Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A date has been set for the hearing of Harness Racing NSW’s application for Judicial Review of the seminal Ben Sarina decision that ruled that warned off or disqualified people were no longer bound by the rules, because they were prohibited from any involvement in the sport that the rules regulate. The matter will be […]
Three independent racing publications, including The Thoroughbred Report, have recently received correspondence from Peter V’landys’ and/or Racing NSW’s legal counsel in response to reporting on governance matters within the New South Wales thoroughbred racing industry. We want to make one point unequivocally clear: responsible journalism must not be met with legal intimidation. Independent media exists to […]
The Thoroughbred Report (TTR) claims, in a public statement it issued on Wednesday regarding legal correspondence served on it by Racing NSW, that it is an independent racing publication. This claim is not true. Allow us to explain why. T0ny Tighe is identified in the story above published by TRR as a thoroughbred breeder, racehorse […]
Victoria Leonard in our previous story is the same person who is presently involved in a bitter stoush with Peter V’Landys over the issues of (a) whether or not she personally profited from a purportedly not for profit event, by virtue of her private company getting the paid gig to run it; and (b) whether […]
Despite the claims of The Thoroughbred Review and other breeder funded publications like The Straight, the truth is that there are only two websites or papers in this country that are truly independent racing media publications: peterprofit.com, and letsgohorseracing.com.au published by award winning sports writer John Lingard. We receive no funding from any person or entity […]
The results of the QLD Racing Review and the recommendations to be adopted and implemented will be released this Saturday morning 6 December at a special live event being held at the Doomben racecourse between 9.00am and 10.00am. We have confirmed with the office of the Racing Minister Tim Mander that there will be no […]
The dominance of the giant stables in Sydney is getting totally out of control. Or should I say the Waller stablers dominance of the numbers in Sydney is. Take the third race at Warwick Farm today, the Maiden Plate over 1400m. There are 9 runners in the race. Chris Waller trains 7 of them. Waller’s […]
The QRIC has issued an industry notice telling us who can and can’t punt, or to more precise just who can’t. None of these people listed are allowed to have a bet at a race meeting that they are working at: Steward Veterinary Surgeon Handicapper Judge Starter Clerk of the Course or Clerk of the […]
The Sunshine Sprint was a tremendous race, and the Janitor was outstanding. But not as good as Don Hugo. The form guide says he got beaten by a bit, but gee he was unlucky. McCarthy got snagged 2 behind the horse in the 1-1 that had a heart attack, and lost his position, a couple […]
The most remarkable thing about the swab testing regimes employed by principal harness racing associations around Australia is that, with the possible exception of NSW, virtually none of them are taking hair samples from horses. I don’t know why this is the case, but not taking specimens of hair means that Stewards in every State […]
