Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Just last week we told you about Fletch Maguire, the walker from Kiwiland who came to OZ and improved by half the length of the strait. The once weak gutted cat from Aotearoa improved even more in the space of the past 7 days. Kiwi Horses That Suddenly Grow Legs – Summit and Bain Would […]
Race 8 Globe Derby. Six horse field. The market opens with Cyclone S Adams $1.90. It blows out the door to $3.30. Uncle Louis is $2.70. It drifts to $3.20. Hurricane Ed is $4.80. There is a little bit of dough for it but not much, and it lands at $3.70 at the jump. Magic […]
If you ever needed proof that Ben Yole is a low-life grub then this is it. 20-year-old Bronte Miller has been charged over the crash in late January that injured she and a number of other young harness racing kids. Miller been charged with two counts of causing grievous bodily harm to another person by […]
We wrote the story pictured above about 3 weeks or so ago, well before it hit the news. Well I guess we made the news really, well before anyone else. Some of us keep our nose close to the ground. At the time we said that we hoped the footage when released wouldn’t take the […]
One state has leapt to action in response to a shocking video which shows racing animals being abused by a trainer. On Monday, South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas announced an inquiry into the culture and practices within the state’s greyhound racing industry. It comes as just weeks after the ABC obtained footage of a man […]
The South Australian harness racing Stewards – who are generally regarded across the industry as the least competent in the land – have imposed the most draconian penalty on well respected long-time trainer Lou Trotta that have been seen for a long time, if ever. Trotta has been directed that for the next 18 months, […]
15. (1)Stewards are empowered – (a) to direct and control at any time the activities of persons licensed under these rules and anyone else appointed, employed or engaged in any aspect of the harness racing industry, concerning the application of these rules; (b) to entertain and determine all matters under question or in dispute at or […]
Stewards resumed an inquiry which had been opened and adjourned into an incident in the Raceday Stalls Area at Globe Derby Park on Saturday 29th July 2023 following the running of Race 3 the GLOBE BAR & GAMING PACE in which Mr.Trotta was the trainer of WHATA OPTIMIST and Mr. Loone trainer of STAR WRITER, […]
GRAPHIC WARNING: Shocking footage has captured frightened greyhounds being cornered and kicked at a South Australian property. The disgusting vision has sparked an independent inquiry into the greyhound racing industry, with two trainers hit with an immediate suspension. #9News pic.twitter.com/vQcOqebDiN — 9News Adelaide (@9NewsAdel) July 26, 2023
The ABC has obtained vision showing multiple greyhounds, including puppies, apparently being kicked and punched by a person on a property south-east of Adelaide. Warning: This story contains content that may distress some readers. The vision, filmed by a drone operator, has been provided to the ABC. Notes accompanying the vision claim it was filmed over […]
