The Headline of the Year
Need I say anymore? Row, row, row ….
Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Need I say anymore? Row, row, row ….
I hate to tell Harness Racing New Zealand this, but 4.00.5 minus 3.56.6 actually equals 3.9 seconds, not 4.9. What does it matter though? Fifty metres? Seventy metres? A hundred? A thousand? It’s all just academic isn’t it? You can run too fast as you like and fly even higher when you’re on this gear. […]
For a long time now there have been a growing number of NZ harness racing participants decrying the dominance of the Robert Dunn and Mark Purdon stables, and saying that there is something very, very wrong about the way they dominate the feature events in the country, particularly in the South Island. After what we […]
Dunn wins the last race as well. It has been a very successful carnival. Not as good as the comeback kid Mark Purdon’s though. He drives a treble to add to his six on Cup Day and make it 9 winning drives at Addington’s most important two days of the racing year. His partner in […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC11112106.mp4 Sometimes all the stars just align. On Thursday afternoon at Albion Park the multi-talented media presenter, horsewoman, form expert, broadcaster, marketing graduate, breeding analyst, trainer, driver and who knows what else Brittany Graham drove a dazzler to win the 7th race at the Creek on Maggie, the former Kiwi mare named after my wife […]
Tiger Moth ran his heart out in the Melbourne Cup in 2020 trying to claim one of the few big international races to have eluded Aidan O’Brien since he started training at Ballydoyle in 1996. He also had a jockey on his back who was ready to whip him half to death to make sure […]
A few people owe the fella in the hat an apology 🥂 After 6 years – not guilty. “It is never wrong to fight for what is right” 💪🏻❤️ pic.twitter.com/pQpaq2NxI6 — Brittany Graham (@BrittanyTGraham) November 12, 2021
21.11.12 APL229-19 Reasons
Our friend and colleague in the United Kingdom, the highly respected racing writer and anti-drugs in racing advocate Will Jones, has released the 3rd edition of his hard hitting newsletter The Black Horse. It is compulsory reading for anyone interested in the big issues in racing. This is the lead story. You can read the […]
The law is an arse. This might be hard to believe, but in England until 1991 it was legal to rape your wife. A bloke like me could grab Maggie by the throat, pin her to the ground, and defile her in any way I chose. Violently, against her will, forcing her to perform sexual […]