Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Slides shown by Brooks (pictured above) detailed how the club could “extinguish all debt” after the Pukekohe land sells. He revealed the club, whose loans peaked at $370 million during the project, lost $75 million building apartment block A and $33 million on apartment block B, for a total loss of $108 million. Along with […]
$100 million ‘enormous’ offer Property sub-committee member Mark Sumich said the $100 million offer was “enormous” in the current climate. “This guy has paid a hell of a lot of overs. I don’t necessarily trust this buyer but the offer is there,” said Sumich. “We had notices served on us (by the bank) and if […]
Auckland Trotting Club members who voted last night to sell the Franklin Park training centre were told it was highly unlikely the $100 million price would be spoiled by unfavourable rezoning. In pressing home how crucial it was for the club to sell the land, before the bank did, lawyer Graham Harford said the club […]
Ben Cleary is a wrong gee. The son of highly respected Queanbeyan trainer Frank Cleary of Clan O’Sullivan fame, and brother of equally well respected trainer Joe Cleary, is a seed that obviously fallen a long way from the tree, for he is a con-artist, a scammer, a fraudster, a thief, and just plain no […]
It’s a complete moral, a complete and utter moral. Shane Ciurleo declared Deauville past the post in the Cup Them’s fighting words from Shane Ciurleo, the form man who came to fame and made his reputation by working with Ben Currie in the first iteration of his career. Many attributed much of Currie’s success as […]
Caulfield Cup winner Durston is out of the Melbourne Cup after failing his mandatory pre-race scan. The imaging revealed a “grey area” in his left hind leg, with specialists unable to determine whether it is “old or new or whether it is even something to be concerned about”. The withdrawal leaves legendary jockey Damien Oliver […]
The Jean Feiss owned Kiwi 2YO Beckham was huge in his first campaign, finishing 3rd to the smart Seve on debut and then running the unbeaten juvenile superstar Merlin to a half neck at his second run. Trainer Mark Purdon put him away after that, and while he was out in the paddock the then […]
On the 29 September licensed Kiwi trainer Murray Neal turned up to the Otaki-Maori race meeting in an official capacity assisting fellow trainer David Jensen, who won the 6th race on the program with a horse named Here Comes Trouble. No-one could have predicted how prescient the horse’s name would be. Despite being at the […]
24 October 2011 Brent Barclay does exactly what Tim Williams did in a race at Tuapeka. He loses the race on protest and is suspended for four drives. 18 February 2022 John Dunn’s horse crosses a marker peg in the approach to the lane. He is fined $200. 25 February 2022 Blair Orange crosses to […]
We have written a few times about our concerns that driver Tim Williams is getting an inside run from the Racing Integrity Board Stewards by virtue of the fact that his father Brent Williams is a member of the Board, and therefore in effect the stipes ultimate boss. It happened again in the big Group […]
