Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This time a year ago the Kiwi trotter Bet N Win was the next big thing. He was eating Group 1’s up like they were candy, a looked for a moment like he’d be the next Lyell Creek. Then he bumped into Arcee Phoenix in the Inter Dominion final got a touch up. And after […]
4 312 days is fair gap between drinks isn’t it? Anthony Butt managed it. Last night the great man drove his first winner in Alexandra Park in all that time. It was a great drive too, an absolute cracker. There will be many, many more too. Ants might be my age, but he b ounces […]
Take a look at number 10 that begins from the unruly position (outside of the back line) from this supposed standing start. No horse begins that fast from a stand. If it didn’t get an unfair flyer then my arse doesn’t point to the ground. The starter said it was okay, and the Stewards didn’t […]
What you see at the top is New Zealand harness racing rule 869(3)(b). Can you read what it says in red? Any time a driver hits a wheel it is an offence, punishable by a fine or suspension. Junior driver Seth Hill knows this. He recently shifted in and hit another driver’s wheel during a […]
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 […]
Once upon a time the Miracle Mile was the race that everyone wanted to win. It was the Shangri La, and owners and trainers used to fight to get in. Until recently it still was, and maybe it still is, But it doesn’t look like it. Clip Clop Kev^ and Moses* are skipping the Mile […]
That’s the final resting place of Kiwi, the last to first winner of the 1983 Cup who was bought as a stockhorse by gumboot wearing farmer, and was trained mustering sheep up and down steep hills. Kiwi is the horse who put The Pumper J.A. Cassidy on the map, and showed the whole world the […]
Don’t be fooled by the name, you’re just being sexist. Ohope is a beautiful little coastal town in the Bay of Plenty. In the space of 4 starts this Kiwi filly Ohope Wins has gone from running 2nd in a 1600m Maiden at Waikato to winning the Group 2 Sir Patrick Hogan over 2000m at […]
By Garrick Knight: Harness Xpress The financial situation at Cambridge Raceway is dire, according to the acting Board Chairman and other sources with knowledge of the club. “It’s not great,” confirmed Andrew Neal, when asked about the club’s financial position. Neal has only recently joined the Cambridge Board but a recent health setback for Chairman […]
We have written extensively about the financial problems faced by the Cambridge Paceway and related clubs and companies as a result of its former CEO’s mismanagement and his punting addiction, but it seems the money woes of the harness racing club are worse than even we imagined. It is said that Cambridge has somehow found […]
