Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Toowoomba trainer Lindsay Hatch has been granted a stay of operation of his 12 month suspension for a positive swab. Hatch was actually suspended for 9 months after being found guilty of a presentation charge by Stewards, but the conviction enlivened a previous 9 month suspended sentence that he received for a previous positive swab, […]
Yesterday’s APG standardbred yearling sale at Ipswich proved yet another disaster for the struggling auction house, with sales revenue and sustaining fees from the sale not even covering half of the promised future prizemoney for the race series for horses sold at the sale. Only 30 of the very disappointing 38 lots put up for […]
Speculation is rife in Brisbane that a group of six jockeys who ride for a major stable are using speed maps provided by a high-profile QLD form analyst and tipster to arrange the rigging of certain races at the major metropolitan tracks. The riders – who include some of the bigger names in the riding […]
Good Afternoon Archie, In your story on the weekend you called the last race at Port Pirie the sussest race of the year. I would argue that the Boat race of the year was in the 6th at Albany on Friday night as you highlighted in your story. Note how many stewards in attendance? Just […]
Reigning Chariots of Fire champion Frankie Ferocious resumed from a spell on the 25tf of January, in his first start back for original trainer Ben Crosby after leaving the Jason Grimson barn. Frankie went like a busted banana, looking like a mere shadow of his former self when sitting 1-1 in the run then collapsing […]
Is Sariah Champkin blind or deaf or something? How could she not not be aware that she had lost touch with the body of the field, when she was 4-5 lengths behind the second last horse for at least 600 metres? Is Champkin pulling our chains? Or is she really that limited as a professional […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
