Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I can’t remember how many times former jockey Gavin Rolls has attempted to get licensed as a trainer, but it more than a few. His latest effort ran true to form by failing. The QRIC knocked Rolls back for a license on the grounds that he is not a fit and proper person to hold […]
A quintet of Aussie scientists including Dr Adam Cawley from the Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory have cracked the Da Vinci Code. They’ve found a fast, cheap and accurate way to test swabs for EPO. Their test detects follistatin (FST), growth hormone 1 (GH1), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF1), and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL1RN) too, which pretty […]
The term ‘gene doping’ is used to describe the use of any unauthorized gene therapy techniques. We developed a test for five likely candidate genes for equine gene doping: EPO, FST, GH1, IGF1, and ILRN1. The test is based on real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and includes separate screening and confirmation assays that detect different unique targets in each transgene. For […]
The Australian horseracing industry is the second largest Thoroughbred racing and breeding industry internationally, contributing over $9.1 billion Australian dollars (AUD) value to the national economy [1]. At least one third of the contribution to this figure comes from wagering. For consumers to invest in wagering with confidence, it is essential to maintain a fair gambling […]
The new million dollar Carnival of Cups bonus gives the distinct impression of becoming a free gift to Jason Grimson and 0wner Mick Boots, after the pair declared their intentions by sending both Swayzee and Nerano to run in the first of the 5 races a horse needs to win to collect the 7-figure cheque […]
On Monday South Australian trainers Sue and Jason Jaensch made the long trek over the border from Murray Bride to Hamilton with their former Team Hayes trained maiden galloper Hadar, and took plenty of the folding stuff in their pockets with them to keep them company on the drive. They unloaded it in the 3rd […]
Not content with having won more than $1.5 million prizemoney in Victoria and over past 10 days, Emma Stewart is now sending horses to race in Tasmania and scoop up stakes from the locals too. Stewart had 4 runners at the Apple Isle on the weekend, 1 at Hobart on Friday night and 3 at […]
In our story yesterday we predicted that Emma Stewart would win six of last night’s VicBred Super Series finals. Bang on the money we were. Stewart won every single one of the pacers final, and ran the quinella in each of them too. Her horses filled the first 7 placings in one final, the first […]
You’d never know it by looking at him now, but Drew Crouch was once a professional athlete who was contracted to the Brisbane Bullets basketball team Like another elite Central Queensland athlete John Dyer – who once beat Greg Norman to win a QLD Open, but gave a professional career as a golfer away to […]
The big questions in harness racing tonight are how many of the Vicbred Super Series finals Emma Stewart wins, and how much prizemoney her stable takes home. Let’s see if we can work it out. Race 1 – 4yo Entires and Geldings Pace $150 000 Stewart trains 5 of the 12 runners in this race […]
