Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Copy That was a great racehorse. You don’t win races like he did, including dual NZ Cups, unless you are. But he wasn’t quite sound, and I reckon that worries broodmare owners, because as a sire Copy That is off to a very slow start. Even at the then bargain basement fee of $4600 (now […]
We’ve just got news that a prominent Riverina trot driver has been outed for either 3 or 6 months – I can’t remember because the knockout drugs I got at the take it and swallow party at the hospital today are still in my system, and they cause temporary amnesia – after they threw a […]
I am sure you remember the story about the three licensees who got suspended for 3 months each for accidentally presenting the wrong horse to run at Albion Park a couple of months ago, and then not telling the Stewards about their mistake after they found out. Those blokes – Ricky Gordon, Warren Hinze and […]
Mr Robert Garrett – Inquiry Conducted Harness Racing New South Wales (HRNSW) Stewards conducted an Inquiry today into a report received from the Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory (ARFL) that Methylamphetamine was detected in the post-race urine sample taken from KALKADOON DREAMING following its win in race 4, the NUTRIEN EQUINE BATHURST SALE 22ND MARCH PACE […]
I am not saying for a second that that trainer Robert Garrett is guilty of anything other than bad luck and living such a straight life that he can’t spot a glass pipe jockey when one is staring him in the face. But gee doesn’t the decision in his meth positive case open up the […]
Last week we told you the story about how three licensees copped 3 month suspensions for their involvement in accidentally presenting the wrong horse to race at Albion Park, and how the Stewards whose job it was to ensure the right horse was presented didn’t. In QLD the Stewards are Never to Blame – Part […]
Story by Phil Purser Please be advised that Gitana, the widow of Dan Costello, has advised that a memorial service for her late husband Dan will be held at Albion Park on Sunday 30 August at 2pm. As an aside, Gitana is meeting with me on Wednesday of this week, so that we can work […]
Riverina trainer Norm Diebert Snr must have achieved some sort of record as the oldest trainer ever to have a horse throw a positive to cobalt, after the substance above the threshold of 100 micrograms per litre in urine was detected in the urine sample taken from his pacer CHANCETOWIN following its win in race […]
We told you the story last week about how the trotter The Vicars Girl had thrown a positive swab during without notice out of competition testing conducted by Stewards at trainer Kevin Weidenbach’s stables. That matter is yet to be dealt with, presumably because the officials are waiting for a confirmatory second test result, so […]
The Emma Stewart of Sydney harness racing Jason ‘Jill’ Grimson had a huge night out at Menangle yesterday winning all four races his stable contested, and driving three of them too. Unusually most of Grimson’s winners were at big odds. $13.00, $11.00, $6.50 and $1.33 they started. Their were some very weird runs by some […]
