Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Darren Weir case has taken a strange twist, with submissions from his barrister to be heard on when his seried of concurrent 2-year disqualification will actually start. Does it commence from the date Weir’s previous disqualification ended in February 2023, which would mean that it would expire in February next year and that the […]
Justice John Bowman on the Victorian Racing Tribunal’s penalty decision in the Darren Weir case is to be handed down on Friday morning. Just for a lark we though we’d frame a few markets on what sentence Weir gets. ALL IN BETTING $3.00 NO PENALTY In this scenario Weir gets no penalty over and above […]
Under the Queensland Local Rules of Racing a horse competing at a metropolitan race meeting (other than in a Group race or race 1) must be on course at least 2 hours before the advertised starting time of its race. From an integrity perspective adherence to the arrival time is extremely important, for horses that […]
Trainer Nick Walsh has been found blameless for the incident in which he scratched two of his three runners from a recent race at Rockampton. The betting sheets showed nothing untoward. Nothing to see. Cased closed.
Ricky Vale back in his bodybuilding days, showing off his muscles Can you remember ever seeing a horse in the modern age attempt to carry 70.5 to victory in a feature flat race like Ricky Vale’s great provincial galloper Namazu will in the Tattersells Gold Cup at Rockhampton this afternoon? Both Greg from the Gold […]
He needs to be very careful that man. I know he has got it in for the RIB, he needn’t make it so obvious or he’ll be in trouble – RIB Adjudicative Chair Russell Mackenzie On the 30th of May everyone’s favorite Kiwi trainer Mark Jones attended a Stewards Inquiry to support driver Robbie Close, […]
Jason Grimson’s cup of top class contenders for the Blacks a Fake looks to be overflowing. Swayee, Nerano, Frankie Ferocious, District Attorney, Hotandtreacherous, Himynsmeisjeff. How many once unsound horses turned super fast freaks can a single trainer have in his stable? The answer is that there is always room for one more star, and Grimson […]
On Friday night it was Leap To Fame who went down at unbackable odds of $1.04, last night it was Swayzee who got beaten at$1.08. Both red hot faves went down for the same reason. They went too slow early with a devastating finisher glued to their back, allowing the horse behind them to keep […]
Yesterday Harness Racing NSW finally acted, and pulled Turbo’s license. Well provisionally suspended it to be precise. A thorn by any other name is still a thorn. Turbo is out for a spell. The hot whisper is that when his real penalty for throwing 2 positives to Levamisole is handed down Jack Trainor’s going to […]
The mail out of the North Island is that dual-code trainer Graeme ‘Rogie’ Rogerson, whose joint training arrangement with Dylan Ferguson ended about a month ago when Ferguson resigned, will soon set up a new training partnership with widely respected horseman James Stormont (pictured below). Stormont, who is presently working down in Christchurch at Claymore […]
