Took 'em long enough...Top mare Ortensia has been stripped of her autumn Grp 1 win in The Galaxy at Randwick. Racing NSW stewards disqualified Ortensia because of a positive sample to Ractopamine, a drug commonly used to promote 'leanness' in male pigs. Ortensia's connections have filed an appeal.Most scribes think that Nash Rawiller got off lightly for his Golden Rose dustup ride...Veteran turf scribbler Ken Callander is one of them. In his Daily Telegraph column KC rumbles: 'Nash Rawiller was
Took 'em long enough...Top mare Ortensia has been stripped of her autumn Grp 1 win in The Galaxy at Randwick. Racing NSW stewards disqualified Ortensia because of a positive sample to Ractopamine, a drug commonly used to promote 'leanness' in male pigs. Ortensia's connections have filed an appeal.
Most scribes think that Nash Rawiller got off lightly for his Golden Rose dustup ride...Veteran turf scribbler Ken Callander is one of them. In his Daily Telegraph column KC rumbles: 'Nash Rawiller was pretty lucky to get a tailor-made supension which only keeps him on the sidelines for two Saturday meetings after causing major interference in the Golden Rose. In the old days interference almost always cost a jockey a monsth and when Greg Hall caused major interference in winning the Golden Slipper on Merlene 14 years ago John Schreck hit him with a $50,000 fine plus two months suspension.'
'Old Days are Good Days' Kenny Callander is also horrified by mooted plans to hold part of Sat's Chelmsford Stakes program on the inside Kensington track. He says: 'If Randwick has come to that, with only seven meetings having been held on the course proper since the autumn carnival, we need to do something quickly.' You'll be lucky, old son...