Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We have written at length about the twice jailed compulsive gambler and all round conman Wayne Francis Innes, the man whose most recent stretch in the can related to a six-figure fraud on Racing Queensland. Innes is an inveterate thief who over the three decade course of his criminal career has shown no inkling of […]
Harness Racing NSW employs a retention barn for runners in big races. Horses have to be in the barn by midday on the Thursday prior to their race, and are kept under close guard and physical 24/7 surveillance until 2 hours prior to the starting time of their race. The Tamworth and Albury Cups are […]
Harness racing returns to Menangle tonight after a near 3-week absence, and it’s about bloody time too. I realize that HRNSW have been doing this ill-conceived shutdown of racing at headquarters over the Xmas for a few years now, but just because something is familiar doesn’t mean that it’s right. It’s not. Shifting metropolitan class […]
Nathan ‘Cracker’ Jack is probably feeling anything but crackerjack after copping a 9 month disqualification after throwing a pair of positive swabs to Levamisole on NSW soil, both with the same Kiwi import (name – Skinnydip) in races run 2 weeks apart, and 6-8 weeks after the horse arrived in Australia. He shouldn’t be too […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/nsw/NRC08112404.mp4 Molly Ison copped a 4-week suspension for her drive her on Sinbinned in this race at Newcastle on the 8th of November. The Stewards found her guilty of a drive that was unacceptable. They reckoned she should have gone to the death instead of easing back to last to get in the line with […]
Central Coast trackwork rider Gary Kramer has been suspended for 22 months after throwing a personal positive swab to banned illegal drugs after riding in trackwork at Port Macquarie in late September. The sentence may appear harsh, but its not given that this was the fifth time that Kramer has returned a positive to drugs. […]
Q: Mr Macaulay, we were talking before the break about your resignation. We had gotten up to the email from you saying, “I indicate were I to resign I will only do so because I am forced to do so.” You then subsequently sent an email that said, “In compliance with your request, and on […]
Robert ‘Bobajob’ Macauley was asked by counsel assisting the Inquiry into Greyhound Racing NSW to explain why he resigned as the CEO of the organization. Bobajob gave an extremely long-winded answer (excerpts below) in which he painted himself as a true leader nobly doing the brave and righteous thing to save his organisation. Q. … […]
The official Stewards Report from Monday’s meeting at Newcastle tell us that there were no late scratchings from the card, but it’s not true. As you can see from there were actually three – Saint Karamara, Shiralee, and Johnson Step. Each of the trio was trained by Clayton Harmey. All three have been stood down […]
Prior to the appointment of the controversial and now departed Robert ‘Bobajob’ Macauley as the CEO of Greyhound Racing NSW, the Principal Racing Association for the dog racing industry had its office at Oxford Street in Darlinghurst near Kings Cross, a somewhat strange location for an outfit presiding over a sport that raced at 2 […]
