Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
First we had Rhinoceros. Then we had Elephant. And now he have Aarvark. What is this moronic trend of naming racehorses after slow, ugly animals? How do the owners who name them ever expect to win a Melbourne Cup? Don’t the nongs know that only 2 animals have ever won the Melbourne Cup, and one […]
A quintet of Aussie scientists including Dr Adam Cawley from the Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory have cracked the Da Vinci Code. They’ve found a fast, cheap and accurate way to test swabs for EPO. Their test detects follistatin (FST), growth hormone 1 (GH1), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF1), and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL1RN) too, which pretty […]
The term ‘gene doping’ is used to describe the use of any unauthorized gene therapy techniques. We developed a test for five likely candidate genes for equine gene doping: EPO, FST, GH1, IGF1, and ILRN1. The test is based on real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and includes separate screening and confirmation assays that detect different unique targets in each transgene. For […]
The Australian horseracing industry is the second largest Thoroughbred racing and breeding industry internationally, contributing over $9.1 billion Australian dollars (AUD) value to the national economy [1]. At least one third of the contribution to this figure comes from wagering. For consumers to invest in wagering with confidence, it is essential to maintain a fair gambling […]
What does Toowoomba trainer Kylie Geran’s FB post about Kobie O’Brien mean? Isn’t he only temporarily absent from everyone’s favorite racehorse syndicator while he deals with an emergent personal issue? Doesn’t read like it does it? Which 64-year-old trot trainer from Toolern Vale is said to be under investigation by HRV for sexual harassment of […]
The QLD Forfeit List is a record of defaulters on debts owed to Racing QLD. Anyone whose name appears on the list is treated the same as a disqualified person, meaning that they cannot ride, train, own or race horses; are barred from entering any race track; and cannot associate with licensed persons for purposes […]
It is during the last race meeting at Saratoga, and one evening I am standing out under the elms in front of the Grand Union Hotel thinking what a beautiful world it is, to be sure, for what do I do in the afternoon at the track but grab myself a piece of a 10-to-l […]
Isn’t it good to see the QLD Stewards hard at work with their feet up writing the race day reports? Nathan Thomas didn’t ride the Cup winner at the Cairns amateurs, but he did manage to pick up two careless riding suspensions in the one day, which is a pretty good achievement. Did the trainer […]
Malcolm Turnbull had only been recently elected when Zumikon kicked off his racing career in February 2o16. Since that time the until Saturday afternoon 11-year-old had won 9 races from his 58 starts in an injury plagues career that once saw him spend 2 1/2 years off the track before coming back to win in […]
Was that the long-forgotten trot media identity Marshall Dobson seen entering the caretaker’s cottage at the Redcliffe Paceway with a suitcase under his arm? Why is Dobson seemingly holidaying just a half hours drive away from his home without his wife? Will John Paul Langroek give his good mate Dobson a media advisor gig when […]
