Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Goodwood Cup has just been won and run. It was one of the greatest races I have ever seen, and I have seen plenty. This had everything. It was almost as good as the Saintly, Filante, Nothing Like A Dane and Big O clashes back in the mid-nineties, and that’s huge praise. Stradivarius is […]
I’ve come to take you there Show you how to care Just be aware That you’ll have to share You saw a brand new high Thought that you could fly Did I hear you cry Or did you like the ride? 100% Pure Love – Crystal Waters There is a quite unusual story kicking around […]
Everyone has their own opinion on the Manly rainbow jersey. PVL reckons that the Manly 7 have the right to refuse to wear it. I say that is bullshit. This is not about personal choice and respecting difference. It is about 7 bigoted, anti-gay football players refusing to wear the work uniform that they are […]
My heart breaks that seven players from my old club of Manly refuse to wear rainbow jerseys to celebrate inclusivity. This is a difficult conversation we have to have and I am here for it. Allow me to work my way towards conversing with those players. I am trying not to be angry. From my […]
These are the words of Catherine McDonald, HRNZ General Manager of racing, marketing and communications, as contained in a letter send to club officials yesterday explaining the reasons for the changes in the conditions of five of New Zealand’s major harness races, four of them Group 1’s (the Invercargill Cup is a Group 3, and […]
At a time when the sport is struggling and desperately needs unity to fight against oblivion, harness racing in New Zealand is being ripped asunder by internal fighting. Clubs are fighting clubs, associations are fighting associations, Auckland is fighting Cambridge, the North Island is fighting the South Island, we are fighting the scourge of drug […]
This is the head on of the protest in the last at Doomben last week. The horse in the red wins. The lime green runs second. And gets up on objection? How? You tell me.
The picture you see above is taken from a brilliant investigative story by the ABC about the life and crimes of wicked, sexually perverted child molester named Brother Stephen (Steve) McLaughin, and about the people who protected him. When I was a teenager getting abused at St Paul’s, McLaughlin was a boarding master at the […]
Scratchings Race 1: 4 PERFECT NIGHT OUT (22/7 1706) 5 THE UPRISING (24/7 1142) Race 2: 1 SAY NO NEVER (22/7 1539) 3 ART HEIST (25/7 0707) 5 AMISFIELD (25/7 0702) 6 AUTISSIER (NZ) (21/7 1010) 7 GODDESS OF PEACE (24/7 0937) 8 CHARMING SAM (25/7 0721) 9 SPRESSI (22/7 1443) 10 BETTY WHITEGOLD (22/7 2058) 11 MY MISS MOONPIE (24/7 1021) Race 3: 1 FREDDIE […]
