As you can see Tasracing has given gallops trainer Tanya Hanson warm plaudits and a fond farewell upon her retirement from the racing industry, with the principal racing authority’s tribute to her published on its website. That says everything you need to know about the regulators of the sport in the Apple Isle, and their […]
Every WA Trot Trainer’s Favorite Trick
On Friday night WA trot trainer Kim Prentice joined Gary Hall and Greg Bond in the ranks of slippery customers pulling stooges on the Stewards to manipulate fields in order to get their horses a start. Prentice had two horses in the 3yo fillies race worth $21 000, but when the nominations closed at the […]
The Amazing Emma
Emma Stewart made it 6 wins in a row and 8 from her past 10 by racking up a treble at Melton last night. Remarkably two of her winners were first-up for a year from injury enforced breaks, and the other was a 4-year-old mare on debut. None had officially trialed. The trio were the […]
The Mildura Magician Who Improves Horses 20 Meters on Emma Stewart
Mildura trainer Naomi Kerr has raised eyebrows in harness racing circles by becoming a master at taking on tried horses from other stables and turning their form around, often improving their best times several seconds in the process. Many are wondering how she does it, with some being pretty sure they can guess. Kerr was […]
Two Racing Men Bending Over in a Toilet Cubicle, and a Little Bit of Blow
No this is not a story about male to male oral sex in the toilet stalls at Clifford Park, as much as you might draw that inference from a security guard at the Toowoomba racing awards last night finding two blokes in the dunny with one bent over and a finger up his cavity. What […]
Hold On Son! – There’s a Sling in It!
Second starter Ramp It Up was well backed at long odds in the first at the Sunshine Coast yesterday. It landed the money and the Gough stable bets. They must have had their hearts in their mouths over the final few strides. Just watch what happened. The horse obviously knew the money was on. The […]
Trying to Save His Owners a Few Hundred Bucks Cost Toby Edmonds 3 Grand
Toby Edmonds yesterday was found guilty by NSW Stewards of injecting his horse Burning Bell within one clear day of a racing engagement. Edmonds was fined $3000. He was a bit unlucky. Burning Bell was set to race in the Mothers Gift at Grafton on the Thursday of the carnival. The horse was injected a […]
The Appalling Conditions That NZ’s Leading Trot Trainer Robert Dunn’s Horses Live In – It’s Animal Abuse Writ Large
If the images you see are any indication of the story, it appears that Ben Yole is not the only trainer who keeps his horses outdoor and uncovered in terrible circumstances. They do it in Aotearoa too. Robert Dunn is New Zealand’s leading trainer. He and his training partner Jenna Dunn, the wife of his […]
Onya Bondy – The Great Rock N Roll Handicapping Rort
See the race at the top run at Gloucester Park a fortnight ago? It’s what is called a Conditioned Race. The basic concept behind L5$ races is to give horses who may be struggling at their HWOE Level a chance to drop into a race where they might be able to earn again and establish […]
WA – The Home of Rorts Pulled by Blokes Named Bond
You need five horses turn out in a field in harness racing for a race to proceed on a harness race card. So WA trot trainer Greg Bond has the perfect solution to making sure that his two-year-old pacers get a run. He enters five of them in a race. Then when he sees how […]