Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
They were unable to determine how the product entered the horse’s system. However, Meloxicam could be administered orally. BESIDE ME might have been an unfortunate and vulnerable target. She was a first-starter in a maiden race, paying $1.50 on the tote, by a leading sire in DOWNBYTHESEASIDE and out of a $1.4 million stakes-winning mare […]
Dr Andrew Grierson (pictured) is the HRNZ Chief Veterinarian. How he can possibly hold that role given the demonstrable conflict with his personal business interests is a question that needs to be answered, both by HRNZ and by the Racing Integrity Board, which role it is to maintain and uphold the integrity of the sport. […]
The NZ Racing Integrity Board adjudicator’s decision to fine trainer Cran Dalgety just $5750 for what was his eighth positive swab offence is quite frankly baffling, and so is the rationale for it. His star mare Beside Me threw a confirmed positive to the potent anti-inflammatory painkiller Meloxicam at the Nelson race meeting in January. […]
Crystal Hackett is one of New Zealand’s most promising young drivers. She is also one of the bravest. It looked like the little champ actually enjoyed this ride. Crazy brave Crystal. Don’t try this at home.
Kiwi trainer/driver Nigel McGrath is a persistent serial cheat. In 2004 he was disqualified for 3 years (halved on appeal) for using the highly controversial banned performance enhancing drug Blue Magic, in part of a broader scandal that cost two men their lives. Years later he was suspended from driving – but incredibly not from […]
Harness Racing New Zealand is conducting a formal review of the recent controversial incident whereby the qualification rules for the prestigious 2YO Young Guns Trot series were altered to allow horses that hadn’t contested a heat to gain a place in the field for the final (the original published conditions were that only horses that […]
Did the 3 horse really over-race and contact the wheel of the 4 horse, causing it to gallop? Or did Maurice McKendry the driver of the 4 cut across the 3 when there wasn’t sufficient room because he was looking over his left shoulder to the outside instead of looking in to ensure there was […]
The human face of the greyhound industry In all the fervor about the NZ government shutting down greyhound racing there is one important statistic that many seem to have missed. Thoroughbred racing is more dangerous to racing animal’s welfare than greyhound racing ever is. The numbers of annual racetrack fatalities in each sport tells the […]
Greyhound Racing New Zealand has applied for a judicial review of the Government’s December decision to ban greyhound racing. It’s also seeking interim relief, in the form of a court order to stop the Crown working on the ban while the review is under way. Last year Racing Minister Winston Peters said the Government intended […]
Greyhound Racing New Zealand (GRNZ) has today applied, through its Counsel to the High Court, for a Judicial Review of the Government’s decision to ban greyhound racing from 31 July 2026. The statement of claim made to the Court says the decision broke fundamental rules of law, being inadequately informed, prepared and consulted on. There were only […]
