Nude Tips
I am under strict instructions from Dr Georgia Whiting not to talk her tipping prowess up this week, for fear of putting the cool on her selections. So will say nothing other than that as usual the Doc has done her form in the nude.
A Group 1 Disgrace – Gavin Eades
The recording below is of one time top-line jockey (now retired) Gavin Eades abusing his then partner. We are only publishing it because the woman victim of the vile verbal attack has returned to the UK to live, presumably at least in part to get away from Eades. People’s private lives are usually their own, […]
Alabar/ATC Rumours Addressed and Put to Bed
By Garrick Knight; Harness Xpress Rumours have a habit of getting around like wildfire in our relatively small industry and the main one over the past fortnight relates to the former Alabar Stud. The well-appointed 102-hectare seaside Waiau Pa property is up for lease after being vacated by Alabar recently. Concurrently, Auckland Trotting Club officials […]
Bullsh*t in the Septic Tank? – Or Just Different Strokes for Different Folks?
Finally, fifteen months after the $100 000 Hunter Regional Championship final was run and won, the result of the feature race has been determined after the runner that finished first past the post The Cid has been disqualified for throwing a positive swab to the prohibited substance harpagoside, an anti-inflammatory painkiller that is commonly found […]
HRNSW v The World III – Yet Another Cobalt Case
Earlier this week we told you how NSW harness racing trainer Tony Bertwistle had been hammered by Stewards with 2 x 2.5 year sentences after a pair of his horses returned positive swabs to cobalt. In the same week the decision in the case of a Victorian gallops trainer named John Pearson whose horse also […]
HRNSW v The World II – Taking the Piss
In recent times we have been bemoaning the disparity in penalties handed down to licensees by Harness Racing NSW compared to those meted out in other states, and here is another stark illustration of the issue. In June trot drivers Jack Brown and Lucas Rando were disqualified for switching urine samples during an on-course drug […]
Questbet Fined $80 000
The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) has fined online bookmaker QuestBet $80,000 for continuing to accept bets from a customer displaying observable signs of gambling-related distress. Announcing the fine today, VGCCC CEO Suzy Neilan said QuestBet’s non-compliance with its gambling harm minimisation obligations was indicative of a concerning culture. ‘Our investigation of QuestBet’s […]
Oh Dear – The Transposer Exposed
See that man (circled) behind the barriers watching the start of race 5 at Mt Isa last Thursday? You know, the race we wrote about yesterday in which two runners were loaded into the wrong gates and started from transposed barriers? The one after which the Club Starter was shown vision of the start and […]
Open Letter: GRV Chair Peita Duncan calls out Rockliff’s backflip on Greyhound Racing in Tasmania
GRV Chair Peita Duncan (pictured) To Tasmania’s premier Jeremy Rockliff, Greyhound Racing Victoria and the thousands of participants in this state are standing beside the entire Tasmanian greyhound racing industry today, following your sudden and inexplicable withdrawal of support for our wonderful sport in your state. Three weeks ago, you pledged your unqualified support to […]
The Transposition
When reviewing Stewards patrol film vision of the event it was established that TORONADO ROUGE (Jockey S McGovern) and ROGUE ‘N’ READY (Apprentice N Palmer) after being loaded last into the barriers simultaneously, had started from transposed barriers. It was confirmed that TORONADO ROUGE had started from barrier seven, and ROGUE ‘N’ READY had started from […]