Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Everyone with a vested interest want to blame Peter V’Landys for what they perceive to be the problem with NSW racing. They are the same people who keep sending their horses to be trained by Chris Waller. It’s not Waller’s fault either. Greed is. Racing has always been an indivualist’s game. A dog v dog, […]
This coming weekend’s Paleface Adios Stakes is named after the most popular pacer that Australia has ever known, a legend of the sport that I used to sit on my dad’s shoulders at the fence near the winning post and cheer when he came to town. The race named after him at Menangle is a […]
Race 4 at Dubbo was a curious affair, or it was to those who don’t understand the go. The leader and the 1 were heavily backed. Phoebe Betts trained and drove the leader. Jett Turnbull drove the 1. His Nathan Turnbull trained it, and also three others in the race too. The one to be […]
Constantina is a 9-year-old mare that coming into the 1st race at Newcastle on Friday night had raced 143 times and won 17 of them. The fastest of them was in 1.54.1. But that was before Super Seaton Grima got hold of the old girl. He did a couple of weeks ago. Last night Constantina […]
Have a look at this race at Tamworth this afternoon will you? The winner is an eight-year-old mare that had never won a race in faster time than 1.56.1 in six seasons of racing and 131 starts. Today she went 1.55.0. About 20 meters faster. Guess who owns her. Jason Grimson, his locked up mate […]
Aidos, the Greek goddess of humility (pictured above) In late 2025, I published a number of articles about an investigation relating to levamisole. In those articles, I made a number of statements which were critical of Mr Buckman, the CEO of Harness Racing NSW, and Mr Prentice, the Chief Integrity Officer of Harness Racing NSW. […]
Greyhound Racing NSW seem to be acting a bit silly by refusing the NSW State Government’s $10 million compensation offer when its lease on Wentworth Park expires next year. After all, what tenant in the world gets paid a 7 figure sum by their landlord when their tenancy agreement ends? Most people struggle just to […]
Here is a weird one, if it’s true. We are told that at least two NSW trainers horses have returned positive swabs to arsenic after their horses had been locked in the Menangle retention barn for 2 days before a Group 1 race. One of the swabs – Kevin Pizzuto’s – was made public in […]
In May 2024 NSW trot trainer Mark Callaghan’s horse The Cid threw a positive swab to harpagoside after winning a $100 000 race at Newcastle. It was Callaghan’s second substance rule breach offence. He was fined $3000. In the same year NSW trot trainer Michael Carroll had one horse throw three positives to harpagoside and […]
There are two main takeaways from the James McDonald whip appeal decision earlier this week. One is that his lawyer Wayne Pasterfield (pictured above) is a genius. How he was able to convince the Appeals Panel to reduce J-Mac’s suspension to six days – effectively a 2 meeting suspension given that Sydney’s top jockey tends […]
