Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
NZ trot trainer Colin Evans was last year convicted of 30 animal cruelty charges brought by the SPCA, including failure to provide his horses with food or water, confining them in their stalls for excessive periods (up to 23 days), and beating them. He was sentenced to 160 hours of community service, banned from owning […]
In the meantime, the leading greyhound trainer was first banned for life, then left free to train after an appeal while prominent horse trainer, Scott Brunton, was also banned after failing to pay a $1 million tax debt with the ATO. Concerns persist about the ongoing resourcing of priorities of ORI. Among those concerns are […]
Broadcaster Ray Hadley has made explosive allegations that horses slaughtered at a remote NSW property, which also rehomed hundreds of wild brumbies, were sold to greyhound trainers as dog food. In April, more than 500 butchered horse carcasses were discovered at the Wagga Wagga property owned by horse trader Adrian Talbot, the brother of the […]
You’d have to suspect that former greyhound trainer Laurie Rounds has more than a few problems dealing with authority. Last year Rounds went ballistic when a pre-entry inspection of one of his dogs he wanted to put into the Gap program was cancelled due to concerns abut the greyhound’s vaccination status, and threatened to shoot […]
NSURE has been paid, or is owed payment of, $2.8 million for insurance services since 1/7/2021. The company’s registered address and its principal place of business address is 1005 Botany Rd, Mascot. Sound familiar? That’s because it is. It’s the same registered address as the law firm Pryor Tzannes & Wallis (PTW) Solicitors. Pryor Tzannes […]
Ray Hadley – Who is Andrew Macauley? Robert Macaulay (GRNSW CEO) – Andrew Macaulay is my brother. Hadley – Did he work with you at Greyhound Racing NSW? Macaulay – He has in the past consulted to us, yes. That was prior to my employment with GRNSW, and in fact he no longer consults with […]
This is the reasoning that QCAT Member Richard Oliver applied in hearing – and ultimately dismissing – horse trainer George Sitel.s appeal against a $1500 fine imposed on him by the Stewards for improper conduct, and upheld by the QRIC internal reviewer. Senior Member Oliver is a barrister whereas I am just a mug punting […]
This Steward’s report of race 7 at Albion Park is wrong. Isla Rochelle didn’t just shift inside the marker pegs on the final turn. It went to the sprint lane at least 4 and probably 5 pegs too early, meaning that it gained a 50m advantage on when it should have been able to access […]
