Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Division 4 – Corruption, dishonesty and misleading behaviour AR 229 Corruption, dishonesty and misleading behaviour (1) A person must not: (a) engage in any dishonest, corrupt, fraudulent, improper or dishonourable action or practice in connection with racing; (b) engage in conduct that corrupts the outcome of a race or is intended to corrupt the outcome […]
The reason why trainer Grant Jobson should appeal his 6-month disqualification is simple. He was charged and found guilty under the wrong rule. Racing NSW laid the charge against Jobson under rule AR229(1)(b) – Improper action in connection with racing. The problem is that improper actions are dealt with under rule AR229(1)(a), which is not […]
You can appreciate brotherly love, and the fact that Kevin Lerena is simply sticking up for his brother, but how does anything you see in the video that K. Lerena posted on X justify Gavin Lerena doing what he did by attacking a rival jockey with his whip in the straight? The simple answer is […]
South East QLD Derby winner On Deadline looks to have run his last race. He might even have taken his last gasp. On Deadline broke down badly just 100 meters into race 4 at Bathurst last night. It looks like he broke his left front leg. Junior driver Blake Medlyn on the horse inside him […]
In a previous life I was a union official successfully negotiating national collective agreements for TV and radio stations, major councils, sporting bodies and national government departments. The one common thread to all was unity: unity of people and unity of purpose. Unity of people as in all rowing the same boat in the same […]
Betterzippit was a good horse but by no means a great one when he was in New Zealand. He won 5 races from 28 starts, three of them at the B-grade Cambridge circuit, one at the C-grade Manawatu course, and only one – a rating 49 to 58 affair – at the metro Alexandra Park […]
Who said prizemoney is everything in Australian harness racing? The Seymour’s K. and K. AM collected $285 000 to add to their billion when Leap To Fame won last year’s A.G. Hunter Cup. This year due to Harness Racing Victoria’s dire financial straits they will take home only $142 500 less deductions when he goes […]
It’s near impossible to explain leading South African rider Gavin Lerena’s actions here. What he does in just nuts. A long, long stint on the sidelines surely awaits.
You could spend your whole life looking, and travel the world in search of one, but you will never find an easier protest to uphold than this one in the 2nd race at Thangool on the weekend. Craiglea Bronte took hold of its lightweight apprentice rider Kelsey Lenton on the home turn and decided to […]
He’s been around a long time has David Fowler. It happens when you’re getting old. Just one question. Would 11-year-old boys be allowed in the modern age to work unsupervised with confirmed bachelors forty years or more their elder? Times change and social mores change with them. Given what we all know about the world […]
