Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Trainer Trevor Rowe was questioned by Stewards about his decision to scratch Major Artie from race 3 at Cairns on Thursday. Rowe told them that upon reflection he decided that running the horse over 2100m with 61kg on its back might not be a good idea, and that he would look to find a race […]
Ringworm is a highly contagious fungal condition that it passed by horses through direct contact, such as running side by side in a race. Horse with ringworm need to be isolated while they are treated for the condition, so they don’t infect other healthy horses and cause it to spread. The primary visible symptom of […]
You may notice the name C. McGuigan in the ownership of many of the N40 horses trained by Michael Brennan. Catherine McGuigan is Brennan’s wife and mother of his kids. She is also a struck-off drug-using equine vet. Strange sort of person to have living at a registered training address and owning horses isn’t it? […]
Does this sound familiar? A little bit like Ben Yole’s operation, or maybe a lot Naomi Kerr is seeking to buy, lease or train horses from around Australia. She is advertising in the harness racing classifieds for owners to send her horses that are currently in work so she can race them in Northern Victoria, […]
At its final six starts before trainer Carl Edlridge transferred the 7yo pacer to Daniel Rowell to train, The Real Rocketman has been beaten 58m, 14om, 57m, 21m, 61m and 54m at third rate tracks in Goulburn, Canberra and Young. It’s career record was 63 starts for just 3 wins, the most recent of them […]
The Birdsville Jigger (pictured) In March 2023, in what became known as the Birdville Jigger Affair, Todd Austin was found guilty of commissioning an act of cruelty to a horse and two charges of providing false or misleading evidence to stewards at the inquiry into the matter. Austin was disqualified for five years. That means […]
For those of you who were wondering how the hell Royal Supremacy turned around its recent form of 14th of 14 beaten 5.88 lengths at Scone then 11th of 14 beaten 11.8 lengths at Randwick to win the 6th race yesterday at the same track, the answer is simple. Ciaron Maher took off the Norton […]
Portrait of Ben Currie as a young man. Lucky for him his old man never missed. Nothing’s changed about Boof except the waist line and the color of his hair. Those Currie boys from up on the range sure know how to pull off a plunge. Courtesy of a perfect ride by Jackson Murphy they […]
Ben Yole with his lawyer Damian Sheales – No-one ever said they were supermodels In a move likely to send shockwaves through the harness racing industry, Tasracing has revoked the conditions it placed on trainer Wayne Yole’s license on the eve of the hearing of his appeal. The unprecedented license conditions – which would have […]
Champion greyhound trainer Ron Ball has today won his appeal against the Stewards decision to restart his 10-year-disqualification imposed during the live baiting scandal of the mid-2010’s. QRIC Stewards had previously determined that Ball had breached the terms of his DQ by attending the property of his partner and then licensed trainer Serena Lawrence in […]
