Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
On 3 May 2023, the Victorian Racing Tribunal (VRT) heard an application by Mr Robert Walters for a stay of proceedings in respect of the four-month suspension imposed on him by the HRV Stewards pursuant to AHRR 168(1)(e) following Race 1 at Ballarat on 26 April 2023. On 5 May 2023, the VRT refused Mr Walters’ […]
There is one I missed when whittling through the list of the horses driven dead to get into the Regional Championships. Parked in Heaven is it’s name. I am going to show you it’s past two starts. It needed to lose a point in both of them. Here is the one two back. It’s the […]
SOHO RHAPSODY Stewards questioned driver Rickie Alchin with regards to the tactics he adopted in the early and latter stages of the event, whereby he was unable to hold his spot in the running line upon entry to the first turn and elected to steer his runner down the track upon entry to the home […]
Here we go again. Driver Blake Fitzpatrick gets questioned about his maggot dead drive on Jalaneel in the 3rd race at Menangle on Saturday night. He tells the Stewards that he decided to go back from the wide gate. And? Nothing. We don’t get any explanation whatsoever for Fitzpatrick’s shocker in the straight on the […]
Those words are in the Bible. Matthew Chapter 7, Verse 7. I don’t believe in the Bible. I believe in what’s right, which is why I am an ordained Minister of the Universal Life Church. Reverend Archibald Jeebung Butterfly. That’s my name. Here is the truth. God didn’t make Harness Racing NSW pre-race swab right […]
NZ Harness Racing Trainer and Drivers Association head Ken Barron said anyone trying to dope was “very foolish”. “It’s going to cost them their livelihoods … they obviously don’t want to be in the game.” https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/racing/124392505/several-canterbury-harness-racing-trainers-suspected-of-doping-horses Ken Barron has made a sworn statement that he treated his horse Black Edition with Levamisole on the 25th […]
Next adventure for the enterprising Jurd was a serious involvement in the rapidly emerging “claimers” craze in Sydney. Discerning horsemen like Leon Jurd kept a close watch on claiming races all over Australia. It’s a risky business putting in a bid for ancient geldings who’ve got a million miles on the clock, but Leon became […]
News hot off the press is that 2 horses have thrown positive swabs after winning at Menangle. One is trained by Cameron Ross. It’s gone positive to Dexamathasone . That will only get Ross a fine. The other one is the huge surprise. It’s a horse named Lochiel. Guess who trains it? Leon Jurd. Bet […]
Ben Yole has 6 runners in the last race at Shepparton yesterday. There are only 9 in the race so he’s got 66% of the field. Strangely – or not as it turns out – his Victorian no2 driver and stable employee Taylor Youl doesn’t drive any of them. Yole’s runner Got The Goods is […]
Kerry Ann Morris threw 2 positive swabs to the prohibited substance Levamisole in December 2020. That is two years and five months ago. The inquiry into the matter is still open, and has never been heard. Jack Trainor threw a positive swab to the same drug in March 2021, two years and two months ago. […]
