Swabbing

Down Under Trainer Handed 10-Year Ban

January 31, 2012

It has been reported that trainer Dean Atkinson has been handed a 10-year ban from the sport of standardbred racing. He is the first harness racing licensee that has been penalized in regard to the sw...

Guilty Trainer Receives Death Threats

January 12, 2012

It has been reported that Dean Atkinson, one of the trainers charged in the Down Under swabbing scandal, has asked for the court be closed during his evidence due to receiving death threats from a hor...

O'Toole Appears In Court

December 08, 2011

According to a report, disgraced former Harness Racing New South Wales Steward Paul O'Toole appeared in court this morning, but did not enter a plea in regard to charges relating to the swabbing scand...

Five Arrested, Charged Down Under

November 29, 2011

According to multiple reports, a total of five people have now been arrested and charged with a combined 60 counts of corruption in connection to the Down Under swabbing scandal. One of the individual...

Trio Charged In Down Under Probe

November 24, 2011

The New South Wales Police Force has announced that three individuals have been charged in relation to the ongoing investigation into corruption in the harness racing industry down under

Panel To Begin Swabbing Irregularity Probe

October 03, 2011

A special panel of stewards put together to inquire the 'swabbing and betting' scandal in Down Under racing is scheduled to have its first meeting Tuesday, October 4

Veteran Horseman Ruled Off

September 08, 2011

A day after his 58th birthday, Robbie Byrnes, a 40-year veteran of the Down Under harness racing industry, was warned off by Harness Racing New South Wales after having refused to provide his telephon

Purses Reduced To Fund Drug Testing?

August 24, 2011

Harness Racing New South Wales Chief Executive Sam Nati has been cited as saying that purse money may have to be redirected to drug testing following the scandal which is currently rocking the Down Un

Owner Banned Due To Probe

August 23, 2011

According to a report, a Down Under owner has been handed an indefinite ban by Harness Racing New South Wales. Owner Mark Vallender, who has been described as a 'close associate' of the recently-resig...