Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A punter who consumed two “bags”of cocaine in a matter of hours at the races has sensationally claimed he is behind a failed drug test for a Mark Currie-trained sprinter, throwing the high-profile case wide open. In a stewards’ inquiry on Wednesday, Nigel Soden submitted a statutory declaration saying he petted the Currie-trained End Assembly […]
2. POLICY 2.1. Except as otherwise provided for by this Policy, horses which are trained by or under the effective control of a trainer will not be selected to comprise more than fifty percent (50%) of the starters in any race field. 2.1.1 Where the total available nominations, and therefore race field size, is an […]
There were 10 races on the card at Menangle yesterday. One horse was pre-race swabbed in each. They used to swab two, but I guess someone has realised that the way HRNSW go about the swabbing business that was an absolute waste of time and money and have cut it in half. Given the events […]
In the stuff up of all stuff ups, betting on Saturday’s new $4 million WA slot race the Quokka was this afternoon suspended pending an inquiry into irregularities with the barrier draw. It turns out what happened is that midway through the draw Uncommon James barrier was by mistake called out as Massimo’s, and all […]
Peter Chadwick never used to go the races much when he was the Chief gallops steward in QLD. There always seemed to be something more important on. The Plodder is down heading the integrity team at the trots in Victoria these days. Nothing much seems to have changed. Chadwick’s been to one meeting all month. […]
Remember those stories we wrote a few weeks back about the Stewards in QLD who were hauling in trainers for bringing bottles of tomato sauce to the races to whack on their sizzled sausages? The ones in which the stipes were claiming that the trainers with the sauce bottles were in possession of an instrument […]
The ABC has missed the big picture. They’ve zoned in on a couple of tote bets on Ben Yole horses in a race rort. That was just some bum in the camp who got greedy. The real money is running through Steve Walters and his wife’s Betfair account. Walters is the brother of Robbie Walters, […]
New Zealand trainer Phil Burrows got sprung drenching 2 of his horses on Cup Day. The RIB put him out for 10 years. Burrows appealed. The appeal was heard last Friday. This was well after the Sheryl Wigg judgement, in which grave doubt was cast upon the legality of appeals being heard by panels that […]
That wasn’t careless driving. It was just bad luck. The Stewards should have charged young Harrison with going over the marker lines. She was good for that. Instead they decided to get stupid, and charged her with being careless. It was bullshit. What, did they expect her to have prepared and practiced for a situation […]
They say that the Racing Integrity Act indemnifies Stewards against being sued for acts they do and don’t perform, and that the Commissioner is protected too. The horse whisperers bray that QRIC staff members who have helped an authorised officer exercise a power under the Act are too. That may be so, but in my […]
