Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Sometime after her gross flop at Bankstown on the 6th of September, Miss Serena was transferred to the stable of Andrew Ison, who is based in the tiny isolated locale of Warral, located to the south-west of Tamworth. Andrew Ison used to be just a battler, but in recent times had transformed into a miracle […]
Last week an English trainer named Johnny Farrelly was permanently excluded – warned off – from racing after being found guilty of sexually abusing a 19-year-old apprentice jockey under his control and care. To protect the identity of the victim the reasons for his exclusion were suppressed, but that is what they are. The Australian […]
We all know about Ben Currie and why he got disqualified. His stable staff administered boost paste – a totally legal sold over the counter at Garrards Horse and Hound amino acid tonic, with huge therapeutic and health benefits – to a horse named Eight Over on the morning of a race, which was in […]
Isn’t it good to see that Ben Currie seems to have matured, realised the mistakes of his past and put his hand up to them, and actively taken the right steps to make sure that they don’t happen again? The interview he did with Ben Dorries of Racenet yesterday showed us a new side of […]
Dr Andrew Grierson is a qualified equine veterinary surgeon. He is also a harness racing breeder and owner, and a businessman. Andrew Grierson owns 50 percent of Woodlands Stud, the most successful breeding operation in New Zealand. Breeders make money in a number of ways, but two of the obvious ones are by selling stallion […]
The annual Harness Jewels is the most prestigious age based harness racing series in New Zealand, and the richest too. It is the Golden Slipper, the Derby and the Golden Eagle combined. Each race is a Group 1. That means that it is very, very hard to win. Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen – trading […]
Trot trainer Troy Williams can lay claim to the provisional title of King of Penrith after had landed 3 winners and 3 thirds from his six runners at the meeting held there last night. William has had 24 starters at Penrith since the 8th of May. His record reads 10 winners, 4, seconds and 4 […]
Launceston Friday night. Ben Yole trained horses vs every other trainer in the race. R2 – 6 v 5 R3 – 6 v 6 R4 – 6 v 6 R5 – 9 v 5 R6 – 10 v 1 R7 – 3 v 4 R8 – 5 v 1 TOTAL Yole – 45 The Rest […]
Can you imagine getting a gun. loading it up, and then using it to shoot a poor innocent horse in the head? Not a horse who is sick or anything, just one that is no use to you anymore and you don’t want to feed Personally I can’t. Can you imagine grabbing the chainsaw, lubing […]
We all know about Wild Will Hulbert’s off his head rant about Andrew Mallyon’s ride on his horse Criminal Defence at Caloundra five starts back at Caloundra. I wonder if after Criminal Defence’s win in the Group 3 Rough Habit Plate over 2020m at Doomben yesterday Wild Will might now admit that his criticism of […]
