Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This sad obituary for horse trainer Paul Harris was posted yesterday on the official NZ Racing website. What it neglected to mention is that the poor soul Paul Harris hung himself. Whether his death was related to his ongoing battles with the Racing Integrity Board that sent him broke and ruined him is a matter […]
What has happened to famed Mareeba gallops trainer Roy Chillemi? The man from the tablelands who trains for major Cairns owner Tom Hedley hasn’t been seen at the track since the 7th of December, and all of the horses that he previously had now seem to be prepared by a little known Atherton trainer called […]
Gday Archie I quote the submissions tendered by Darren Weirs legal representative Ian Hill KC in a recent article you published. Editor’s note- this below Weir’s barrister, Ian Hill KC, said his client had offered to plead guilty nearly three years ago, but prosecutors rejected the offer and instead pursued conspiracy charges against Weir and […]
Weir would have to be DQed or warned off wouldn’t he? Who hasn’t been previously for using a jigger? Wallers description of Weir as “addicted to winning” is quite telling but not in the acceptable sense that Waller meant. Everyone enjoys a win, but win too frequently and celebrate too much and the dopamine reward […]
“Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk” – Henry David Thoreau This is the full decision of the Victorian Racing Appeals Tribunal in the matter of the Emma Stewart stay. As we told you, the HRV integrity team have stuffed up. Emma might somehow get away with […]
I wonder what’s happened at Harness Racing Victoria that precipitated the giant backflip that has seen the integrity department reject the transfer of horses from Emma Stewart to her partner Clayton Tonkin, almost two weeks after the transfers happened and were approved? It certainly is a huge turnaround from when we first raised the issue […]
Swayzee’s trainer Jason Grimson has announced that his horse will miss the Hunter Cup and the Miracle Mile, and be put away for a long, long spell. The cynics among us wonder if it will be forever. None of Grimson’s reborn slow pacers turned Group 1 winners ever seem to come up for 2nd or […]
Jason Grimson has built his public name as a trainer on taking used horses and turning them into stars. His reputation in harness racing circles is built on something else again. Seaton Grima is the new Grimson. Grima is getting previously ordinary horses from their former trainers and making them run as fast as Leap […]
There is serious mail sweeping the race tracks that the dream training partnership between Ciaron Maher and David Eustace may soon be coming to an end. It’s only a rumour at this stage, but all is said to be not well inside the camp, and that an announcement may be made before Christmas about the […]
Little known country NSW trainer Darren Egan has been disqualified for 2 years after pleading guilty to an array of sexual harassment offences perpetrated against 5 unnamed racing participants, presumably females. Egan, who has a 7% strike rate and hasn’t had a runner since July, was convicted of 5 racing rule charges related to his […]
