Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Former Sunshine Coast trainer Damien Batters has been declared bankrupt after Workcover lodged a creditor’s petition seeking to recover debts that he owed for unpaid workers compensation insurance premiums. The bankruptcy comes as the latest blow for Batters, who was stood down by the QRIC in November last year after being charged by police with […]
More than two months ago we tipped you off that a South Australian gallops trainer had been raided by Stewards who busted them with synthetic peptides manufactured in India in their possession. It appears now that the day of reckoning for the gallops trainer with the peptides is soon to arrive, with prominent racing writer […]
The race for the all-time trainers record is on as the Steve and Amanda Telfer partnership seek to break Roy and Barry Purdon’s 31-year long record of 168 winners in a season. With three months of the season still left to run the Telfers have racked up 137 wins from 642 starters at a strike […]
Jason’s bosom buddy Tatts (Stickers to his pals) couldn’t make it to Menangle last night to watch his mate work another miracle. He was otherwise occupied being detained at His Majesty’s pleasure In the 12 months before being transferred from trainer Wendy Turnbull to the stables of Jason Grimson the 5-year old pacer Huta had […]
Kiwi trainer Scott Dickson pulled off a massive plunge in the last race at Cambridge this evening with Melton Mogul, which was backed from $51.oo into $7.50 with bookmakers on both sides of the Tasman and landed the prize. Media Mogul came into the race with the form of a three-legged camel with a record […]
Stood down South Australian harness racing trainer jokes about his green thumb and hydro setups in this interview with Piranha Media’s Rocky Butterworth late last year, before laughing off the rumors of his being involved in drugs by saying ‘give us a spell’. Sadly if you believe what the Victorian Police say, Luke O’Neill was […]
The Ryan Hryhorec trained seven-year-old pacer Lord Zarias didn’t just break the 2530m track record at Port Pirie last night, he smashed it into smithereens. The previous mark over the staying trip was 1.58.4 Lord Zarias ran 1.56.7. That’s about 20 meters faster. Driver Gaita Pullicino reeled off splits of 29.2, 29.7. 27.4 and 29.1 […]
Maestro QLD bush trainer Bevan ‘Billy’ Johnson may not have affected the weights for the 1450m Country Cups qualifier at Mt Isa by putting in a dummy nomination for Han Dynasty (see story here), but there is more than one cat to skin at the races and more than one way to skin it. Billy […]
STEWARDS REPORT – MOUNT ISA: SATURDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2025 On Thursday, 25 September 2025, Stewards questioned trainer Mr Bevan Johnson regarding the nomination of HAN DYNASTY for both a 1,000 metre and a 1,450-metre race at Mount Isa on Saturday, 27 September 2025. Of particular concern was that HAN DYNASTY, which in 48 race starts […]
Toowoomba trainer Mark Currie realized a long-held dream this afternoon by winning the Weetwood Handicap at his home track with Tavs, and then made it a feature race double when Cryptolini took out the Toowoomba Guineas. Both were outstanding training performances. Tavs, a NSW restricted grade galloper when he joined the Currie stable, was first-up […]
