot trainer Ryan Hyrhorec’s runner in the Broken Hill Cup would be scratched due to a claimed float breakdown? What Price Ryan Hryhorec Scratches My Ultimate Levi From Friday Night’s Broken Hill Cup? […]
In a decision sure to be poorly received by honest, rule abiding particpants across the harness racing industry, the Tasmanian Racing Appeal Board (TRAB) has today overturned the warning off notices issued to Ben Yole, his brother Tim, and the Ford siblings Nathan and Mitch. Yole and the others – with the exception of Mitch […]
A soccer referee checks the players studs before a game. In boxing an official from the other side watches over a fighter’s hands being taped up to make sure it’s done properly. Netball refs check the length of each players nails. All of these things are done for safety reasons. But does anyone at the […]
NZ reinsman Tim Williams seems to have uncommonly good luck in the Stewards Room, so much so that many have long wondered whether he’s the Kiwi equivalent of the koala, a protected species. His streak of good fortune continued in the 9th race at Addington yesterday when he was acquitted of a charge of failing […]
Southern Front finished tailed off first-up at Townsville on the 17th of May, and was beaten 114.84 lengths. It was vetted after the race and no significant abnormalities were found. SOUTHERN FRONT – eased down in the final straight and was distanced at the finish. A post-race veterinary examination of SOUTHERN FRONT revealed no significant […]
As we told you a month ago that he would, the disqualified for 8 years drug cheating Kiwi harness trainer Nigel McGrath last week exploited a ludicrous provision in the NZ rules to attempt to have his DQ cancelled. The rule in question is number 1205 Cancellation of Disqualification, which reads in the relevant part […]
Nigel McGrath is a cheat. By his own reckoning McGrath was giving his horses the banned substance propantheline bromide – a muscle relaxant that works like EPO by increasing the flow of blood – for two years during the Blue Magic scandal that resulted in 2 people dead, supposedly by suicide, although few believe the […]
