Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Aidos, the Greek goddess of humility (pictured above) In late 2025, I published a number of articles about an investigation relating to levamisole. In those articles, I made a number of statements which were critical of Mr Buckman, the CEO of Harness Racing NSW, and Mr Prentice, the Chief Integrity Officer of Harness Racing NSW. […]
The Christchurch session of the 2026 National Standardbred Yearling Sale saw 187 yearlings on offer and a record-priced trotter make Australasian sales history. At the close of selling, 115 lots sold for a total of more than $6.4 million, resulting in an increased average of $55,826 (6%) and an increased median of $40,000 (25%). Leading buyer Stonewall […]
Watch this race above and keep your eye on horse number 2, the one in the teal and grey behind the leader. Its Five Oclock Gerry, driven by Nathan Dawson. See it go inside the marker pegs? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 of them. You’ve have to be blind to miss it. The QRIC Stewards […]
Last year’s Ultimate Drivers Championship (UDC) at Albion Park was the bomb, because many of the world’s best reinsmen were there, specifically Dexter Dunn, Yannick Gingras and Bjorn Goop. Everyone was talking about it. It had a real buzz. This year’s UDC doesn’t. The best drivers from each major state are there. Pete McMullen from […]
Lyell Creek – The Freak – was one of the greatest square gaiters in New Zealand harness racing history. He won 3 Dominion Handicaps, 3 Rowe Cups, 2 Dullard, 2 NZ National Trots, an NZ Free For All, Bill Collins and Inter-Dominion, plus top class races in the US and Europe. The Freak was twice […]
Here is a weird one, if it’s true. We are told that at least two NSW trainers horses have returned positive swabs to arsenic after their horses had been locked in the Menangle retention barn for 2 days before a Group 1 race. One of the swabs – Kevin Pizzuto’s – was made public in […]
In May 2024 NSW trot trainer Mark Callaghan’s horse The Cid threw a positive swab to harpagoside after winning a $100 000 race at Newcastle. It was Callaghan’s second substance rule breach offence. He was fined $3000. In the same year NSW trot trainer Michael Carroll had one horse throw three positives to harpagoside and […]
“Ben and I jumped in my car and chased him, but he crossed Port Wakefield Road into the Mawson Lakes estate,” Borg said. “I don’t give a shit about the cars, they’re insured, but what happens if someone walks out there and the car goes boom, explodes and someone gets killed! “There are no cameras […]
Apparently a black e-bike was seen by licensees riding through the Globe Derby car park on Saturday night, about ten minutes before Corey Johnson’s car was torched. The riders had helmets on, which is handy to conceal your face if you think about it, especially if you have a Covid style mask on too, as […]
APG bounced back from a somewhat disappointing QLD yearling sale last week with a bang yesterday in Melbourne, with the average prices up around 30% to $23 847 , the upper end of the catalogue a lot stronger than at Ipswich, and clearance rates a lot better at 78.67%. The two top priced lots of […]
