Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Stewards at Thangool yesterday found a syringe containing a substance in trainer Jason Hancock’s vehicle that he had used to transport his horse Zufasta to the track. Hancock told the stipes it was a crushed up acepromazine tablet. ACE is a sedative. You cannot give them on race day, and you can’t be in possession […]
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The horrific injuries that licensed QLD racehorse trainer Darleen Duryea suffered in the trackwork fall we showed you earlier this week have confined her to a wheelchair, hopefully not forever, but at least for now. After four years of hard work and intensive therapy, during which she maintained her training license but was unable to […]
“I can’t touch horses or saddle horses but I can manage some things for the stable, help with programming campaigns for horses and manage communication with owners” “There are some things I did wrong in the past and if I could go back in time and change some stuff I would. “I’ve always wanted to […]
Today is the 12 month anniversary of QLD racing legend Pat Duff’s passing. It’s hard to believe a year had passed since Pat’s been gone. Gone from us, bet never forgotten. Spare a moment for reflection on your fondest memories of Pat. May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at […]
The Chris and Corey Munce stable is absolutely on fire at present. They have led in a winner on 8 of the past 9 occasions they’ve raced at a meeting. Their tally includes two doubles, two trebles, and four winners yesterday at the Sunshine Coast. Not even Gollan is in better form. And of course […]
The mail is that the substance that Clinton Austin’s horse threw positive to at Birdsville was the by-product of application of a sold over the counter topical antiseptic spray rather than a deliberately administered performance enhancer. Topical antiseptic spray is basically something like Betadine, the red stuff you put on cuts or sores, or Difflam […]
The NSW Trainers Association have been very vocal in its opposition to Peter V’Landys, and was last week reported to be threatening to pass a no confidence motion in V’Landys as Racing NSW CEO. Which begs the question. Who and what exactly is the NSW Trainer’s Association (NSWTA), and what rights to they have under […]
We were right about Luke McCarthy being the best trainer in Australia weren’t we? Kingman’s outstanding victory in the NZ Cup yesterday proved that. It might even have proven that Luke is the best trainer in the Dominion too. What McCarthy has done with this horse is simply incredible. He was getting beaten by Some […]
Former South Australian trot man turned gallops trainer Waylon “The Highwayman” Hornhardt might be in a bit of trouble. Hornhardt’s two runners at the Mildura meeting on Melbourne Cup day Sassy Angel and Mr Trafficanti were scratched by order of the Stewards on reasonable suspicion that they may have been administered medication in breach of AR249(1). […]
