Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Toowoomba trainer Lindsay Hatch has been granted a stay of operation of his 12 month suspension for a positive swab. Hatch was actually suspended for 9 months after being found guilty of a presentation charge by Stewards, but the conviction enlivened a previous 9 month suspended sentence that he received for a previous positive swab, […]
Danny Russell and Sarah Danckert The Age. February 7, 2025 Trainers John Symons and Sheila Laxon have denied owing more than half a million dollars to a collapsed company at the centre of their Melbourne Cup prizemoney dispute. The trainers say they are, in fact, owed $26,000 in outstanding fees by Esprit Racing, the company they worked […]
Apprentice Cody Collis blamed the soft track for the second favorite Borisova getting beaten in the first at Ipswich yesterday. He might as well have blamed the aliens too. The track didn’t beat Borisova. Collis planting the filly four-wide from barrier 5 and then running her even wider around the home turn did. It may […]
The website of small player in the corporate bookmaking market BudgetBet, owned by WA bookie Kevin Wear, has been down for days leaving account holders unable to place bets or to withdraw their funds. Budgetbet is claiming publicly that the site is down for maintenance, and is privately telling the few customers who have been […]
Brad Hewitt and The Locomotive Brad Hewitt’s friend Shannon Wonson’s health supplements for horses really work. Forget Keayang Zahara and Just Believe. The 1.51.6 that The Locomotive ran to win the 1st heat of the Great Southern Star makes him officially the fastest trotter ever to race at Melton by 1.5 seconds. It was a […]
Tuncurry trainer Grant Jobson only has two horses, Imastruestar and No Tackle, the latter of which obviously slipped past the Registrars misunderstood. Jobson used to have three horses, but due in part to his stupidity and neglect, one of them died. She was a wee filly, just three years old. All In Writing was her […]
Division 4 – Corruption, dishonesty and misleading behaviour AR 229 Corruption, dishonesty and misleading behaviour (1) A person must not: (a) engage in any dishonest, corrupt, fraudulent, improper or dishonourable action or practice in connection with racing; (b) engage in conduct that corrupts the outcome of a race or is intended to corrupt the outcome […]
The reason why trainer Grant Jobson should appeal his 6-month disqualification is simple. He was charged and found guilty under the wrong rule. Racing NSW laid the charge against Jobson under rule AR229(1)(b) – Improper action in connection with racing. The problem is that improper actions are dealt with under rule AR229(1)(a), which is not […]
You could spend your whole life looking, and travel the world in search of one, but you will never find an easier protest to uphold than this one in the 2nd race at Thangool on the weekend. Craiglea Bronte took hold of its lightweight apprentice rider Kelsey Lenton on the home turn and decided to […]
You can’t look at the replay of Romantic Warrior’s win in the Jebel Hatta without fixing your eyes on the leader and second favorite Measured Time, trained by Charlie Appleby and ridden like a lunatic by William Buick. It was almost like he had elephant juice in him, and then suddenly he hit the wall. […]
