Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
General – Following the completion of Race 6 and prior to the declaration of All Clear, Stewards ordered the announcement of ‘Hold All Tickets’ to allow an investigation to be completed into the participation of CARRERA SUNSET NZ and BELLA DANZA. Following investigation which confirmed the identity of both horses and taking evidence from Drivers Mat […]
I always thought that I was pretty au fait with the rules of racing, but this one has me baffled. Apprentice Montana Philpott replaced now senior rider Dan McGillivray as the rider of Star Chance in the last race at Ipswich yesterday. Now it was weird that McGillivray was able to accept the ride in […]
AR 263 Prohibitions on persons and their conduct while disqualified (1) Unless otherwise authorised by the PRA which imposed a disqualification (and upon such conditions as that PRA may in its discretion impose), a person disqualified under these Australian Rules must not, during the period of that disqualification: (o) receive any direct or indirect financial […]
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 […]
The replay below is of the start of race 3 at Albion Park last night, the Group 3 $50 000 2YO Breeders Classic for fillies. If you call it a start. We call it a disgrace. https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APM31052508.mp4 Chantal Turpin has 4 runners in the race, the 2,3,7 and 10. The 1 is scratched, meaning that […]
Written Scandal looked well-weighted in the fifth race at Canterbury, with the last start winner to carry only 59kg in the BM64 after apprentice Braith Nock’s two kilogram claim. Punters like Kingsley Bartholomew certainly thought so, for they backed the horse from $4.80 into $2.60 at the jump. There was something none of them knew […]
This is the full photo that we extracted in our previous story. It appears in the latest edition of the excellent New Zealand publication Harness Xpress. You can see the footrest clearly, and see that the driver’s foot isn’t in it. Cam Hart has broken the rules. Swayzee should be disqualified from his win in […]
I’ve lost count of how many times we’ve written about jockey Dan McGillivray being suspended, but here is yet another one to add to the list. Queensland’s most suspended rider was put out of action for another 8 days last Saturday at the Gold Coast after he breached the whip rule by striking his mount […]
These are the whip rules. Thou shalt: Only apply the whip and/or the rein in a wrist only flicking motion whilst holding a rein in each hand with the tip of the whip pointed forward in an action which does not engage the shoulder. Thou shalt not: Generate force by using the elbow or shoulder […]
Turbeau was never going to run in Saturday’s Cooktown Cup with 62kg on its back. He was just in there to make up the numbers and ensure that they got a field of 5 at acceptances time so the race would go ahead for owner Tom Hedley’s other runner Battle Royale. The morning after the […]
