Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The mail out of Albion Park on Saturday night is that club Chairman Greg Mitchell and his wife Sharon, herself a board member, will announce their resignations from the roles tomorrow. The Mitchells are said to be relocating to the South Island of New Zealand, which is a very strange move for anyone from the […]
One of the strangest stories to come out of Albion Park on Saturday night wasn’t about ID26, or even the trots at Albion Park. It was about a race at Addington back in May, the Welcome Stakes. Now I can’t see the problem with the race myself, for it just looked to be a bold […]
Hi Archie You think that Dream Light was a rort! If you want to buy a 10% share in the old trotter Voronov it will cost you $7800! https://www.offnracing.co.nz/product/208/voronov/ The Canary only paid 15k to buy the horse from Dr Luk Chin. Admittedly there are no training fees, but I assume this means because he’s […]
Everyone’s favorite Kiwi trot syndicator Andrew ‘the Canary’ Fitzgerald has pulled another classic rort on the unsuspecting punters keen to get a foot in the game, and this time he has outdone himself. The Canary bought a filly named Dream Light at the Gavelhouse online auction for $5 000 three weeks ago. https://standardbred.gavelhouse.com/results/search?search=dream%20light&page=0 He is […]
The tip is that Tact Teeva will lead in race 8 and hold, and that its driver the great A.M. Butt will only hand up to one horse when it comes. It’s stablemate Bettors Anvil. When he does its game over. Mail from inside the TAB bunker is that Bettors Anvil had been backed for […]
The joint harness/gallops review of NZ Racing – which was never even at all, because the gallops always held the majority vote – has come up with recommendations that are going to all but kill the trots. There are five of them. These are the headlines, Be afraid trot people, be very afraid indeed. Here […]
Let me preface what is about to come by saying that I am an Australian born Kiwi citizen and passport holder, and am very proud of it too. I love New Zealand. But as a nation we choke. That was made obvious in the 2007 rugby World Cup quarter final when the All Blacks kept […]
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 […]
DR LUK SUN CHIN, Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit By Michael Guerin One of horse racing’s most enduring and loved characters says he “is a bit embarrassed” about being honoured in today’s King’s Birthday Honours. “It is a lovely honour but I have so many other people’s help in all facets of […]
