Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The statistical sample size is far too small to be scientific, and no doubt it is just sheer coincidence and the time of year, but the odd correlation between HRV Integrity Chief Brent Fisher’s departure from the role and the Emma Stewart stable’s loss of form has set tongues wagging around the Victorian tracks. Fisher […]
This matter involves a harness racing licensee, but is not directly harness racing related. As I say, not directly. It doesn’t mean that it isn’t though. I know what the subject matter is, which is the exact reason that I won’t be detailing it. One thing I will say is that this man should be […]
An eagle-eyed reader has just pointed out an error in my earlier story about David ‘Slasher’ Moran. Slasher didn’t just get done for whip abuse in Group 1 races seven and nine at Melton last Friday, he got fined for a whip offence in the Group 1 race six too, the Group 1 3YO Vicbred […]
By now you have read the stories I wrote about the orgy of whipping at Melton on Vicbred Super Series night, and are familiar with the tale of how leading senior driver David Moran belted the living crap out of two pacers in Group 1 races, won one and finished second, and only copped 2 […]
See that horse on the outside’s wheel, and where it is? You can’t do that. It has come straight over on top of the horse on its inside, in flagrant breach of the rules. The horse is Bondi Lockdown, and this is the Group 1 3YO Colts and Geldings Final of the Vicbred Super Series […]
The showcase night of the Victorian harness racing year ended up as nothing but a demonstration of the utter contempt that the leader of our industry hold for the welfare of our racing animals. It was an orgy of animal cruelty from whoa to go, and David Moran was one of the stars of the […]
This just gets worse. Animal welfare in Victoria is a code word for beat them. The replay that you see below is of the Group 1 Vicbred Super Series 2YO Colts and Geldings Trotters Final, worth $50 000 to the winner. Kerryn Manning is the driver of Plymouth Chubb, the horse one off the fence […]
The Australian Harness Racing industry continues to be at the forefront of equine health and welfare, including the way in which drivers can apply the whip. As society’s expectations of welfare continue to evolve at a rapid rate, particularly with regards to racing animals, what was once considered acceptable practice has been transformed by both […]
Young Victorian driver Jack ‘Breaker’ Laugher (pronounced ‘lore’) finished third on both the State and Metropolitan premiership ladders in the season just gone, which shows that despite his youth he is no amateur when it comes to the driving game. It also shows that he has enough talent and experience to mean that there is […]
