Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A couple of years back the newly installed leadership of HRNSW introduced a million dollar bonus promotion for what they called the Carnival of Cups. They threw a fortune at it in claimed insured million dollar bonuses to the winner of all five nominated races, half a million to the winner of 4 of the […]
Story by Matthew Benns, Daily Telegraph https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/administrator-lashes-australian-turf-club-over-strategic-failures/news-story/5d91fce32767b657876e517b0c666b84 The newly appointed administrator of the Australian Turf Club has given members a scathing report on its lack of accountability, internal controls and strategic vision. The newly appointed administrator of the Australian Turf Club has given members a scathing report on its lack of accountability, internal controls and […]
There has only ever been one boxing night held at the Sydney Opera House. The video below shows you why. It was in 1982, and the main event was an Australian middleweight title bout. Charkey Ramon – a former light heavyweight champ – was the referee. Which was lucky for him, and unlucky for the […]
The case of trot trainer Adam Kelly and the meth positives was a most unusual one indeed. Two of Kelly’s horses threw positive swabs to methamphetamine – P, ice, crack, crank – in the space of 10 days, one of them – Showmethetanlines – after winning a listed race at Menangle. In the Hanging State […]
Tom Ison may not have driven to get his other horse up in race 2 at Tamworth yesterday, but he certainly did drive to get the first two in the betting market beaten, including the favorite, his own. Ison drives the 4 Nashville Bart. It is $2.15. Jemma Coney is on the 1 Ceejay Haich. […]
We have written repeatedly about how trot trainer Paul Tonkin was dealt a massive injustice by Harness Racing NSW Stewards when the honored member of the community who had saved people’s lives through his work was disqualified for 18 months and vilified as a drug cheat, merely because one of his horses threw a positive […]
It has been reported in the Sydney Morning Herald that certain officials of Harness Racing NSW have launched defamation action against the Rupert Murdoch owned press, and in particular one of its award winning journalists, over a series of stories that he wrote and they published, about matters related to positive swabs to a substance […]
In late May this year Hunter Valley trot trainer Brendon Flaherty was handed down a two and half year year disqualification after his mare Gisselle threw a positive swab to methamphetamine. Flaherty was a first time offender who pleaded guilty to a presentation charge at the earliest opportunity. Yesterday another Hunter Valley horseperson Grace Panella […]
Take a look at this ride of Zac Lloyd’s on the heavily backed Tellurium in the first at Newcastle yesterday. It came down the outside and was home to the world thanks to a beautifully timed ride by Lloyd. And then he sat up without cause, and very nearly got it beaten. What the kid […]
This is the photo finish for 2nd in race 9 at Dubbo on Friday. The judge said that the inside prevailed, and the Stewards agreed. I reckon they are both wrong. There is no way that there is separation between these horses noses and the line. I am not saying that either or the other […]
