Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There are five (5) NSW trainers presently on charges for throwing positive swabs to Levmisole. Three of them were never stood down from training. These three are Mark Buckingham, Kerry Ann Morris and Jack ‘Turbo’ Trainor. Mark Buckingham is a Victorian trainer, and his matter has been thrown back to the integrity authorities there. Turbo […]
We have had a couple of calls since we put up the story about Jaden Lloyd being allowed to claim 2 kilos off Hatchet’s weight when he replaced the over weight Ryan Maloney at the last minute in the $127 500 QTIS 3YO Handicap at Caloundra on Saturday, and most of them are saying that […]
The rule that is printed at the top of this page relates to the replacement of riders at race meetings, in situations where for whatever reason one jockey cannot meet their declared commitment to take the mount, and another jockey must ride it instead. The words in the rule are simple and clear – another […]
See the horse above named Ghent? The one that has been backed from $7.00 into $3.50 without any falcons passing on a tip. It is trained by Gaita Pullicino. Gaita and/or her son have been banned from harness racing in just about every State in Australia, bar South Australia, which issued her a license to […]
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 […]
