Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
BY John Lingard PUNTERS will be pleased to hear that Tommy Berry wasn’t disappointed with the plain effort of HUETOR in the G2 Hollindale Cup at the Sunshine Coast last Saturday. There wasn’t much else he could say after giving it no hope dropping back to last from a wide draw. He was quick to […]
Levamisole is a worming medication used on sheep and cattle. It is not licensed for use on horses in Australia, and the product is totally banned in use for racing. Despite this clear stricture, a number of NSW harness racing trainers have returned positive swabs after winning races. The two most prominent of these are […]
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Two more horses lives were ended by a magic green needle as a result of racing incidents in Queensland yesterday. Ivanov broke down at the 4oom mark in race 5 at Beaudesert, and was put to sleep by the vet. He was only 4-years-old. Up north the 3YO Hopetoun Sunrise suffered the same fate after […]
Gee Eagle Farm is a funny track. It raced like a Soft 7 yesterday when it was only a Soft 5, with horses throwing up clods almost the size of bowling balls. Yet winners were running Good 3 type times. Mishani Lily is only a 2YO, but she won in just 3/4 of a second […]
When the rider of a winner fails to weight in the horse has to be disqualified from the race, no ifs no buts. It’s been the way for 2 centuries. Bankrollbenny won the last race at Devonport on the 24th of April. The horse’s jockey Craig Newitt didn’t weigh in as required. As such there […]
The Chief Steward Josh Adams was the Chairman of the Panel at the Eagle Farm meeting last Saturday. That means that he was in charge of signing off on the official Stewards report. The one that recorded the Tony Gollan trained Blue Spinel as having raced 3-wide for the majority of the race. Blue Spinel […]
So all these trainers, jockeys, punters and other clowns are blowing up big time about the track bias at the ‘Bool. Are they insane, incompetent, or just plain imbeciles? Isn’t it the job of the professionals to work out where the fast lanes are, not to whinge about other people finding them? I would have […]
