Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We told you ten days ago the story of how smart young Kiwi pacer The Lazarus Effect had been driven as dead as a doornail at Addington recently to ensure that it got a favorable front row draw in the $50 000 sales series race at Kaikoura today. Well the plan worked to perfection. The […]
(a) The Opening Night Ghost Town Gee that’s a great turnout for the opening night of the World Drivers Championship isn’t it? Brad Steele has done a fine job of drumming up interest and excitement about the series. Not. Brisbane’s Ultimate Drivers Challenge puts it to shame. Not because its a better series with better […]
If you backed the favorite The Lazarus Effect in the last race at Kaikoura last night you were probably scratching your head and wondering why its trainer and regular driver Bob Butt opted to pilot the lesser fancied stablemate Donmato and put junior driver Seth Hill in the fave’s cart instead. Hold that thought, because […]
Tough-guy American actor Charles Bronson once starred in movie called “Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus” which was about trying to preserve a child’s wide-eyed innocent belief in a jolly fat man in a red suit breaking into her house and leaving presents under the pine tree stolen from out of the bloke down […]
Now there is something you don’t see every day. An uncontested protest. Cody Cole (pictured above on our left), the trainer of the 4th horse over the line Nomad, took one look at the Stewards footage after the rider of the 5th horse fired in an objection and immediately threw in the towel. Cole told […]
Story by Joshua Smith: Loveracing.nz Sharp ‘N’ Smart will be lining up on Melbourne Cup Day, it just won’t be at Flemington. The former New Zealand Horse of the Year was guaranteed a start in next month’s Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m), being 23rd in order of entry, but his connections have decided to bypass the $10 […]
Hey Archie Any chance the Canary’d latest syndicate horse Smackdown has a wind problem? One that requires a throat operation? They’re betting $1.10 about it out where I come from. https://peterprofit.com/?s=smackdown I guess you were wondering why the Canary marketed it for sale without providing interested buyers with a veterinary report. Well wonder no more. […]
The big guns come out to play at Addington on Friday night, with all of the Kiwi hopes for the NZ Cup lining up over 2600m from the stand in the Canterbury Classic except Akuta, whose Spring carnival campaign looks doubtful after he suffered an internal bleed when unplaced last start. Reigning NZ Pacer of […]
McKendrick was the odds-on favorite to win race 4 at Addington on Wednesday, which was no huge surprise for while its not the strongest horse in the world it was a natural leader drawn in gate 2 and dropping back in class to a race that was very weak. With a slowish beginner drawn inside […]
A few readers have been asking why all of Kiwi trainer Chris McDowell’s team have been scratched from Addington today. It is nothing nefarious or controversial. Apparently the McDowell became aware that the horses had eaten something with their paddock feed that had the potential to send the horses over the top and record a […]
