Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It’s a fine line between hero and zero. Zac Butcher proved it behind Merlin in the Group 1 Taylor Mile at Auckland on Friday night. Merlin went back to last early over the mile from the outside of the front row draw. That shouldn’t have been a problem, for with Jolimont setting a cracking pace […]
A couple of months ago we told you about Zev Meredith, the junior driver with a pot problem who, when he realised the Stewards were doing drug testing at Alexandra Park, phoned in to tell them his car had broken down and he couldn’t get to the races, and then turned up at the track. […]
The barrier draw has thrown the Race by Betcha wide open, with Don Hugo firming to $2.50 after drawing perfectly in gate 2 and Leap To Fame blowing to $2.30 after pulling the outside of the front row in gate 8. The Australian pair are now the the only two runners at single figures in […]
$130 719 – Kaikoura $130 447 – Central Otago $118 208 – Addington $112 519 – Blenheim $110 030 – Nelson $108 600 – Methven $105 518 – Westport $103 303 – Waimate $102 744 – Banks Peninsula $102 631 – Amberley $97 150 – Ashburton $92 728 – Reefton $92 241 – Roxburgh $86 […]
This article from Harnesslink provides much food for thought about the current NZ racing model. It’s worth a read. New Zealand is on a roll, with tremendous positivity within the harness racing industry for the first time in more than thirty years. Entain, HRNZ and the TAB are wanting more product and more racing. So […]
We hear that one of the most successful training partnerships by the sea will soon be no more. We don’t know the reason why and it’s none of our business to find out, but the word is that the the professional training partnership of Greg and Nina Hope is soon to be no more, with […]
Shane Tritton used to be one of NSW’s most successful trainers until he left these shores to seek fame and fortune in the USA. Unfortunately for Harness Racing New Zealand he left a debt there behind. Tritton owes HRNZ $1432.30. His failure to pay the Kiwi controlling body has seen his name placed on the […]
Two prominent young New Zealand harness racing identities have been found guilty of criminal charges relating to the assault of a young stablehand during NZ Cup week in 2021. The men cannot be named, but one is a previously disqualified trainer who has not been relicensed since their penalty expired, and the other a Group […]
Mick Guerin’s interview with NZ Racing Minister Winston Peters is a must watch for fans of racing in the Shaky Isles. In it Peters reveals that geo-blocking legislation that will provide the TAB/Entain partnership with a legal monopoly on racing and sports betting in New Zealand will be passed by the NZ Government in May. […]
The word is that there are four potential buyers in the running to purchase the Pukekohe training center at Franklin Park, after the original $100 million contract of sale by a mysterious Chinese developer predictably fell through. Two of the potential buyers are rumored to be Brendan Lindsay, the owner of the famous Cambridge Stud, […]
