Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Amateur Kiwi driver Cheree Wigg has been suspended for four months for causing a fall. Her own. That’s tough luck isn’t it. Or not. Wigg almost caused the horse outside her to fall too. She has done it before. Amateur drivers only drive once a fortnight, so Wigg has actually only been outed for 8 […]
What happens in New Zealand happens in Australia too. The cases this insider turned activist Becks Nairn is talking about are true. Each of them can be found in Steward’s reports. Nairn is a very knowledgeable, presentable and articulate spokesperson for those who seek to have racing shut down. She doesn’t fit the vegan activist […]
The dissected horse in the picture is Arcano, formerly trained by disqualified harness participant Mitchell Kerr. The disfiguration of the horses internal system was caused by nebulising it with Xenon or refrigeration gas to improve its performance. The author of the article below is Becks Nairn, the harness racing insider turned animal activist who featured […]
Ice, meth, P, crack, crystal. Call it what you like, it is still one of the most evil drugs ever to be seen on this earth. There are no winners out of this stuff except the crims who make or import it and don’t get caught. The rest of us lose in every way, those […]
By Garrick Knight; Harness Xpress Rumours have a habit of getting around like wildfire in our relatively small industry and the main one over the past fortnight relates to the former Alabar Stud. The well-appointed 102-hectare seaside Waiau Pa property is up for lease after being vacated by Alabar recently. Concurrently, Auckland Trotting Club officials […]
If QLD harness’s half baked idea for a replacement premier venue is an 800m track inside the Toowoomba gallops track then I’m staying where I am or moving to Auckland……. I favour the later…….especially if Alabar’s farm is the new training centre as rumored, right by the Ocean. Belle from Burnie
Have you ever before in your life seen a race like this one at Alexandra Park on Friday night? It’s a rating 55 -70 BUT a horse rated up to 115 can run in it IF its driven by a concession junior driver. That means that a junior driver concession is worth up to 45 […]
Miki Flybye at the National Yearling Sale, back when his front legs were healthy and sound Serious questions are being asked about the break down of the lightly raced Miki Flybye in the first race at Addington on Friday night. Miki Flybye fractured a sesamoid in the front right fetlock. He was immediately taken to […]
Kiwi two-year-old Zeus Lightning – a full brother to Bollinger, who ran 2nd to Akuta in a GGroup 1 Northern Derby – may well be the best named horse in the world. Not because of the gelding’s breeding. Because of this. It was the young pacer’s first lifetime start. Wow! Lightning indeed.
There is talk out of New Zealand that leading harness operation Stonewall Stud, which employs Steve and Amanda Telfer as its trainers, has placed a media ban on stable employees that prevent them from appearing on screen for post-race and other forms of interviews. The reason behind the ban is said to be dissatisfaction on […]
