Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
New Zealand trainer Phil Burrows got sprung drenching 2 of his horses on Cup Day. The RIB put him out for 10 years. Burrows appealed. The appeal was heard last Friday. This was well after the Sheryl Wigg judgement, in which grave doubt was cast upon the legality of appeals being heard by panels that […]
That wasn’t careless driving. It was just bad luck. The Stewards should have charged young Harrison with going over the marker lines. She was good for that. Instead they decided to get stupid, and charged her with being careless. It was bullshit. What, did they expect her to have prepared and practiced for a situation […]
Natalie Rasmussen is in my book the 2nd best harness driver in the Dominion. I rate them this way. 1 Mark Purdon 2 Nat the Rat 3 Zac Butcher 4 Kate Gath 5 Luke McCarthy 6 Greg Sugars 7 Greg Hall 8 Blair Orange 9 Nathan Jack 10 Jack Callaghan Tell us yours and I […]
This is the list of comparative sentences tabled in Sheryl Wigg’s appeal to the High Court against the sentence imposed on the amateur driver and trainer after an undercover surveillance team from the RIB caught her administering a paste made up of turmeric and black pepper to one of her horses on the day of […]
This is the issue that I was talking about at the end of the last story. In her application for a Hight Court judicial review of her manifestly excessive 19 month DQ for giving her horse a turmeric and black pepper paste on raceday, Sheryl Wigg argued that the panel was unlawfully convened, and as […]
The Appellant draws a distinction with the constitution of benches in the Court of Appeal, which regularly involves one permanent Court of Appeal Judge and two sitting High Court Judges. Considering the process outlined above, it is clear that there is an analogy, rather than a distinction, to be drawn between the Appeals Tribunal and […]
The NZ High Court decision in the case of Sheryl Wigg throws up a whole lot of very interesting issues. One is the applicability of the Penalty Sentencing Guidelines (PSG) that are used by the Racing Integrity Board (RIB) to determine a rule breach offender’s punishment. The Kiwi authorities have been using PSG that were […]
This extract is taken from the recent NZ High Court decision in the matter of Wigg v Racing Integrity Board. The Richards referred to is Jamie Richards. Te Akau Racing’s trainer after and before Mark Walker. Richards was an excellent trainer with an unblemished record – according to the Judge – who just so happened […]
You always risk friendships when you tip against your mate’s horse, but the last bastion of freedom is truth, and we always tell it here. My mate Melbourne Merv owns Copy That, who is – judged by his record – without doubt the no 1 pacer in New Zealand. The Mark Purdon trained Self Assured […]
Robert Famularo (right), accepting the trophy from New Zealand’s greatest ever Prime Minister John Key To All Clubs and Kindred Bodies In this open letter I wish to express my real concerns around the behaviour, transparency and competency of the current Board as a collective entity controlling our industry. As a majority, our Board and […]
