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The final advice Somerset Eagles coach Kenny Thompson offered to teenaged sub Giovan Logie before he entered the fray at White Hill Field yesterday was to "make the most of any chances".
Evidently, the 17-ye...
DATE: Jan 26, 2009
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The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) yesterday expressed serious concern over the threat of banned harness racing ponies being humanely destroyed by their owners as a means of cutting the costs of maintaining them in tough economic...
DATE: Jan 24, 2009
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Banned Driving Horse and Pony Club (DHPC) committee member Colin Mello yesterday dismissed the harness racing doping scandal as a "storm in a tea cup".
And he also denied allegations he had a hidden agenda to see drug testing rules relaxed in order t...
DATE: Jan 24, 2009
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One of the leading figures influential in the introduction of drug testing in harness racing is among those serving a one-year ban for failing a random drugs test, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Colin Mello, who sits on the Driving Horse and Pony Club...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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A Bermuda Football Association (BFA) Appeals Committee has upheld a one-year probation recently imposed on PHC president Chris Furbert.
The former BFA executive and Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) leader is alleged to have made "inappropriate remarks"...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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Between four and eight harness racing ponies are destroyed each year with one stable alone believed to have put down four in the last 12 months.
A reliable source told The Royal Gazette yesterday: "Harness racing ponies are always being destroyed but...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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There are now fears ponies currently serving a Driving Horse and Pony Club (DHPC) imposed ban from harness racing at Vesey Street could possibly be "put down" by their owners, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Earlier this week this newspaper revealed th...
DATE: Jan 22, 2009
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Driving Horse and Pony Club (DHPC) president, Nick DeCosta, has denied allegations suggesting banned ponies are still being allowed to compete in harness racing at Vesey Street.
Concerns arose following last Sunday's racing at the Devonshire race tra...
DATE: Jan 22, 2009
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Past Bermuda skipper John Tucker believes a man of Colin Croft's expertise can only enhance the Island's chances of re-qualifying for the World Cup in South Africa in April.
Last week this newspaper revealed that the legendary West Indies Test bowler...
DATE: Jan 21, 2009
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As many as three harness pony drivers have been banned from competing at Vesey Street after their ponies tested positive for banned performance enhancing substances during recent random drugs scans, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Over the years the st...
DATE: Jan 20, 2009
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