Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The office of the NSW Harness Racing Integrity Auditor was created by proclamation of the Harness Racing Act (NSW) on the 12th of May 2009 after it had been passed by both houses of parliament. This was what the explanatory notes attached to the bill for the legislation said (I have added the bold type […]
This is a previously unpublished portion of the transcript of evidence from the 2015 Sam Kavanagh cobalt inquiry. It raises huge questions about the integrity of a number of people across both codes of racing, and – if the witness’s evidence were true, which we are not asserting they are – casts several people in […]
We are going to have a lot more to say about this case in due course, for it is unfair discrimination of the highest degree. First though have a read of the RIB decision, so you know what we are talking about. Don’t be put off by the fact that it’s an NZ trot case. […]
Take a look at the favorite Triple G in this race at Addington on Friday night, It’s in the Dunn colors of red black and white, starts from barrier 7, and is driven by Lurch (John Dunn). Have you ever seen a deader drive in your life? Lurch takes it back to last and second […]
Race 1 at Melton was the biggest boatie I have ever seen in my life, I’m not pointing the finger of blame at any particular driver and saying they were responsible, I am just saying that this race was red hot and ten times hotter again. Take a look at the fluctuations. Little Louie was […]
So jockey Ryan Moore bowls into town from England and, having studied the form on his iPad on the plane on the way over, decides that his mount in the Rosehill Guineas Cap Ferrat – who has been ridden from the back in each of his previous 6 starts would benefit from being ridden up […]
Shirley Loraine Ross is a 78-year-old Kiwi woman who used to train greyhounds but due to ill-health hadn’t had a runner for 2 years. Despite this Shirley hung on t0 her greyhound license in hope that she would one day get back to the track. Hope is very important for elderly people who are unwell. […]
Sariah Champkin continues without a ride on Saturday, making it three weeks since she has last had a mount after being charged with serious criminal offences related to her alleged stabbing of another racing participant. But why do the QRIC continue to refuse to announce publicly whether she is allowed to continue to ride if […]
Keep your eye on the driver of the horse in 2nd on the rail, it the light colored silks. That’s Jye Standford. What’s he looking for, the one he backed? Seems so. Stanford pleaded guilty to 2 counts of betting against in race a race against a horse he trains, one count for doing it […]
A couple of high profile former harness racing licensees on both sides of the ditch named Cameron have recently had, or are about to have, their long disqualifications for egregious breaches of the racing rules expire. I speak here of Cameron Fitzpatrick in NSW who has served a 12-year disqualification for his involvement in the […]
