Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Someone attempted to scratch trainer Megan Purvis’s two runners at Townsville yesterday. They logged onto her RISA account and pulled the two horses out, and the scratchings were automatically processed. Fortunately someone spotted it and alerted Purvis, who immediately got on the phone to the Stewards to tell them that it wasn’t her, and that […]
The NSW Harness Racing Appeals Panel (HRAP) has cut Tamworth trainer Dean Chapple’s disqualification for a positive swab to Meloxicam from 24 months down to 18, but not before telling the repeat drugs in racing offender that he was full of crap and sending him on his way with a spray. Chapple’s tale that the […]
Leading NSW trot trainer Jack ‘Turbo’ Trainor has lost his challenge at the NSW Harness Racing Appeals Panel against his 6 month disqualification for presenting Chubby Checker to race with the prohibited substance levamisole in its system. The Appeals Panel’s decision is yet to be handed down so we can’t elaborate on the reasons for […]
Team Grima pulled a beauty in the 10th race at Menangle today. Our good mate (self-declared) Seaton had 2 runners in the race, Argent Peak and Eagle Watch. He drove Argent Peak. It opened up at $1.45 and blew like a gale out to start at $3.00. Grima put Lleyton Green on Eagle Watch. This […]
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 […]
