Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Ghent is a trotter. He is usually not a very good one. That is because he is slow, and 11 years old. In 10 starts this season until yesterday, this Gaita Pullicino trained old bloke hadn’t run a single place in a race. So it was a surprise when all these folk of Maltese and […]
The tale of David Moran’s suspension is an interesting one, and quite salacious too, but setting that aside it raises some very serious questions about the integrity of Harness Racing Victoria, and the Principal Racing Authority’s commitment to honesty, fairness, justice and the truth. For the purposes of this discussion, we wish to concentrate purely […]
David Moran and Laura Crossland were defacto partners in 2019. Damian Wilson was cutting his lunch. Crossland said sayonara to Moran, and moved in with Wilson. Moran was not happy at all. On the 14th of November he got juiced up and moonshine and rocked around to Crossland’s stables in the Shepparton Training Centre blind. […]
Reports are filtering out of Tasmania that Chief Steward Steve Shinn has been stood down from duty just hours before he was due to chair the panel at tonight’s Launceston meeting. Speculation is that the stand down is related to the betting activities of certain licensees under his watch. The last race at Launceston last […]
There were six Stewards on duty at the Ipswich gallops yesterday. God only knows why, for a single monkey would have sufficed. A horse named Buddy’s Tale was backed from $41 into $16 in race three. The plunge was a mystery to all – until the race was run anyway – for its form read […]
Aminorex (Menocil, Apiquel, aminoxaphen, aminoxafen, McN-742) is a weight loss (anorectic) stimulant drug. It was withdrawn from the market after it was found to cause pulmonary hypertension. In the U.S., it is an illegal Schedule I drug, meaning it has high abuse potential, no accepted medical use, and a poor safety profile. Aminorex, in the 2-amino-5-aryl oxazoline class, was developed by McNeil Laboratories in 1962. It is closely related […]
Black is black, I want my greyhound back It’s grey, it’s grey Why did you chainsaw my horse up hey? Tasmanian greyhound trainer Anthony Bullock is a grub, a blight on the sport who should and must be rubbed out for life. I have been saying that on this website for years now, so don’t […]
Queensland does not just have a shortage of jockeys. We have a shortage of Stewards too. If you have at least one leg, an eye or ear (applicants with neither will still be considered under the QRIC Equal Employment Opportunity policy), are prepared to kiss Pete Chadwick and his boss Shane Gillard’s arse, hate Archie […]
There is a rumour running around that Queensland Harness Racing Chief Steward David Farquharson is unvaccinated and won’t get the jab, but for some reason is being treated differently than other front line public servants like police officers and school teachers and nurses who refuse the vax and get sacked, because he is being allowed […]
In a sensation, but not a surprise, a week before the court was due to make a determination regarding the admissibility of the phone tap and surveillance evidence obtained by police and RIU (Racing Integrity Unit) investigators in the long running Operation Inca taskforce investigation into race fixing, all the charges have been dropped. Don’t […]
