Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
James McPherson is one of the Turbo Trainor associates who had his phone seized at Menangle recently. He is not having a very good month. In fact when it comes to appearances in the Stewards room McPherson is not having a very good year at all. I won’t regale you with the finer details of […]
Sorry I forgot to mention that James McPherson also appealed against a 14 day suspension he received three days later at the Riverina. Once again he didn’t show up or lodge any material, but this time Mr Armati and Mr Ellis elected not to increase the penalty when dismissing his appeal. I would have. The […]
James McPherson was recklessly indifferent to both his rivals and to the Racing Appeals Tribunal, and he deserved everything he got, and probably more. That’s coming anyway, it is only a matter of time now (watch this space). But gee he was harshly done by in comparison to two other drivers in the race, Todd […]
Can anyone tell me the actual point of raising the Golden Slipper prizemoney from $3.5 million to $5 million? Is it going to attract a single extra horse to the race that was already the richest 2YO race in the world? Will it improve the quality of the Slipper one inch? Are punters going to […]
A reader has made an excellent observation about the Cobalt Stacie case. If, as the alleged rumour goes, Stacie Elliott was indeed on holidays at the time her horses racked up two trifectas at Newcastle last month, why has no other licensed person been charged in relation to the two tested horses who threw positive […]
The word around Tamworth town is that cobalt charged harness racing trainer Stacie Elliott’s defence to her 2 dope breach charges may be that she was out of town on holidays the night two of her runners blew over the odds reads to the auto long DQ salts at Newcastle last month. If that’s true, […]
It must be a terrible feeling to have 9 out of the 10 starters in a NSW Breeders Challenge Final and lose it to a Queenslander. A sinking, sick sensation in your stomach indeed. Hello Sydney, remember me? Kevin Seymour AM. From Queensland. My name’s Kevin, and I’m here to help. Relieve you of your […]
Gold Trip has been scratched from the Rosehill Gold Cup. That’s the 2nd race in 2 weeks across 2 states that he been pulled out of. Perhaps the Victorian were right, and he is lame after all. More to follow.
We were wrong yesterday when we wrote that the phones of Jack Trainor, Jack Brown and James McPherson were seized after the last race. They were in fact seized before the first. HRNSW Stewards told the licensees – including the 17-year-old Brown (we said yesterday he was 16; we are advised that he recently had […]
There has been further news out of Menangle about the phone seizures by Stewards on Saturday night, and it is not good. It seems that the two licensees other than Jack Trainor whose phones were taken under the extraordinary powers invoked by the Stewards were James McPherson and Jack Brown, and that they were compulsorily […]
