Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Cambridge as we know it is dead. The track still remains, but after this week’s votes to hand it and everything else except the unsecured debts over to Harness Racing New Zealand, the club that for so many years is gone, or survives as nothing but an asset-less shell anyway. Soon when the unsecured creditors […]
Auckland harness racing can once again become a growth story – Brad Steele, CEO Auckland Trotting Club Former Harness Racing New Zealand CEO has kicked off the first month in his new job as CEO of the Auckland Trotting Club the same way he ended his last. By making fluffy, vacuous motherhood statements that promise the […]
Just weeks after the highly regarded Kiwi business leader Anna Flynn’s appointment as Commercial Director of Harness Racing New Zealand, the organisation’s ‘Strategic Racing Advisor’ John Mooney has, like Elvis, left the building, and good riddance many participants in the industry are saying. Mooney – a one time lawyer, bankrupt, and purported defaulter on his […]
I have said plenty about the ineptitude of Auckland Trotting Club (ATC) chairman Jamie ‘Watches’ Mackinnon, a small retail timepiece trader who driven by ambition voluntarily threw himself into a position well and truly beyond his depth. There is no need for me to say anymore. Watches says it all for himself. What you see […]
New Zealand’s pre-eminent racing writer Mick Guerin has suggested in a recent article in the NZ Herald that the current review body for the racing industry – dubbed Project Stamina – will be recommending the shut down of racing at Alexandra Park. To further complicate matters, the funding stoush comes as racing bosses await the […]
In most racing jurisdictions in the world highly paid leadership roles carrying six-figure salaries are widely advertised and attract highly competitive merit based selections. But not in New Zealand it seems. Over in the Shakey Isles it appears that it’s not what you know, but rather who you know. Recently departed Harness Racing NZ CEO […]
Recently departed HRNZ CEO Brad Steele has been appointed as CEO of the embattled, debt laden Auckland Trotting Club. Apparently all but two of the board voted for the appointment, the dissenters being Chairman and current acting CEO Jamie Mackinnon and his daughter, who is also a director of the club. It’s hardly a vote […]
It’s now near the end of February, and still we haven’t heard a word from the Auckland Trotting Club about how they are going to secure a buyer for the Franklin Park training center so the club can pay down its $80 million debt. The debt incurred in the process of the club selling prime […]
29 October 2025 , News By Michael Guerin Auckland Trotting Club bosses have heard the words they needed to provide security about the future of the industry after a crucial property deal has fallen through. The ATC have been informed by Oyster Capital that after completing their due diligence that development company will not be going […]
