Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Australian Turf Club members vote on the question of the proposed sale of Rosehill was already odds on to fail, despite the five-year free memberships and the $1000 worth of goodies a year bribe/inducement/incentive (choose one) that the desperately out of touch club directors are throwing at members to try and sway them to […]
Former Group 1 winning trainer Ben Smith has died. Smith, who has had well documented battles with substance abuse, is believed to have suffered a drug overdose. The trainer had a roller coaster ride in the sport, shooting to prominence through the deeds of his mare In Her Time before falling back to earth when […]
What you are about to read in this and the stories to follow are the transcripts of discussions between corrupt then recently resigned HRNSW Stewards Matthew Bentley (now deceased) and Paul O’Toole, who was arrested 3 weeks later and was subsequently jailed. In what became known as the Green Light affair, both stewards had been […]
There have been some interesting developments in recent weeks relating to harness slot races. Kevin Seymour, who missed out on buying a 3-year slot in the Protostar in a ballot, has purchased the slot previously owned by Anthony Vugec. Keen to secure a slot so the 2yo that bought by his grandson Ben Seymour in […]
The appeal of harness trainer Aaron Goadsby against the decision of the NSW Harness Racing Appeals Panel to disqualify him for 5 years for failing to produce telephones registered in the names of his non-racing related businesses will be heard at 10.30am this morning in the NSW Supreme Court, and is sure to be of […]
What you are about to read in this and the stories to follow are the transcripts of discussions between corrupt then recently resigned HRNSW Stewards Matthew Bentley (now deceased) and Paul O’Toole, who was arrested 3 weeks later and was subsequently jailed. In what became known as the Green Light affair, both stewards had been […]
What you are about to read in this and the stories to follow are the transcripts of discussions between corrupt then recently resigned HRNSW Stewards Matthew Bentley (now deceased) and Paul O’Toole, who was arrested 3 weeks later and was subsequently jailed. In what became known as the Green Light affair, both stewards had been […]
By force of his ‘every man’ persona reinforced through his entertaining post-race interviews and his prominent role on television advertising tractors Bjorn trainer Baker has become somewhat of the voice of the average person in racing in recent times. Baker speaks common sense in a way that is without airs or seeming self-interest, and in […]
8-year-old pacer Major Statement displayed colic-like symptoms after winning a race at Penrith last Thursday night, and the on-course vet made the decision to put the horse down. We found it somewhat puzzling that colic like symptoms deemed to be untreatable and requiring the horse to be put down could emerge and be diagnosed so […]
Two years ago last month NSW harness driver Nathan Xuereb drove his pacer Fifteen Aces dead in a race at Menangle, deliberately ensuring that the horse was beaten. Xuereb did so not because he had laid the horse – or not that we know of anyway – but because he wanted it to finish 7th […]
