Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Breaking news out of Rockhampton is that the QRIC have raided the stables of trainer Nick Walsh after one of his horses threw banned steroid Stanozolol in the trainer’s possession. Older readers might remember that drug, it’s the one that the cheating sprinter Ben Johnson was using when he ran 9.79 seconds for the 100m […]
Harness Racing Victoria doesn’t say it as bluntly, but they reckon that their Integrity Team are being thwarted in their efforts to conduct without notice stable inspections by some trainers who have installed security gates with coded locks at the access points to their properties. Again they don’t say it in so many words, but […]
The Fall 6-year-old galloper Ancient Style faltered at the 600m mark of a Maiden race at Innisfail on Saturday and crashed to the turf, dislodging apprentice jockey Mel Campbell in the process. Campbell suffered serious injuries in the fall and is presently hospitalized. As bad a state as she is in, it could have been […]
Two prominent NZ harness racing identities* were yesterday convicted of criminal offences. One of the men is a trainer who is currently unlicensed, despite completing his disqualification for race day doping . He has been found guilty on three counts stemming from a sexual assault of a woman. The other man is a driver who […]
USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Social Media should not be used for any of the following: To publish or make comments that are detrimental to the harness racing industry or any of its members. To direct abuse or inappropriate comments about other individuals or organisations that participate in the harness racing industry. – HRV Social Media Policy It seems […]
There are unsavory rumors floating out of the south-west of Queensland about the conduct of a prominent country trainer at a race meeting at Morven in September. The trainer is said to have misconducted themselves toward a young female apprentice while legging them up for a mount at the meeting, a matter that was reportedly […]
I wonder why the Wagga Stewards would have required trainer Jake Stockton to hold back his $71.oo winner Shoobees Charm back 3 hours for post-race swabbing? Was it because a couple of weeks before he had ducked one of his horses off the course early before it could be swabbed? Could it be because Shoobees […]
I know the 7-year-old pacer King Kulafu well, as one of my mates used to own the pacer King Kulafu and another used to train it. The horse was a dog. It would pull, hang, gallop randomly during races, and turn it up in weak events that it was entitled to win. My mate gave […]
Others can say things about Pat Duff better than me. So I will just add three lines. Our Cavalier was his best horse. Pat was a man who did things for others. And that’s the best kind.
The dream team are back – Trainer John and driver Brent Livingstone, aka Hot And Dangerous (Owner Clint’s the And) Who needs Jason Grimson and his steroid pumped muscles and tatts, when you can have Johnny Livingstone and his coke bottle glasses instead? Livingstone showed the world how its done with ex-Grimson trained horses when […]
