Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Racing NSW has collected training cost information from a cross-section of trainers in order to estimate the total payments made by owners for racehorse training, veterinary and spelling costs. Assuming a horse is in work eight months and spelling four months each year, a survey of Metropolitan, Provincial and Country trainers reveals the average annual […]
Returns to Trainers, Jockeys and Stablehands The exponential increases in prizemoney in NSW has not only benefited the owners, but has seen trainers, jockeys and stablehands all receive growth in incomes that far outstrips any other state in Australia. This shared success through the distribution of prizemoney has ensured that all participants in NSW have […]
ATC unsolicited proposal to the NSW Government for the sale of Rosehill Racecourse The ATC has been progressing an unsolicited proposal to the NSW Government for the sale of Rosehill Racecourse. Racing NSW will be analysing this proposal in detail and ensuring the proper due diligence is completed and the outcomes are in the best […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC15082409.mp4 Watch Danielle Veivers flog the living bejesus out of the horse in the blue silks with red sleeves This Punter Rocks at Albion Park a fortnight ago. Veivers hits the horse more than 20 times, most of the strikes using force generated by the use of the elbow or shoulder when applying the whip, many […]
The was a protest 2nd v 1st in the third race last night. Dougs Platter in the black and white in the 1-1 v Cya Art in the yellow inside him and behind the leader. Jack Callaghan v Josh Gallagher. Alleged interference on the home turn and at the top of the straight. Margin a […]
Toby Edmonds yesterday was found guilty by NSW Stewards of injecting his horse Burning Bell within one clear day of a racing engagement. Edmonds was fined $3000. He was a bit unlucky. Burning Bell was set to race in the Mothers Gift at Grafton on the Thursday of the carnival. The horse was injected a […]
Born to Run is the theme song of the Carnival of Cups, which goes to show that the organisers of the event from HRNSW know as much about Bruce Springsteen as Chris Gleeson knows about clean racing. The song is not about standardbreds being bred to run, it’s about two desperate kids in a depressed […]
The Cid had won only 1 of its last 16 starts when it lined up for the Final of the Regional Championships in Newcastle on the 17th of May. With Happy Jack Callaghan in the cart driving for his trainer The Cid won, and the connections of the horse took home a $54 000 first […]
Not exactly sure where the frogs are but I presume they live in the brick pit pond, where the water is. The brick pit is an excavation about a 100m drop below the surrounding land, the brick pit walk is an elevated walk that goes out over space across the pit. Access to the pit […]
What has become crystal clear from the Rosehill Inquiry is that the active voices on the issue fall broadly into four camps. There are the animal welfare groups who are opposed to racing full stop. How the views of these people whose aim is to shut racing down are relevant to this inquiry into the […]
