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Integrity management standards in South Australian harness racing have plunged to such depths that the State has become a laughing stock. They don’t even test all the winners down there. Not even the ones they say they do. The Stewards summary for last night’s Globe Derby meeting shows that post-race swabs were only taken from […]
The South Australian Racing Appeals Tribunal has overturned Todd Balfour’s 5-year disqualification for pulling down the pants of a Steward and exposing him naked from the waist down, and replaced it with a 4.5 month DQ, which includes time already served. The Tribunal characterised Balfour’s actions as an assault, describing what he did as inappropriate […]
Trainer Mario Borg has scratched hiswhole team from meetings three times lately. We called him on each occasion to ask why. The first time he said that the oppressive heat conditions in Adelaide that weekend presented a welfare risk to his animals. Time two he was sick. Third time around he couldn’t run at the […]
This is another nothing answer by the HRSA CEO to a legitimate question from a harness racing particpant, in this case race driver Kenny Roger’s mum Rhonda. Mrs Rogers asked a simple question: Will HRSA pay a cash incentive to compensate trainers who have to take time off work to attend a harness racing meeting […]
Ask me questions, get no answersGive me nothing, take no chancesShow me books with empty pagesWind your clocks and read your gauges Shadow boxerShadow boxer – The Angels Just to make it very clear, while we do not disagree with the sentiments of the person who posted this message on social media in general, the truth […]
Harness Racing South Australia last year declared it Southern Stars yearling sale an outstanding success, and has done so again this year, but at the risk of the peak body’s CEO Dean Elliott calling this author a fabricator again and declaring shame upon us we have to ask the question: has the sale been any […]
You might remember our story a couple of weeks ago about the serial SA harness blow up merchant Lou Trotta being handed a 14 month disqualification for abusing first his own driver after a race, and then later a steward at the hearing into the original matter. It was Trotta’s umpteenth conduct breach offence, and […]
The remaining 6 races from the aborted Globe Derby trot meeting tonight has been rescheduled to Monday, which at least gives participants a chance to win some money that might otherwise have been lost if it had been abandoned, even though it leaves many of the drivers having to explain to their boss why they […]
The Globe Derby meeting tonight has been called off after just three races due to an on course power outage knocking out the lights. As you can see from the photo at the top the rest of the suburb still has the lights on, so the power failure is restricted to the track. How do […]
SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S MOMENTUM GROWS: HRSA ANNOUNCE PRIZEMONEY INCREASE In the first of what will be four announcements this week, Harness Racing South Australia (HRSA) is excited to unveil a new prizemoney model which will see an increase to stakes across all segments. Saturday night prizemoney (not including feature races and heats into finals events) will […]
