Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
How can Ben Yole accept at 9.30 am Tuesday with two horses Heartburn Bruce in race 7 and 8 Andaman Dayin at Ballarat this Friday, and then half an hour later at 10.00 accept with the same two horses in races 4 and 7 at Hobart on the same day? https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fields/race-fields/?mc=BA101123 https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fields/race-fields/?mc=EH101123 It should be […]
As we read earlier, the QRIC rostered a junior Steward named Ethan Suli to chair the stewards panel at the meeting in Barcaldine on Saturday, despite having the experience Senior Steward Tate Hudson working at the meeting. It wasn’t an isolated incident. Junior steward Ethan Suli chaired yesterday’s meeting at Mackay too, while Tate Hudson […]
My goodness, look what’s happened here. It’s race 2 at Northam on Saturday night. The finishing order in across the line in the race was Spudmeister 3rd, Wandering Girl 4th and Travelban 5th. https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/wa/NMC04112302.mp4 When they came back to scale the driver of the 5th horse lodged an objection against the 3rd horse for coming […]
What the hell was Gary Hall doing with his drive on the $1.30 favourite Never Ending in the WA Derby at Gloucester Park on Friday night? It stunk to high heaven. Hall is the stable driver for his father Gary Hall Jr, who had 4 runners in the race. Hall Junior knows those horse’s intimately, […]
See how Marcus Wilson had 5 of the acceptances in this 9 horse race at the Gold Coast yesterday, and scratched 4 of them? The minimum field size in Queensland is five. You need that many final acceptors to run a race. They didn’t have enough at the close of acceptances so the noms were […]
The Board of the RIB (which is accountable to the Minister for Racing) is now seeking to appoint an outstanding Chief Executive with a track record of providing strategic leadership and driving engagement with industry stakeholders. This is an opportunity to take on a crucial leadership role within the sector, that leads the racing industry’s […]
Government seeks review of award for banned greyhound trainer Anthony Bullock The state’s racing minister says he wants a review into the trainer of the year award given to recently banned Tasmanian greyhound trainer Anthony Bullock. What was said in state parliament. Tasracing has been asked to review the trainer of the year award given […]
The announcement of the life disqualification of the obviously continued incorrigible live baiter Anthony Bullock is welcome breath of fresh air from a fetid Tasmanian racing environment. Bullock – the mate of Ben Yole, and the man who chainsawed his unwanted horses into pieces and fed them to his hounds – has been put out […]
While the all the talk in the greyhound world and wider is the belated life disqualification of Anthony Bullock from the sport and the circumstances leading to the penalty, including the reasons as to why it took so long, there is another recent case in Tasmania that highlights the laxity of integrity management in the […]
Mark Zahra’s decision to serve the 7-meeting suspension handed to him for breaking the whip rules in the Caulfield Cup between Cox Plate and Derby Day, allowing him to ride at both, simply goes to illustrate how bloody stupid the Australian suspension rules truly are. Now those who can count will realise that there are […]
