Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Racing WA has announced a significant boost to two-year-old harness racing prizemoney, reinforcing WA’s position as the leading jurisdiction in Australia for juvenile standardbreds. From 7 August 2026, the 2YO Diamond (Fillies) and the 2YO Pearl (Colts and Geldings) will each increase from $100,000 to $250,000 to be the richest single-sex two-year-old harness races in […]
There have been some great two horse wars in Australian racing history. Bonecrusher v Our Waverley Star in the 1986 Cox Plate is the most famous. It was a brilliant race, one of the greatest any of us have ever seen. Gay Adam v Rufus Youngblood in the 1987 QLD Pacers Derby was another. I […]
MS B ASIF ASKED MINISTER FOR SPORT AND RACING AND MINISTER FOR THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES (HON T MANDER) With reference to the Next Lap Report, and the Minister having specifically made note that ‘Careful consideration will be given to the sale of Deagon Racecourse’ – on the potential sale and future of Deagon […]
Following the running of Race 4, Stewards interviewed Trainer B. Dias regarding the activities undertaken when saddling IN SOCIETY prior to this event. Stewards adjourned the inquiry to a time and date to be fixed. This is taken from the Stewards Report of race 4 at Eagle Farm yesterday. What does it mean? What activities […]
Two QLD gallops trainers have been disqualified in recent times for using the banned anabaolic steroid Stanozolol to improve their horses performance. So what does Stanozolol actually do, and how does it improve a horse? The answer is it does many things: Increases Protein Synthesis: Stanozolol binds to androgen receptors in cells, which activates specific […]
Cash Manager wasn’t injured at all, it was just very slow dog. It hadn’t won or even run a place for almost a year, and the minimal appearance money it had collected weren’t enough to pay for its feed. So after it ran last twice in row in very slow times, the greyhound’s trainer Rhonda Essery […]
Queensland gallops trainer Louis Peoples has been disqualified for 21 months after one of his runners named Half Listening threw positive swabs to the banned anabolic steroid Stanozolol, the same drug used by Ben Johnson when he broke the world 100m record at the 1988 Olympics, proving that come things might change but drug cheating […]
Racing Victoria (RV) has been made aware of a Harness Racing New South Wales (HRNSW) investigation in which the Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory (ARFL) has detected traces of levamisole in a sample of the oral worm drench product iO Fenbender 100. Metabolites of levamisole include aminorex and pemoline which are stimulants and hence, levamisole is a […]
There are rumors floating around the tracks that one of Jason Grimson’s horses has thrown a positive swab to something. We don’t know who or what, or even whether it is true, but more than one person has told us that it is so. Time will tell. But everyone’s ears are burning.
Silver Wedding was backed from $5.00 int0 $2.45 to win the second last race at Eagle Farm yesterday. It didn’t. The horse missed the start by 6-8 lengths and went down by a length. A tragedy beaten it was. Or was it? Silver Wedding is the horse in the black and gold, second from the […]
