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 […]
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 […]
Rockhampton horse trainer Tom Smith has been in the news lately after he bashed and brutalized a young horse for half an hour while trying to force it to enter the on-track pool and swim, and thanks to being charged with the wrong offence got away with just a fine. He might not be so […]
By ABC state political reporter Lucy MacDonald Tasmanian harness trainer Wayne Yole has been given until the end of the month to prove why he “should be allowed to home, stable or train any horses” at his Sidmouth property following a multi-agency inspection last month. On March 24, Tasmanian Racing Integrity Commissioner Sean Carroll organised […]
Barry Purdon is generally regarded as the best trot trainer in history. He has won more premierships than most people have had hot dinners, and won every race worth winning. What Purdon doesn’t know used to be not worth knowing. Not anymore. As good as he is, the Hall of Famer couldn’t get Its Electrifying […]
We wrote earlier about Cran Dalgety’s star filly Beside Me returning a positive swab to Meloxicam after winning a race at Wyndham earlier in the year. Well it appears as usual that we were right, for although there is no published record of either Dalgety having been charged with an offence by Stewards, or of […]
28-year-old Queensland trainer Matt Elkins is in a fine vein of form this season, hitting winners at a strike rate of 19%, almost fifty percent higher than his career rate of 13%. One of the reason Elkins is winning all these races is his ability to get old horses running faster than they have in […]
The old adage about always backing the rank outsider in small fields proved true again last night at Launceston when the $31.00 roughie A Dragon For Joe came from three back the fence on debut to win the feature 2yo race the KEITH STANLEY DEBUTANTE, defeating his three much better fancied rivals that started at […]
Barcaldine Trainer Toni Schofield combined with veteran jockey Jason Missen to land a double at the birthplace of the modern Labor Party and home of the Tree of Knowledge. The duo also teamed up to finish a pair of seconds on the five race card. Single Honour – who was trained at various times by […]
