Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Ciaron Maher trained colt Navy Pilot was a late scratching from race 5 at Doomben on Saturday due to the track downgrade from Soft 7 to Heavy 8. Local Rule 69 provides that when a horse is scratched due to the condition of the track the Stewards may impose an embargo on the horse […]
Race 1 The winner Iknowyou was backed from $3.10 into $2.20. There was good money for the 3rd horse Trapeze Flyer, backed from $10.00 into $5.00, and the 4th placegetter Smart Colour which firmed from $11.00 into $4.00. Race 2 Winner Potestas landed some nice bets when backed from $15.00 into $6.5. It was the […]
The decision in Tasmanian trainer Liandra Gray’s matter will now be delivered on Wednesday in the Devonport court. It will be a nervous wait for Gray, whose racing career rests on the result.
Tasmanian racehorse trainer Liandra Gray was charged with the criminal offence of cruelty to animals in relation to the conduct described in our previous story, which involved her whipping a horse 40 times. Remarkably Gray – who 18 months ago was convicted of a separate and unrelated Care and Welfare rule breach offence – has […]
The Tom Dabernig trained sprinter Ashford Street threw a positive swab to Testosterone, Formestane, 4-Hydroxytestosterone, and 6a-Hydroxyandrost-4-Ene3, 17-Dione in a swab taken before its run in the Millennium Sprint at Caulfield in October. These are steroids, and under the rules of racing Ashford Street would have been banned from racing for a year for having […]
Two seemingly healthy young female horses died on the track within 48 hours of each other on the weekend, one in each code. My Bella Bus was the first to die. The 4yo mare collapsed to the track during the running of the $100 000 Riverina Regional Championship final at Wagga just before sunset on […]
Story by our Central QLD correspondent In a memorable display of grit and timing, Tricky Beans claimed a decisive victory in the 1615-metre Emerald Cup Open Handicap, bringing glory to local trainer Raymond Williams and proud owners Edwina and Jason Devine. Ridden superbly by Saul Silvers Olivera, the $13 outsider jumped sharply, settled nicely behind […]
There were two very experienced Stewards in the shape of former NZ Chief Stipe Ross Neal and ex-Gold Coast Chief Steward Paul Gillard on the panel at yesterday’s Cairns meeting. You wouldn’t have known it though by the way owner Tom Hedley and his trainers played them off a break. The two race day officials […]
Brad Collins is a Kiwi barrier attendant who works at tracks in the lower North Island. On the 15th of April he was at the Foxton trials loading horses into the gates when a 3 year old gelding named Reggae Man that one of his colleagues as trying to coax into the gate started playing […]
This is the question ATC members are voting yes or no on: “That the sale of Rosehill Gardens Racecourse (Rosehill Gardens) to the Crown in the right of the State of New South Wales (State) or other entity nominated by the State (the Transaction) is approved, provided that: Rosehill is sold for $5 billion $1.9 […]
