Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Here is how to make a winning start to a big weekend. ALEXANDRA PARK (NZ) TROTS Race 1 – No 1 – Miki Montana Not the most bomb proof pacer in the world, but getting better each start and with age, Leads or – more likely – sits on the leaders back. Should win either […]
It’s Tim Tzsyu v the World. All the champions are tipping Tony Harrison to beat him. Or so the promoters claim. It’s a load of nonsense. Our man Tszyu is a threes on ($1.33) favorite to put Harrison to sleep, and quite rightly so. Harrison was a great fighter 4 1/2 years ago when he […]
Archie Well I’ve learnt something I did not know from your article highlighting that in NSW they get 2 per cent for all involved in the winning stable. What a great thing. Racing Victoria are whingers. There is an easy solution for them. Do what emperor Pete does. I applaud him. Gold Coast Greg
The number of mares bred each season continues to head in the wrong direction despite the introduction of a Breeding Incentive Scheme last year. While the figures below are incomplete with notably Cobbitty Equine Farm yet to advise the number of mares served by their pacing stallions, the number of individual mares bred is likely […]
The New Zealand Trotting Hall Of Fame is relocating from Alexandra Park to Cambridge. Hall Of Fame committee members voted unanimously last Friday to move the iconic museum’s exhibits to a new building which will be constructed as part of Cambridge Raceway’s extensive development programme. Given a notice to vacate by the Auckland Trotting Club, […]
https://twitter.com/mleppard11/status/1633408303106752512?t=VPJbeUo2sQr6XpbV0byHXg&s=03 Um mate, the picture was taken as the winner crossed the line. You’re 15 meters too early. Here is the real finish. It was a dead heat alright. Don’t you worry about that.
Gee, we must have a crystal ball or something. Didn’t we tell you about this two weeks ago? Like we keep telling you, you always hear it here first. ——————————————————– One of the Queensland summer carnival‘s pin-up races has been rocked after unbeaten Mark Currie-trained boom sprinter End Assembly tested positive to cocaine. News Corp Australia […]
This time last year the Aaron Bain/Summit Bloodstock owned pacer was running last getting beaten 116.5m in low grade races in the harness racing backwaters of Hobart. Fast forward 12 months and now the horse is suddenly being backed off maps into odds on and blitzing his rivals by almost 20 metres in roughly the […]
Most Australians over 18 who have ever been to a nightclub or disco have danced to the sound of New Order’s famous song Blue Monday. I can remember watching it on Countdown when the song was released. That was 40 years ago this week. Can you believe it? Gee I am getting old. I think […]
The Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings have been released, and as usual they are a load of palaver. Three Hong Kong horses – Golden Sixty, Romantic Warrior and Californian Spangle – head the rankings, meaning that the trio from the tiny pool of horses on the now Chinese-owned island are supposedly the best three gallopers […]
