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Trainer Darren Smith has been banned for 15-years by Racing NSW Stewards on Friday for 42 charges relating to cobalt use. Racing NSW Stewards say Smith had purchased a product from disqualified Harness Racing identity Shannon Wonson and embarked on an admitted course of conduct to inject multiple horses in his stable. The Newcastle trainer admitted injecting horses with a substance given to him by a disqualified harness racing trainer and which he understood to be a blood booster, after initially denying he had administered cobalt. Stewards handed down the heavy penalty citing Smith's previous poor record of drug-related offences. It was Smith's tenth offence regarding prohibited substances since 1989. Earlier this month Stewards found Smith guilty on charges relating to 21 positive samples. He had been charged under three different rules for each of the offences, but after finding him guilty of two, found it was unnecessary to rule on the third. A total of 17 runners from 20 race starts returned positive samples for cobalt for races between February and May in 2014.
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There were 47 race meetings held across Australia last week with 3,198 horses competing in 340 races for a total prize money purse of $19,01...
There were 71 race meetings held across Australia last week with 4,512 horses competing in 499 races for a total prize money purse of $46,60...
Bookmakers offer Punters a huge array of bet types, in differnt betting markets across so the different codes in sports betting and horse racing. ...
Last time I pondered whether to run another “Horses to Follow” segment after the small loss achieved with my group of hopefuls in the autumn. Howev...
They call it 'deep state' handicapping. It's the method used by shrewd computer geeks to make millions of dollars on Hong Kong racing. The avera...
They call it 'deep state' handicapping. It's the method used by shrewd computer geeks to make millions of dollars on Hong Kong racing. The av...
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The ‘conversation’ for the 2024 Melbourne Cup has begun , so that our readers may immerse themselves in every facet of Australia’s most famous rac...
Good news...Champion sprinter Black Caviar has been cleared of any cobalt issue that might have affected her winning performance in the 2011 TJ ...
Newcastle trainer Darren Smith faces a lengthy disqualification when Racing NSW stewards reconvene their inquiry into his cobalt-related charges l...
High profile trainers Mark Kavanagh and Danny O'Brien have been banned for three years and four years respectively for administering cobalt to hor...
Racing Victoria’s Head of Integrity Services, Terry Bailey, has defended the national Cobalt threshold that resulted in three trainers being issu...
There has been another cobalt positive in Victoria, with the Terry and Karina O’Sullivan -trained Darragh returning a sample with the prohibited...
The Victorian trainers facing cobalt charges won’t be allowed to receive any prizemoney earned from Group or Listed races in this state until the...
A fourth horse trained by Danny O’Brien has returned an elevated Cobalt reading, reports Racing Victoria. Racing Victoria (RV) Stewards have in...
Judge Russell Lewis, outgoing chairman of the Racing and Appeals Disciplinary Board, has handed down potentially career-ending guilty verdicts to...
Kembla Grange trainer Paul Murray has pleaded not guilty to eight charges issued by Racing NSW stewards, in relation to elevated cobalt readings...
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Insights into national thoroughbred racing for Monday 18 November 2024 to Sunday 24 November 2024. * There were 51 race meetings held across Australia last week with 3,422 horses compe...
There were 47 race meetings held across Australia last week with 3,198 horses competing in 340 races for a total prize money purse of $19,011,500 .
There were 71 race meetings held across Australia last week with 4,512 horses competing in 499 races for a total prize money purse of $46,607,500 .
Bookmakers offer Punters a huge array of bet types, in differnt betting markets across so the different codes in sports betting and horse racing. Any new punters have the right to be confused. ...
Last time I pondered whether to run another “Horses to Follow” segment after the small loss achieved with my group of hopefuls in the autumn. However, I was reading a column from British writer Rob...
They call it 'deep state' handicapping. It's the method used by shrewd computer geeks to make millions of dollars on Hong Kong racing. The average punter has no idea of the penetrating analysis ...
They call it 'deep state' handicapping. It's the method used by shrewd computer geeks to make millions of dollars on Hong Kong racing. The average punter has no idea of the penetrating analys...
Be a part of our coverage for the Melbourne Cup ... news, form, odds, betting strategies, free tips ... Practical Punting will keep you up to date on all the Melbourne Cup horse racing news.
The ‘conversation’ for the 2024 Melbourne Cup has begun , so that our readers may immerse themselves in every facet of Australia’s most famous race well before the ‘horse has bolted’, and have acc...
Good news...Champion sprinter Black Caviar has been cleared of any cobalt issue that might have affected her winning performance in the 2011 TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick. NSW chief steward Ray...
Newcastle trainer Darren Smith faces a lengthy disqualification when Racing NSW stewards reconvene their inquiry into his cobalt-related charges later this month, reports Racing Network. On Tuesd...
High profile trainers Mark Kavanagh and Danny O'Brien have been banned for three years and four years respectively for administering cobalt to horses for performance-enhancing purposes. Both Kava...
Racing Victoria’s Head of Integrity Services, Terry Bailey, has defended the national Cobalt threshold that resulted in three trainers being issued notification of elevated readings during the we...
There has been another cobalt positive in Victoria, with the Terry and Karina O’Sullivan -trained Darragh returning a sample with the prohibited substance in its system. The positive swab came ...
The Victorian trainers facing cobalt charges won’t be allowed to receive any prizemoney earned from Group or Listed races in this state until their cases are resolved. Racing Victoria stewar...
A fourth horse trained by Danny O’Brien has returned an elevated Cobalt reading, reports Racing Victoria. Racing Victoria (RV) Stewards have informed O’Brien that the urine sample taken from Bu...
Judge Russell Lewis, outgoing chairman of the Racing and Appeals Disciplinary Board, has handed down potentially career-ending guilty verdicts to trainers Danny O'Brien, Mark Kavanagh and Melbour...
Kembla Grange trainer Paul Murray has pleaded not guilty to eight charges issued by Racing NSW stewards, in relation to elevated cobalt readings detected in Alma's Fury , reports racing.com. ...