Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The seismic shift in the balance of racing power in Australia can be see clearly in a comparison of the top 10 races in 2011 v the top ten in 2021. Ten years ago five of the big ten were run in Victoria, four in Sydney and one in Queensland. A decade later the balance […]
Here is another highly questionable protest decision. It’s race 2 at the feature Pukekohoe meeting in New Zealand on Saturday. The horse on the inside with the white, green sleeves and red cap, and the horse in the brown and gold directly outside it dead-heated. Each rider protested against the other. The Stewards upheld the […]
Apprentice Jade Doolan got her foot crushed against the stalls at the start of race 4. The Ambos had a look at it after the race and found that she’s suffered soft tissue damage, which usually means a badly sprained ankle. QRIC Stewards decreed that she couldn’t ride again until she had furnished them with […]
Stryking Princess is the horse in red and yellow in front near the fence. Broken Hero is the one in yellow with black cap behind him. They both move out a mile. But the leader looked to me to be a horse length or more in front of the other one, and it seems to […]
This finish for 3rd in the first race at Beaudesert yesterday was close, but the outside looked to me to have margin on the one on its inner, and I rarely call photos wrong. Just ask Merv Butterworth if you don’t believe me. I called his horse home the winner over the line in the […]
Cobalt containing injectable formulations such as Hemoplex® and Hemo-15® are approved for clinical use by veterinary drug regulating authorities in many countries including Australia, Canada and Hong Kong, and several cobalt containing oral supplements such as Avalia-4®, Boost Paste® and Horsepower® are commercially available. The acknowledged use of cobalt containing compounds in medicine or simply […]
Brendon McCoull is one of Tasmania’s leading jockeys. He only takes his saddle off the island once every half blue moon, almost always on a Saturday and only when he has a good ride in Melbourne on a horse like Bello Beau who has travelled over the straight from home to have a crack. McCoull’s […]
The Cobalt precedents for a ‘presentation’ offence within the Queensland racing industry previously incurred a minimum penalty of a twelve (12) month disqualification. Notwithstanding, in some recent matters penalties of a nine (9) month disqualification have been imposed, taking into account the relevant circumstances of individual cases and that of Queensland Civil Administration Tribunal decisions, […]
Rob Heathcote is claiming that he didn’t know Hemoplex was banned. That’s a load of rubbish. EVERYONE in the close knit racing world knows that the cobalt containing solution is banned, so it is inconceivable that Heathcote doesn’t. And be clear that we are not talking false positive cobalt caused by Vitamin B being spun […]
