Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Animal welfare investigations are growing in number and complexity are they? This is what the NZ RIB Commissioner Mike Clement – a man who had never even been to the races before he was appointed to the job – claims. Really? Where is the evidence of this so-called increase in animal welfare cases in New […]
Last week leading NSW greyhound trainer Allan Ivers – who is a damn fine trainer indeed – was thrown out of the sport for two years. His crimes? Scratching 3 dogs and copping a sling for the expenses, and putting a few bets on for a kid. If the former is a crime punishable by […]
A parcel of big ugly fat-necked wombat headed big bellied magpie legged narrow hipped splaw-footed sons of Irish Baliffs or english landlords Ned Kelly in the Jerilderie Letter, describing Victorian Police. He was a good judge our Ned. Sal Perna was a bull-necked, wombat headed, heavy set, mean eyed former copper who in 2010 became […]
Bull is Anthony Bullock. Bullock is Tasmania’s leading dog trainer. He is the man who kills Ben Yole’s horses for him, and others. “Bull’s” is a reference to Bullock’s home and property, where he shoots unwanted horses, hangs them from trees to bleed them out, cuts them into pieces with chainsaws, and feeds them to […]
How does this work? On 7 February 2022 trainer David Moran (of Lochinvar Art fame) was suspended for 7 months, effective immediately, after being found guilty of betting offences, hitting his ex-partner’s new boyfriend in the head, tipping the ex out of her cart, and lying to Stewards by falsely reporting that he had seen […]
LGHR has been reliably informed that in excess of 40 people – we find it hard to believe – have departed since the new ‘Dream Team’ took control of the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission. The old adage ‘dispense with those who represent a threat’ is alive and kicking at this under-performing, over-funded Labor Government enterprise […]
International globetrotting steward Pete ‘the Plodder’ Chadwick started work at Harness Racing Victoria on the weekend, with the great man sitting on the panels at both the Group 1 Southern Stars and Hunter Cups meetings on Friday and Saturday night respectively. Chadwick sat ON the panels, he didn’t CHAIR them. The reason for that is […]
The rumor mill is running at a million miles an hour that the Harness Racing NSW lab has introduced new testing technology that allows it to test and retest swab samples to detect previously undetectable traces of EPO, and that the scientists have being doing exactly that over the past month and continue to do […]
Kerry Ann Morris used to be Kerry Ann Turner, until she got married. Her husband is Robbie Morris. Many say that he is the trainer for the stable too. Robbie Morris’s godfather is his dad Peter Morris’s best mate. John Dumesny is the fellow’s name. He’s the CEO of Harness Racing NSW (HRNSW). HRNSW are […]
I am presently representing a mate of mine in a racing appeal at QCAT. It’s something I do from time to time to help people I’m friends with who have been victims of what I perceive to be injustice put things right. Whilst I recently lost a battle, I have never lost a war. What […]
