Gil Gives the Lads a Free Kick
Here’s Tabcorp Chief Executive Gillon McLachlan at today’s Hobart Cup. It’s nice of him to give the opposition a free kick. The Lads say good on you Gil.
Trainers deny they owe $500,000 to company at the centre of Cup prizemoney fight
Danny Russell and Sarah Danckert The Age. February 7, 2025 Trainers John Symons and Sheila Laxon have denied owing more than half a million dollars to a collapsed company at the centre of their Melbourne Cup prizemoney dispute. The trainers say they are, in fact, owed $26,000 in outstanding fees by Esprit Racing, the company they worked […]
The Plot Thickens – Or the Smoke Does Anyway
Driver Derek Balle failed to give a sample when directed to at Alexandra Park last night too. He hasn’t been stood down, but an inquiry into the matter has been opened and adjourned. Derek Balle is Zev Meredith’s father-in-law. You remember Zev. He’s the driver who said he couldn’t come to the track after he […]
Bullshit, Bongs and Bloody Idiots
Driver Zev Meredith has a bit of history when it comes to failing drug tests. In 2021 he was suspended for 4 weeks (with 2 weeks suspended) after cannabis was detected in a sample he provided to Stewards. Meredith again failed a drug test in 2023 – cannabis again – and was this time suspended […]
The Sussest Race in the World
Race 6 at Port Pirie yesterday was a recipe for trouble. It proved to be exactly that too. Trainer Reece Moore had four runners in the race. One of them was the odds on $1.60 favorite, driven by Moore himself. Another was the 2nd favorite Love To Deal, drawn gate 4 and driven by Wayne […]
Cam Hart Breaking the Rules
This is the full photo that we extracted in our previous story. It appears in the latest edition of the excellent New Zealand publication Harness Xpress. You can see the footrest clearly, and see that the driver’s foot isn’t in it. Cam Hart has broken the rules. Swayzee should be disqualified from his win in […]
Exclusive: Has Cam Hart Hocked Swayzee to Victory in the A.G. Hunter Cup?
AUSTRALIAN HARNESS RULE 170 (1) A driver shall:- (a) throughout the course of a race, drive with both feet in the rests of the sulky, unless he is activating approved gear. (4) A driver shall not:- (a) Attempt to or allow his foot or leg to come into contact with the hind legs of the horse he is driving; (b) Attempt to or allow his foot or leg to be placed in the immediate vicinity of the hind legs of the horse he is driving. (5) A driver who fails to comply with any provision of this […]
Hands Up if You’ve Been to the Tahiti Trots
News was confirmed this week that the small but passionate racing industry in Tahiti is to resume importing from New Zealand later this year. The South Pacific archipelago relies on Kiwi horses to fill its mainly harness fields due to there being no stallion in the region nor a vet qualified in artificial insemination. On […]
The NT Racing and Wagering Complaints Resolution Process is a Joke
The Northern Territory Racing and Wagering Commission is established by the Racing and Wagering Act (NT) 2024. Its purposes are to: promote probity, integrity and fairness in the racing and wagering industries and among its participants; establish a fair and efficient system of governance over the racing and wagering industries protect the welfare of animals […]
NT Racing Commission – Time Taken to Resolve Complaints and Investigations – Decisions in Past 12 Months
1. A v BETCHA Lodged 15/11/22 Decided 26/11/24 Time Taken: 2 YEARS 2. E v ENTAIN Lodged 15/7/20 Decided 22/11/24 Time Taken: 4 YEARS 4 MONTHS 3. F v PLAYUP Lodged 29/7/22 Determined 24/10/24 Time Taken: 2 YEARS 3 MONTHS 4. L v ENTAIN Lodged 3/1/23 Determined 22/10/24 Time Taken: 2 YEARS 9 MONTHS 5. […]