Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
When you are assessing a racehorse’s performance or a jockey’s ride, it is always instructive to look at the form guide first. Let me tell you a little about Greek Hero’s form. It is an English galloper that has won three races in its life. All bar one of them was on soft ground, which […]
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Rosehill Gardens 28 November 2020 Race 8 – Schweppes Starlight Stakes (Listed) 1100m Passage Of Time Stewards today concluded an inquiry into B. Avdulla’s riding of the gelding in the straight, and in particular his vigour inside the final 200m. Today Stewards heard evidence from Racing NSW Chief Betting Analyst Mr L. Dalton […]
Well just as we predicted earlier in the week, acting NSW Chief Steward and former Steve Fletcher employee Wade Birch’s attempt at slotting Brenton Avdulla for a perfectly acceptable ride on an unwanted 40-1 shot has collapsed into the nothing that it always was. Birch went out talking tough. Had those surrounding circumstances not have […]
Birch: “What if I said your vigour inside the final 200 metres was just not at an acceptable level, to racing fans or stewards?” Avdulla: “That’s your opinion and I don’t agree with it.” Birch: “It’s a very important opinion because we sit this side of the table.” Avdulla: “I understand that, but that’s your […]
PASSAGE OF TIME Began awkwardly and made contact with Spaceboy, and then was shifted behind runners in the early stages. Stewards opened an inquiry into B. Avdulla’s riding of the gelding in the early part of the straight and in respect to his vigour inside the final 200m. After taking evidence from B. Avdulla and […]
I am researching a story about a bum trainer from Gawler named Aaron Bain, who has come from nowhere to become one of the biggest players in four state Australian harness racing, and has a whole lot of links to horses that suddenly grow legs, and to trainers with massive question marks over them like […]
Leopards don’t change their spots, and neither do crooked vets and cheating trot trainers. Dr Ron Lloyd is a crooked vet, wretched to the core. He is disqualified from harness racing until November 2026 after returning three positive swabs in five years as a trainer. Lloyd served a year for clenbuterol – an airway opener; […]
What’s going on in NSW harness racing at the moment makes me feel sick in the guts, and I’m just a punter and interested observer standing back watching it unfold, and have no skin in the game at all. So how must the honest owners, trainers and drivers who throw their leisure time and money […]
