Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
On Monday we told you the amazing story of how the most over-worked galloper in training Masterati – who has been racing non-stop since July, and had raced 22 times in just 29 weeks – was actually given a break of more than a fortnight in between races, which must have made the poor old […]
We told you recently the tale of Australia’s iron horse Masterati, a former Sydney and Brisbane restricted grade galloper that had been sent to South Australia, where it had been raced by its new trainer Grant Young an incredible 22 times in just 29 weeks. In the story we decried the over-racing of the poor […]
At exactly what point does racing a galloper excessively become an animal welfare issue? Can owners and their trainer race an aged thoroughbred week in, week out in races held on professional tracks, and still be said to care for the best interests of their horse? Those are the questions that need to be answered […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/sa/GDC01022104.mp4 Arco stepped out for her new owners for the first time last weekend – attracting the biggest crowd seen at the Gawler trials in many years. “It was fantastic. There would have been 100 members there watching her trial, including Lorraine Coombes, from Mildura, who got up at 4am to travel over and get […]
This is race 4 on Saturday night at Globe Derby. It was the hottest race you’ve seen this year so far, and maybe ever. The plunge was on Ace’s Daughter. Frank Pullicino – the equally corrupt husband of the multiple times disqualified cheat Gaita, who is banned from holding a license in Victoria – trains […]
How the hell does can an eight-year-old pacer with a record of 135 starts for 14 wins and 40 placings be rated as an NR31 under the new national handicapping system? Particularly a pacer who has won four races in the past eight month, run second four times too, and third once? It doesn’t make […]
