Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A few months back Tasmania was running 10 race cards on a Friday night, with with an average of about 11 horse fields in each race. That most of the runners were trained by Ben Yole seemed not to matter. All that was important was that the wagering turnover kept rolling in, because it was […]
We are not comfortably satisfied that the outcomes of the relevant races were in fact affected. Therefore, the cases of the Stewards succeed or fail on the “likely to affect” provision. It in turn succeeds or fails on the finding of the capacity of the jigger treatment given to the horses to affect the outcome […]
In a decision that has left many shaking their heads in disbelief, Darren Weir has escaped the serious charge of attempting to corrupt the outcome of the 2018 Melbourne Cup, with the judge in charge of the VRT – a former shareholder in horses trained by Weir – describing his use of a jigger on […]
Every horse trainer of either code in New Zealand is up in arms about the ridiculously light 4-month disqualification that the Racing Integrity Board have handed down to the animal abuser Kurtis Pertab, and quite rightly so, for this vile grub should have been banned for life for what he did, or at least outed […]
WA harness driver Kyle Simington copped an 8 day suspension at the Gloucester Park meeting last Friday week (12 April) for careless driving causing severe interference to a rival runner that ruined that horse’s chances of winning or placing in the race. It was a fair cop and Symington pleaded guilty to it, but he […]
There has been a most unusual rash of photo finish cameras failing at country QLD race meetings recently, so many that it appears to be fast becoming an epidemic. In the past 10 days alone the cameras have failed to work during finished at the meetings at Maxwellton Blackall Bowen Dalby Why is this happening? […]
The South Australian Racing Appeals Tribunal has overturned Todd Balfour’s 5-year disqualification for pulling down the pants of a Steward and exposing him naked from the waist down, and replaced it with a 4.5 month DQ, which includes time already served. The Tribunal characterised Balfour’s actions as an assault, describing what he did as inappropriate […]
Angus Garrard was handed a 7-day suspension for knocking a rival’s horse arse over tit at Albion Park last night, in breach of the rules. Garrard has 6 engagements to drive at Albion Park tonight, many of them horses well backed in the early betting markets. The punters who backed them did so in reliance […]
The rumor mill is abuzz that a senior racing integrity official at the RIB is about to receive a golden handshake and a parachute with a soft fall out of the organisation. The RIB official, a female, is said to have provided a sworn statement in a recent racing appeal that was not quite correct, […]
On behalf of the Board I am pleased to advise the appointment of Dr Eliot Forbes to the position of Chief Executive of the Racing Integrity Board. Eliot, a qualified veterinarian, is an accomplished racing executive with over 25 years of racing administration and wagering experience across Australia, Asia and the Middle East. He previously […]
