Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There was a curious one coming out of the Goulburn harness meeting on Monday, All of the drivers at the meeting were put on the bag and alcohol tested. Selected drivers were subjected to drug testing, Young reinsperson Jack Brown – who had been at a mates bucks party on Saturday night and reportedly had […]
This morning we emailed Harness Racing NSW CEO Peter Buckman with questions regarding the cobalt test results published on the HRA website, and he was quick to reply. We thank him for that. The CEO advises that all urine samples collected by HRNSW are screened to for cobalt. With respect to why only 453 of […]
Harness Racing NSW yesterday published the results of all urine testing for the presence of cobalt conducted since the 31st of May 2022. While it is admirable of HRNSW to share this information publicly, and the results make for interesting reading, they raise more questions about the swabbing and sample testing regime being employed in […]
Six semi-finals of the rich Breeders Challenge series were run at Menangle last night. Only two favorites in the six races were pre-race swabbed. They were the only runners under double figure odds swabbed. The average price of the 12 horses swabbed in the semi-finals was $72.00. And HRNSW call this a world class integrity […]
The simmering feud between the Ison and Elder trot clans has taken on Shakespearian proportions, with Molly Ison playing the role of Juliet and Brad Elder that of Romeo. There has been bad blood between the families for more than a year now, with the tensions flowing over in November last year in an incident […]
Supplementary Report: Kembla Grange – 10 August 2024 Race 3: Abax Contracting Super Maiden Handicap 1000m: Stewards concluded an inquiry into D. Yeo’s handling of Honey Perfume in the abovementioned race. Evidence was taken from D. Yeo and the filly’s trainer, Mr M. Smith. Stewards also considered a report into the wagering on the event […]
Harness Racing NSW’s swabbing regime again came under the spotlight in the semi-finals of the rich 2YO Breeders Challenge series at Menangle on Saturday night. Only eight horses were pre-race swabbed across the 4 semi finals. Just two of them were favorites, with both being trained interstate, Path To Greatness in NSW and Sanchez in […]
For reasons unexplained the photo finish camera failed in the 2nd race at Eugowra on Sunday. As a result the Stewards were forced to declare a result from off the video replay. They declared a dead-heat for second. They got it wrong. There is no way on earth that the inside horse went across the […]
The decision of the NSW Racing Appeals Tribunal in the matter of trainer Aaron Goadsby’s appeal against the decision of the NSW Harness Racing Appeals Panel to refuse his application for costs incurred due to delays in the hearing of his appeal against a disqualification is one of the most absurd I have ever seen. […]
The Idiot of the Week award goes to NSW greyhound trainer Jason O’Malley. O’Malley was called in by the GWIC to answer a charge that he had made a false statement to Stewards about not having a criminal record. Any person with half a brain would have known that the stipes wouldn’t have charged them […]
