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What is it with Woodlands Stud’s owners and positive swabs? We told you yesterday about how a pacer owned by Dr Andrew Grierson, part-owner of the stud, had thrown a positive swab that will come to public attention soon, and we told you the week before that about a horse of Cran and Chrissy Dalgety’s […]
One of the three purposes for which the QRIC was created was to safeguard the welfare of all animals involved in racing. Safeguarding the welfare and safety of the jockeys that ride them is one of the integrity body’s most important tasks too. No-one would argue with that. So how do these imperatives sit with the […]
The Australian Turf Club has put two questions for its members to vote on. These two questions are, in essence, should the ATC (a) Sell Rosehill to the NSW government? (b) Replace Rosehill with a new Group 1 quality racecourse. Simple questions really, but multi-layered with complexity. For a start the phrase Group 1 racecourse […]
Is the QLD Stewards are fair dinkum they will hold an inquiry into the ride of Isabella Teh in race 2 aboard on the outsider of the field Sheez Brutaful. Raffy’s Girl was the winner of the race. It is trainer by Sarah Acornley, the partner of former jockey turned trainer Carl Spry. (As an […]
The indicator that a person is very good harness racing trainer is in the times horses run for them, and whether or not they can improve those times on what the previous trainer could get it the horse to run. Pacers run remarkably consistent times all through their careers by the age of four onward. […]
We have been writing a lot about cobalt positive swabs lately, predominantly because we’ve been struck by the huge differences in penalties being applied by Stewards in different states for identical offences. In Queensland we have seen a number of trainers escape with fines or suspended sentences after their horses have thrown positive swabs to […]
Here is an interesting one. A horse owned by Dr Andrew Grierson the principal of Woodlands Stud is said to have thrown a positive swab. Dr Grierson is the NZ Racing Board (Thoroughbred NZ) Veterinary Advisor, and in that capacity is often called on as the expert witness in positive swab cases, just as he […]
The cancellation of Friday night’s Broken Hill Cup meeting by Harness Racing NSW has not been well received by people at the grassroots. Cup night at the 602m track in the famous remote mining town of 18 000 people is one of the best attended trot meetings anywhere in the State, and I include Miracle […]
As predicted Cody Collis has been suspended for failing to ride his mount out to the line in the last race at Eagle Farm yesterday. He should count himself lucky that he was only put out for a week. We have written a lot about lazy jockeys who stop riding their mounts out before they […]
Oh dear. Cody Collis has just before the finish line on the Waller horse in the last at Eagle Farm. It’s quite possibly cost it 3rd place. We will never know because Collis failed to ride it out. He did the very same thing at Eagle Farm about three months ago. Cody Collis Drops His […]
