Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We have written before about Eduardo’s limitations at distances of over 1100m when racing in the top grade, so rather than bore you with repetition, you can read that story by clicking here. Given what I wrote, and what we know about the 7-year-old’s well exposed form, it would be a surprise that Eduardo is […]
Regular readers of this site well know the story of the warhorse Masterati, the most over-raced galloper in Australia. (Those who don’t can click here to catch up on our stories about the horse who’s been flogged to death). Last Saturday we tipped you into Masterati at his NT debut over 1100 metres in Alice […]
The horse is at the heart of everything we do in South Australian thoroughbred racing and it always has been. The welfare of our participants – our animals and our people – is an absolute priority Racing South Australia, Thorough Care Animal welfare is Racing SA’s absolute priority. Second only to trainers smoking a dart […]
Copy That takes the best pacers in New Zealand to town Lincoln Farms’ star pacer Copy That has been officially invited to compete in the inaugural A$250,000 Rising Sun in Brisbane in July. Owner Merv Butterworth and trainer Ray Green signalled earlier in the week their intention to aim at the July 10 feature and […]
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 […]
The Apple Isle racing industry is in shock today following the news that the chief of the Office of Racing Integrity has been stood down from his role. Or it would be if anyone still had any confidence in the integrity of Tasmanian racing anyway, but after a series of blatant rigs, pulls, fixes, hooks […]
An executive with a Nicholasville, Ky., company that sells “preventative and regenerative therapies” for horses was named in a federal indictment March 9 of 19 people involved in an alleged systemic and covert administration of illegal performance-enhancing drugs to racehorses. Michael Kegley Jr., director of sales at Medivet Equine, and veterinarian Dr. Kristian Rhein were […]
