Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A week ago, in a case that had been dragged out for more than 2 years, NSW leading trainer Kerry Ann Morris was outed for 6 months after one of her horses threw a pair of positives to the banned drug Levamisole. She put up a defense that the horse was contaminated before she got […]
SOHO RHAPSODY Stewards questioned driver Rickie Alchin with regards to the tactics he adopted in the early and latter stages of the event, whereby he was unable to hold his spot in the running line upon entry to the first turn and elected to steer his runner down the track upon entry to the home […]
Here we go again. Driver Blake Fitzpatrick gets questioned about his maggot dead drive on Jalaneel in the 3rd race at Menangle on Saturday night. He tells the Stewards that he decided to go back from the wide gate. And? Nothing. We don’t get any explanation whatsoever for Fitzpatrick’s shocker in the straight on the […]
Do you reckon we should write more stories about Harness Racing NSW? Especially ones about J. Dumesny and M. Prentice? It seems to get results doesn’t it? There is just one problem with KA Morris’s DQ though. All her horses will get transferred to her husband Robbie, who is the real trainer anyway, or one […]
News hot off the press is that 2 horses have thrown positive swabs after winning at Menangle. One is trained by Cameron Ross. It’s gone positive to Dexamathasone . That will only get Ross a fine. The other one is the huge surprise. It’s a horse named Lochiel. Guess who trains it? Leon Jurd. Bet […]
Harness Racing NSW Stewards did. I don’t. What about you?
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 […]
