Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This below comes directly from the Harness Racing New Zealand 2022-2023 Annual Report, with page numbers included. There is something funny about the Forbury Park sale we suspect. We will tell you all about our concerns soon. First though read the excerpts from the Annual Report and ask yourself what would appear to be the […]
HRNZ Industry Update from Chief Operating Officer Mauro Barsi, 20 Dec 2023 https://www.hrnz.co.nz/news/industry-update-what-the-board-are-talking-about/ Kia Ora Mr Barsi I am a harness racing writer from Australia, and author articles for the widely read racing website peterprofit.com. I write to you in relation to the sale of Forbury Park and the application of the proceeds of the […]
Harness Racing South Australia CEO Dean Elliott Good morning Happy New Year. I hope you’ve enjoyed the start to the 2024 racing season. Please take the time to read through this email. This year is going to be a big one, with aims to build on the growth achieved in 2023 and a strong emphasis […]
What you see above are is the prizemoney won by the no 1 earning trainer in each trot state of the nation. South Aussie doesn’t look too good does it? In fact it looks Edgar Britt house. That’s because it is. How does any bugger make an earn down there without cheating to supplement their […]
Yesterday we published a letter from Harold in Hampden Park about deaths of harness racing horses on tracks. In it Harold claimed that we were harsh and ignorant vis a vis our observations about the death of a healthy 4YO pacer during a race. He claimed that 1 in 20000 harness horses dies during competition. […]
The bloke in the fox hunter suit who was taking photos metres away from the winning post at the Gold Coast on Saturday has been identified as being Ross Stevenson, a QLD public servant and amateur photographer who has a side hustle playing the bugle at the races on weekends. Good on him for enjoying […]
What’s in it? Who knows? The seller won’t tell you. And there seems to be no legit manufacturer who can. Cab it cause heart attacks, or defibs, or break downs, or cancer, or anything else? Friar Tuck knows, and who cares? All that matters is that it doesn’t swab. And that’s the key. https://kihorsemed.com/product/3h-delo/
Apprentice B. Nock, pictured with his somewhat gorgeous mum Braith Nock is a name to put in your little black book. The son of former gun NSW country jockey is not a horse, but a rider, just like his dad. First he rode bulls, like so many hoops from the bush before him, and he […]
The world is narrow and ways are short, and our lives are dull and slow, For little is new where the crowds resort, and less where the wanderers go; Greater, or smaller, the same old things we see by the dull road-side — And tired of all is the spirit that sings of the days […]
James Murdoch KC, aka the Magic Man The favourite game of jockey and trainer’s smart lawyers in Queensland used to be to get a stay of their suspension/disqualification/warnings off for rule breach offences by Stewards in the QLD Civil and Administration Tribunal (QCAT), and knowing the long delays in that multi-faceted minor court of dispute […]
