Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
190. (1) A horse shall be presented for a race free of prohibited substances. (2) If a horse is presented for a race otherwise than in accordance with sub-rule (1) the trainer of the horse is guilty of an offence. (3) If a person is left in charge of a horse and the horse is […]
Kerry Ann Morris threw 2 positive swabs to the prohibited substance Levamisole in December 2020. That is two years and five months ago. The inquiry into the matter is still open, and has never been heard. Jack Trainor threw a positive swab to the same drug in March 2021, two years and two months ago. […]
The man who determines the NSW harness race swabbing regime – Integrity Manager Michael Prentice – needs to explain to the public how horses are being selected for pre-race swabs, because the current regime is just ridiculous. Take a look at Menangle yesterday for proof. In race 2 Kerry Ann Morris has a $1.70 favorite […]
“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority.” – Lord Acton 1. MANDATORY SWABBING ACTIVITY 2.1 HRNSW conducts the following mandatory swabbing activity; 3. SELECTED […]
There were 7 APG Gold Bullion finals held last night at Menangle. Each was worth a minimum of $50 000 in prizemoney. 6 runners were pre-race swabbed in 5 of the finals. In the other 2 finals only 2 horses were pre-race tested. The $1.35 favorite and winner in 1 of them My Ultimate Ronnie […]
There were 8 races on the card at Menangle yesterday. Each race was a heat or prelude of the rich APG series. 7 of the 8 races featured an odds on favourite. Only 1 of the 7 was swabbed. What a joke. Here are the 1st 3 faves in every race, and the 1 horse […]
HE BETTOR STEP ASIDE NZ– Stewards withheld the declaration of All Clear to review the run to the finish with regards to LOCHIEL NZ shifting out under pressure. Driver Blake Fitzpatrick having also reviewed the films of the home straight elected to lodge a protest against LOCHIEL NZ for that runner shifting out under pressure over the final 200 […]
The hot mail is that the sale of the historic NSW standardbred stud Yirribbee has gone belly up. They say that the buyer Jake Stockton – who too over the stud on a lease in September last year and renamed it Wingate – couldn’t raise the balance of the required finance to pay the deferred […]
In NSW a bookie can’t offer or accept a bet that involves an interest in the result of the working of the totalizator on an event, unless they are both licensed, and present at a licensed racecourse. https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-045#sec.88 A licensed racecourse is exactly as it reads. A licenses course where races are held. https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-114#sec.7 A […]
Harness Racing NSW have dismissed suggestions that a number of horses were ineligible to race at Riverina Paceway on Saturday night. While the Wagga Pacers Cup was part of the program, chief executive John Dumesny confirmed Carnival of Cups conditions, which would have ruled out a number of New Zealand bred pacers from competing, did […]
