Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
That Luke McCarthy is driving Encipher in the Vic Cup not Spirit of St Louis is outrageous, and an open and obviously accepted violation of the rules. Under those rules a driver must – not maybe, MUST – drive horses in the following order of priority. A horse they own and train A horse that […]
Young trainer Cameron Ross seemed to have been terribly harshly treated when he copped a 17 month disqualification after one of his horses threw a positive swab to Dexamethasone, an anti-inflammatory drug. Ross was a first offender, and stuffed up by nebulising his charge with Dexapent – a drug containing the substance – within the […]
Prior to All Clear, the Co-Trainer of the second placed TURN THE PAGE NZ G Bond requested to view the photo finish image and he also subsequently lodged a protest against the first placed AUGUST MOON, alleging that the driver of the filly, G Hall Jnr used his whip in contravention of R156 (2)(a) in […]
Race 3 – REDCLIFFE LEAGUES CLUB PACE 2040M Getaloadathisgirl Broke in the score up and will be drawn wide in future mobile events, Major Mischief Contacted the barrier arm just prior to the start commencing. Braeview Fella Checked when starter was in the process of starting the event. General: At the request of driver Narissa McMullen the all […]
About 3 months ago I sent the Harness Racing NSW Integrity Manager Michael Prentice the complaint reproduced below about the central west Chairman of Stewards, one Michael Jasprizza. It was never responded to or properly addressed. Although we made no direct complaint about M. Jasprizza’s actions in the district, it should have been obvious to […]
Peter Profit <peterprofitracing@gmail.com> 12:27 AM (0 minutes ago) to mprentice, pbuckman Dear Mr Prentice I wish to lodge an integrity complaint. On Wednesday night at Bathurst a man named David Micallef was the starter in race 2. It was an atrocious start that should have been declared a false start, and would have been in every state in every nation […]
See the Mrs S. Williams in the ownership of the horse pictured at top? That’s Sue Williams. Her husband is Brent Williams. He is a member of the NZ Racing Integrity Board. They are the organisation responsible for policing integrity in harness racing in Aotearoa. The crew that employ the racing Stewards. Trainer CD Edmonds […]
If you have then you are seeing things that no-one else can. It took HRV Chief Steward Peter ‘the Plodder’ Chadwick about ten days to put up the report from the semi-finals. N0w almost a week later the report from the finals is still nowhere to be seen. There is a real problem in Victorian […]
Unbelievably proud of the team! Darren/Brad Elder, Tom Ison and his family, plus all their staff that work tirelessly for us, this is just the beginning. These were the results for the day Race 1- the first fourRace 2- the first twoRace 3- first and third Race 4- the first… https://t.co/AleUItGFbA — Summit Bloodstock (@summitbloodstoc) […]
With regard to the governance of welfare conditions at Tasmanian harness racing establishments, the current situation is that: • the Rules of Racing prohibit the mistreatment of horses, however they are deficient in that they do not prescribe what is considered a minimum standard for horses and facilities at training establishments; • the Animal Welfare […]
