Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
They reckon a quite a familiar name in Aussie harness racing has been quietly spending up big time over on the other side of the ditch. A fella from Leeton I’m told. Name of Michael Boots. He’s very popular with the South Island kiwis, who love a good new mark. Steve Stockman from Stonewall might […]
A poorly performing TAB NZ last week announced to the three codes that distributions would be reduced for the current season, a move that places the present low levels of New Zealand prizemoney in jeopardy and further undermines the future of racing in New Zealand. If you thought that the New Zealand racing fraternity’s morale […]
To be fair to Tod, his tenure commenced only in March of this year and his current problems come inherited from previous administrative regimes with the most damage done before his arrival. The turnover in August and September rose through aggressive promotions but profit fell in the same months compared to 2021, and the only […]
Online betting surged during lockdown Kiwibank represents only four percent of the banking market, so the total figure might amortise out to around $72 million annually for the entire country. The bulk of this figure is expected to be online casino-type gambling which surged to these levels with the onset of the COVID-19 lockdown. Few people […]
The problem with the PWC and Grant Thornton recommendations is they make them not giving a toss about the future of the racing industry. The three big issues coming up for Tod soon concern his support for geo-blocking New Zealand punters, rebranding TAB NZ, and partnering the business with an overseas corporate. Tod told me […]
The Brisbane Racing Club gets Rudolph (aka Matthew) the Red Nosed Reindeer, who was tied up in attempting to fix Sam Kavanagh’s problems with cobalt charges. Harness racing gets Scott Steele, the sacked BRC employee who subsequently lands on rape charges. It gets Steve Shinn who has been punted more times than a Sherrin too. […]
Keith from QLD makes his literary debut, and gives it to Weir and co with both barrels Except it was three horses caught on police cctv this so called great horseman was beating the bejesus out of with a poly pipe and shocking them with a jigger at full pelt whilst on the treadmill. Anybody […]
Apprentice jockey Megan Taylor has died, after a fall that has forced the abandonment of a race meeting at Ashburton. Taylor was aboard Red Orchid in race two over 1400m at the South Island racetrack, when the accident occurred, involving at least four other horses. Taylor was hit by another horse, as she lay on […]
The French are good at football, real real good. But they are lay down Sally’s with hearts of peas. We’ve seen that in two World Wars, we’ve seen it in the Rugby, and we are about to see it again. Morocco don’t let other teams score. That means they are evens of making to the […]
There were 3 vets on duty for the finals of the Inter Dominion on Saturday night. One was Dr Richard Cust. His son Andrew is a vet at the Ballarat Equine Clinic. Dr Andrew Cust is also Emma Stewart’s vet. Isn’t that great? No conflict of interest there, is there? Gimme a break. It gets […]
