Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
What has become crystal clear from the Rosehill Inquiry is that the active voices on the issue fall broadly into four camps. There are the animal welfare groups who are opposed to racing full stop. How the views of these people whose aim is to shut racing down are relevant to this inquiry into the […]
The picture you see at the top of this story is the aerial view of the Brickpit at Homebush, one of the options that was revealed for the site a new Western Sydney racecourse should Rosehill be sold. The Brickpit is home to the green and golden bell frog, a threatened species that is listed […]
Jack Callaghan slaughtered one at Newcastle in March, and was suspended for 6 weeks for an unacceptable drive. Happy Jack appealed the Stewards decision to the NSW Harness Racing Appeals Panel and won. His suspension was overturned. The Panel’s decision was handed down on 17 May, which was the same day that the matter was […]
Josh Gallagher is a talented reinsman, there is no doubt about that, but more often than you should with an Inter Dominion winner you really do have to sometimes question have question his drives. Last night in the first at Penrith was one of those occasions. Gallagher was on the 3rd favorite Bara Riley, drawn […]
We’ve been contacted by a number of readers who are eager to learn why John McCarthy has finally started serving his disqualification for a cobalt positive almost six years after his horse threw it. Apparently they can’t find any mention of the reason the sin binning has now taken effect on the HRNSW website. We […]
I am asking for the opportunity to address the board on this matter with my nominated trainers Aswell, so the board can get their opinion on this matter. In Absence of agreement of that request, I will consider removing my interest from New South Wales . Could you please advise the chairman and the Board. […]
The $2.40 favorite Margot’s Diamond is last on the fence as the film rolls, in the yellow and purple or red diamonds. When you see what happens next you’d have to wonder how hard jockey Matthew Bennett was trying to win or run a place. Either that or the horse was very unlucky. You be […]
If you think the massive reduction to prizemoney for the Breeders Crown series announced yesterday is the only crack on the chin that Victorian harness racing participants are going to cop this year, then I’d suggest you think again, for the pain has only just begun. There is no alternative, for as we’ve been trying […]
Just a couple of weeks ago the Victorian Racing Tribunal upheld a 3-week suspension the Stewards gave small-time driver Michelle Wight for persisting to race three-wide on a $26 outsider, when there was no chance of her getting in. https://content.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-07/VRT-Decision-Michelle-Wight-11-July-2024.docx If that decision is the baseline, then Steve Turnbull should be given 3 months for […]
Startling new information contained in a submission to NSW Parliamentary Inquiry Into the Proposed Sale of Rosehill Racecourse has revealed that Racing NSW rehomed just 61 retired racehorses in the 2023 year. This information was obtained from Racing NSW through an information request made under the Government Information Public Access (GIPA) Act. Click to access […]
