Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
How can a horse who won the most money, the most races and the New Zealand Trotting Cup not win the Horse of the Year title or at the very least the Pacer of the Year? The only explanation is that Harness Racing New Zealand made an administrative blunder. In May, HRNZ announced it was […]
This vile abuse reproduced above was hurled at a long time harness racing owner and participant who six months ago dared to suggest that NZ trainer Cam Jones incredible success and world class strike rates achieved during his first 3 months in the pro ranks may have had more to do with injections of PED’s […]
If the winner of the 12th race at Addington on Cup Day wasn’t chemically assisted, then Francesca Cumani is without doubt the ugliest woman that I have ever seen, and Rachel Hunter runs a close second. No Time Like Now is the horse’s name. It started at a price of $40, and won by almost […]
Ray Green has just given an interview after the NZ Cup and declared Copy That as the best horse he has ever trained, better even than King of Swing. That’s some wrap by a man who would know. What a shame that thanks to the Leyland Brothers style programming he’s not coming to the Inter […]
Copy That had to beat COVID-19, the North Island hoodoo, a stunning team drive by Nat and Mark, and the 2nd best horse in Australasia to win the NZ Trotting Cup today. And he did it! Congratulations to Merv Butterworth and his wife Meg. Merv has been telling me for more than a year now […]
What’s going on over there in New Zealand on Cup Day is just so ridiculous that it makes a mockery of the game. Mark Purdon has driven the winners of five of the seven races so far. The last two were legless at their last starts, absolutely legless. 18 days ago All About Faith ran […]
“As long as it is a fair start then we will get our chance and he is usually very good from a stand.” If that is the case on Tuesday, Green would love to see driver Blair Orange head forward and look for the lead, a position Copy That has been almost unbeatable from in […]
The NZ Trotting Cup next Tuesday is being widely criticised for lacking quality. The critics are kidding themselves. There are only four chances in the race, but each of them in their own way are brilliant, and the storylines are never-ending. North v South. Purdon v Rasmussen. Old v Young. Champion v Champion. Warhorse v […]
If you are doing the NZ Trotting Cup form for next Tuesday, it is worth seeing the short video clip below. It’s a slow, slow motion replay of the start. The horse you are looking at it South Coast Arden, one of the favourites for the Cup. It is drawn the outside on your far […]
Oh man, how badly did David Butcher stuff this drive up on Copy That in the 2019 NZ Sires Stakes? Up until they hit the straight it was the perfect drive, a ten out of ten; but then for no reason at all that I can see, the Chief decided to sit up on the […]
