Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
(Background note – Dr Lynn Hillyer is the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board’s Chief Veterinary Officer and Head of anti-doping) There have been multiple cobalt cases during Dr Hillyer’s tenure as Chief Veterinary Officer, but O’Brien’s violation goes to the heart of everything that’s wrong with her anti-doping programme Pedisnap ran four times as a three […]
POSTSCRIPT ● Pedisnap didn’t win another race for O’Brien after the cobalt violation. Hillyer’s investigation of the trainer was not intended to catch a cheat, but to cover-up for a cheat. ● In addition to the intelligence the Black Horse Newsletter received about the case in Australia, we have found out the name of the […]
Keep looking Joe. We are too. One thing that seems to have flown under the radar on Saturday is the appalling performances of the trio of Joseph O’Brien runners. His three runners weren’t bad, they were awful. Baron Samedi had great staying form in Europe and in the USA. He had won the Vintage Crop […]
I know he pulled up lame, but you have to ask yourself the question. Did Ciaron Maher put Gold Trip in the race to hook the weights for his stablemate Explosive Jack? It is hard to escape the conclusion when you look at the facts. Explosive Jack was a triple Derby winner in the 2021 […]
The draw for the Grinner will take place at 6.00 tonight, 4.00pm Australian time. It’s going to be a great race, that’s for sure. Mark Purdon has 3 of the runners, and – quite remarkably – the Australian trainer Jess Tubb has 2. That’s half the field between them. There are ten runners in the […]
On Saturday night the Wagga club hosted the finals of the Riverina Championships. Two $100 000 finals were run, one for 4 and 5YO mares, and one for 4 and 5YO horses and geldings. There was no problem with either of those. The issue is with 5 of the other events on the card. 7 […]
On the 31st of August 2022, and then again on the 9th of December 2022, without any fanfare at all or public any public statement about the matter, Harness Racing Australia repealed the racing rules that required owners of horses to notify either they or the State Controlling Body – or both – that a […]
Archie Do you now racing is barking up the wrong tree with thinking “animal welfare” is the key issue to sustainability? Well it isn’t, though not saying it’s not important, just not how you think. Something that markedly increases the cost to “bread and butter” breeders and owners – ie requirements to maintain all stock […]
We are alarmed to hear that everyone’s favorite woman basher, strangler, drug dealer, rip off artist, dope cheat cup day drencher Matthew Vanderkley, aka Anderson, aka whatever the Calvin Hunt is calling himself now, has moved to New Jersey to pursue his career in sourcing horse drugs for Kiwis and Australians, and pursue his career […]
Weddings are supposed to be joyful, happy things. Or at least that’s what Robbie Close and his lovely now wife Brooke thought when they tied the knot in Rangiora on Thursday. They didn’t count on the Canary and the Coke. It seems that our man Andrew Fitzgerald did as did drug dealers do and brought […]
