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RSN927 PARTICIPANTS BEHAVING BADLY: RACING’S LATEST BLACK EYE February 4, 2021 7:23 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  Three shameful recent incidents have the scarred the reputation of racing and its participants and could bring into focus the adequacy of the sport’s welfare endeavours. About a month ago a video circulated through social media; CCTV footage of a man believed to be a prominent metro trainer striking an elderly man at a bar. The incident is believed to have occurred up to two years ago. The trainer is taking a sabbatical. Some years ago, vision of a former prominent jocke...

RSN927 WILLIAMS HORSES RETURN AS MACEDON LODGE REMAINS UNSOLD February 3, 2021 2:33 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  Danny O’Brien confirmed today that three high-class Lloyd Williams-owned stayers had not returned to his stable after competing last spring. This comes as Williams reported today that his entire racing squad would be trained at Macedon Lodge under the care of Robert Hickmott, who had been Williams’ private trainer from 2009 until Hickmott went out on his own with a Caulfield stable in 2017. Hickmott has continued to use Macedon Lodge for time to time, with imported hor...

The flinging open of the Caulfield gates on Saturday could coincide with the unexpected appearance of Cox Plate winner, Sir Dragonet.

As fans become increasingly furious and Racing Victoria privately seethes about unyielding COVID protocols and false hopes, racing minister Martin Pakula has insisted that change is imminent.

RSN927 \WAGERING IS UP AND HARNESS HAS A SPRING IN ITS STEP. CAN IT SEIZE THE MOMENT? WAGERING IS UP AND HARNESS HAS A SPRING IN ITS STEP. CAN IT SEIZE THE MOMENT? February 1, 2021 5:55 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  Wandering out of the Palladium at Crown last night, I ran into a harness official wearing a look of serene satisfaction. The previous three or four hours had been quite extraordinary. The official was glowing. Harness racing is not glamorous by nature – at least that’s the impression – but the Caduceus Night of Nights was every bit that and more.