You Got a Hunch Too Bro?
What a great new ad for the NZ TAB. They’ve appropriated our wedding song for the purpose too. My mum always said I was cool.
A Protest Upheld Without Any Intereference Having Been Caused – Now We’ve Heard it All
It appears that in the UK there doesn’t need to be any interference for a jockey to lodge a protest. The pommy Stewards are now upholding them on suspicion. Have a listen below to how this chief stipe explains her panel’s decision to promote the 2nd horse in a race to first placing. They upheld […]
The Common Denominator in the Spate of Levamisole Positive Swabs in NSW
There is a common denominator in the recent rash of positive swabs to Levamisole being returned by Australian trainers with horses imported from New Zealand, and no it is not Turbo Trainor, despite his horses having thrown two. It’s the vet Sam Taylor from the Rangiora Vet Centre. There have been 3 horses in NSW […]
Brad Steele To Be Officially Announded as new HRNZ CEO This Morning
Brad Steele’s appointment as the new CEO of HRNZ will be officially announced by the board chairman this morning. Steele will be there at head office in Christchurch for the announcement and the official photo. Greg Mitchell will take over as Chairman of Albion Park. You heard it here first.
Ryan Hyrhorec Cops a 3 Month DQ for Lying About His Float Breaking Down on the Way to Broken Hill
Do you remember a story we wrote a couple of months ago in which we predicted days before it happened that SA trot trainer Ryan Hyrhorec’s runner in the Broken Hill Cup would be scratched due to a claimed float breakdown? What Price Ryan Hryhorec Scratches My Ultimate Levi From Friday Night’s Broken Hill Cup? […]
Tasmanian Racing Appeal Board Overturn Ben Yole’s Warning Off – And the Others Too
In a decision sure to be poorly received by honest, rule abiding particpants across the harness racing industry, the Tasmanian Racing Appeal Board (TRAB) has today overturned the warning off notices issued to Ben Yole, his brother Tim, and the Ford siblings Nathan and Mitch. Yole and the others – with the exception of Mitch […]
Buy Your Ticket, Take the Ride – The NSW Harness Racing Appeal Panel Sends a Stern Message About the Perils of Changing Your Plea
The dangers of lodging an ill thought out appeal to the NSW Harness Racing Appeals Panel were again higlighted last month in the case of Lleyton Green v HRSW. Green was appealing a 3 week suspension that he had incurred on a charge of causing or contributing to interference in a race at Penrith early […]
Burdekin a No Show in Barcaldine
A funny thing happened after we published out story yesterday about Racing Queensland having accepted NSW trainer Brett Cavanough’s nomination to race his galloper Burdekin for the Battle of the Bush qualifier on the weekend, even though the horse was ineligible to run under the conditions of the race. Within hours Burdekin’s nomination had disappeared. […]
Turbo 2nd Positive Swab to Levamisole Confirmed
31 May 2024 – Mr Jack Trainor – HRNSW Stewards have commenced an investigation in relation to reports from the Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory (ARFL) that Levamisole has been detected in the following samples: Pre-race blood sample taken from MANHATTAN NZ prior to race 2, the CONDELL PARK PRODUCE BABY BLING STAKES (1609 metres) conducted at Tabcorp […]
Spotted ….
… enjoying a drink In the QANTAS Club at Brisbane Airport yesterday were Albion Park Chairman Brad Steele and his wife and his wife, on their way to Christchurh to complete the formalities ahead and do a bit of house hunting ahead of his appointment as the new HRNZ CEO. A public announcement about Steele […]