Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Ben Cleary is a wrong gee. The son of highly respected Queanbeyan trainer Frank Cleary of Clan O’Sullivan fame, and brother of equally well respected trainer Joe Cleary, is a seed that obviously fallen a long way from the tree, for he is a con-artist, a scammer, a fraudster, a thief, and just plain no […]
On the 29 September licensed Kiwi trainer Murray Neal turned up to the Otaki-Maori race meeting in an official capacity assisting fellow trainer David Jensen, who won the 6th race on the program with a horse named Here Comes Trouble. No-one could have predicted how prescient the horse’s name would be. Despite being at the […]
24 October 2011 Brent Barclay does exactly what Tim Williams did in a race at Tuapeka. He loses the race on protest and is suspended for four drives. 18 February 2022 John Dunn’s horse crosses a marker peg in the approach to the lane. He is fined $200. 25 February 2022 Blair Orange crosses to […]
We have written a few times about our concerns that driver Tim Williams is getting an inside run from the Racing Integrity Board Stewards by virtue of the fact that his father Brent Williams is a member of the Board, and therefore in effect the stipes ultimate boss. It happened again in the big Group […]
Part 2 Offences 5 Cruelty to animals (1) A person shall not commit an act of cruelty upon an animal. (2) A person in charge of an animal shall not authorise the commission of an act of cruelty upon the animal. (3) A person in charge of an animal shall not fail at any time— (a) to exercise […]
We are told by various sources that the person who took the video of Mitchell Hutchings bashing a tied up and defenceless horse with a hammer is the anti-hero’s brother Brett Hutchings. Brett Hutchings is the track curator at the Parkes Harness Racing Club. He was also the recipient of last year’s Parkes Young Driver […]
As you might have realised, for various reasons I have a bit of a thing for the racing rules. It is weird interest I know, but if people are going to use rules against you then you need to know and understand them better than the people, otherwise they are going to beat you up. […]
DON’T TOUCH THIS – Stewards questioned driver R Morris in relation to the tactics employed in the event, in particular during the early stages when electing to shift down to the marker pegs from a running line position. Mr Morris explained that, during the early stages when trailing ERATIGENA in the running line, he believed that runner was […]
Look at the first ‘expert’ report by Racing Victoria’s vet Dr Grace Forbes into the alleged administration of a milkshake by trainer Shawn Mathick to one of his horses. It was made on 14 October 2019, and this is is what is says: “In my opinion, the two most likely possible explanations for the modest […]
This is not good, for either horse or rider. The horse is dead. Gossiping Girl was her name. The Official Stewards Report says that she had a heart attack on the home turn, and was found by the vet to be dead on arrival. I am not quite sure where she was arriving, or how […]
