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GAMING AND RACING—GREEN LIGHT SCANDAL PENALTIES— The Hon. Mark Latham to ask the Minister for Racing— (1) Why has Ben Sarina served a permanent warning off penalty since 2012 for alleged offences in the New South Wales harness racing ‘green light’ scandal when Mr Sarina only ever faced harness racing charges, yet other participants criminally […]
This one is straight out of the Ripley’s believe it or not basket. The last race at the Mudgee non-TAB meeting yesterday was the feature event of the day, the Black Nugget Cup. It was set down to be run over 1850m. Somehow the track staff, presumably under the supervision of the starter, placed the […]
The NSW Harness Racing Appeals Panel (HRAP) has cut Tamworth trainer Dean Chapple’s disqualification for a positive swab to Meloxicam from 24 months down to 18, but not before telling the repeat drugs in racing offender that he was full of crap and sending him on his way with a spray. Chapple’s tale that the […]
At a time when Racing NSW is under fire from all quarters and is an has been referred for consideration of contempt before a State Parliamentary Inquiry, you’d think that great care would be taken in the process for appointing new members to the organization’s board, particularly given the trenchant criticisms (warranted or not) that […]
In one of the more bizarre matters to come before the Stewards this year, 20-year-old NSW apprentice jockey Holly Durnan has been suspended for 3 months after being found guilty of workplace harassment involving taking an offensive photograph of a fellow female rider in the jockeys room and sending the image to another racing participant. […]
Leading NSW trot trainer Jack ‘Turbo’ Trainor has lost his challenge at the NSW Harness Racing Appeals Panel against his 6 month disqualification for presenting Chubby Checker to race with the prohibited substance levamisole in its system. The Appeals Panel’s decision is yet to be handed down so we can’t elaborate on the reasons for […]
QLD Derby winner Major Hot was sent out as the heavily backed favorite in the 1st race at Menangle on Saturday night. The punters who backed the horse were robbed. Major Hot loomed up to go to the lead on the turn with a lap to go and wouldn’t have been beaten if he had […]
Keepcrackingjokes is a 6yo pacer trained (on paper) by Maryanne Laffan, driven by her partner Steven Matson, and owned by Matson’s daughter Dellareece. On Tuesday night the horse turned out to race in an NR up to 34 affair at Albury, the track where it had last won a race fifteen starts back in December […]
Racing NSW’s Integrity Department is urging all industry participants to exercise caution if approached by an individual seeking to purchase shares in a horse if that person goes by the following details: Name: Terrence Green – email: coffeehouse1566@gmail.com Name: Terry Green – email: Terrence.green@hotmail.com Name: Joseph Green – email: coffeehouse1455@gmail.com Name: Trevor Schodel – email: […]
The protest decision in race 3 at Menangle on Saturday night was an interesting one. The driver of the 2nd horse Promiseland protested against the winner Foxy Dada under rule 155, on the grounds that it raced roughly and broke gait prior to the finish therefore gaining an unfair advantage. Under the old rule 155A Foxy […]
