Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The disturbing news out of Auckland is that a convicted sex offender – who due to court issued suppression orders we shall refer to only as Offender X – is working for, and on the registered South Auckland training premises of, the largest harness racing operation in New Zealand. 10 Months Home Detention For Convicted […]
Winston Peters poses with Stamina in Mongolia. By Stewart Sowman-Lund When NZ Racing Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters looked a gifted horse in the mouth he decided to call it Stamina – but it almost had a very different name. Peters was in Mongolia back in February – the first visit to the nation […]
We wrote earlier about Cran Dalgety’s star filly Beside Me returning a positive swab to Meloxicam after winning a race at Wyndham earlier in the year. Well it appears as usual that we were right, for although there is no published record of either Dalgety having been charged with an offence by Stewards, or of […]
The B sample of the star filly Beside Me’s swab has come back positive to Meloxicam like the first, and now all we are waiting on is the RIB Stewards to charge trainer Cran Dalgety for presenting his girl to race with the prohibited substance in her system. It’s bad news for Dalgety, because if […]
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 […]
