Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
Early last year Harness Racing NSW issued this author with a legal letter in response to an article we wrote about what we perceived at the time to be vulnerabilities in the integrity of it’s swabbing procedures. In the legal letter HRNSW’s CEO Peter Buckman laid out details of how the integrity officials of the […]
Goodzolphin Racing isn’t having a lot of luck lately. First former trainer and shareholder of the operation Aaron Goadsby got sent out for three months after one of the stable’s pacers threw a positive swab to Bute. Next Goadsby got warned off until he handed over his business phones to Stewards upon demand during his […]
Cameron Hart (left) with Swayzee’s trainer Jumpin’ Jason Grimson Swayzee suffered a shock defeat at Menangle last night, going down to Max Delight at odds of $1.10 after appearing to have every possible chance. Did he have every chance though, or was his loss directly attributable to driver error? Swayzee had raced four times over […]
Written Scandal looked well-weighted in the fifth race at Canterbury, with the last start winner to carry only 59kg in the BM64 after apprentice Braith Nock’s two kilogram claim. Punters like Kingsley Bartholomew certainly thought so, for they backed the horse from $4.80 into $2.60 at the jump. There was something none of them knew […]
There is a strong rumor floating around that this year may be the last for HRNSW’s flagship slot race The Eureka. It may well be true. The three year leases on the slots expire after Eureka 25, and to date there has been no move by HRNSW to renew or release them. Breeders hate the […]
Have you ever seen anything as idiotic as this video above? Harness Racing NSW are treating us all like children, or idiots, or both. The ideas are fine, but the delivery is insulting. Sadly, HRNSW appear not to know history when it comes to pillars. Things never seem to work out well. Just ask Mrs […]
I wonder what the renowned lover of sand, surf and sea Damion Flower is doing right now. More than likely he is sitting quietly in his prison cell, dressed in standard issue greens, staring up at stains on a colorless ceiling, wondering how it all went so wrong so quick, just as he will be […]
There are jobs aplenty at Harness Racing NSW for enthusiastic people right now. Are you an experienced Stipendiary Steward? Then HRNSW wants you to fill a vacancy that has arisen on the panel. A position is also open for a Cadet Steward. You need to be squeaky clean, super keen, and to pass a probity […]
What the hell was Tom Ison doing on the leader here? Ison worked it over to get it to the front, and then without any care at all for the runners behind him he just jammed his down hard on the brakes and stopped to almost a crawl. It was a miracle that the one […]
