Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The following story about HRNZ CEO Brad Steele and ATC Chairman Jamie ‘Watches’ Mackinnon’s meeting on Wednesday with Pukekohe based trot trainers has been taken from the Facebook page of distinguished journalist Dr Barry Lichter. It first appeared on the website of Lincoln Farms but was removed shortly after. We don’t know why. Auckland Trotting […]
HRNZ CEO Brad “Superman” Steele can’t even photobomb a camera shot right. That’s him in his ubiquitous sky blue sports jacket obscured in the picture of the Derby presentation above. You have to ask why Harness Racing New Zealand CEO Brad Steele has spend last two weeks on a work paid holiday at ID25, when […]
The word is that HRNZ CEO Brad ‘Superman’ Steele is proposing/promising to contribute $13 million toward the construction of a new track and stables t0 replace the Franklin Training Centre, with the Auckland Trotting Club to kick in any extra money required. There are two problems with Superman’s proposal/promise, and both of them are significant. […]
The word out of Alexandra Park is that Auckland Trotting Club chairman Jamie ‘ Watches’ Mackinnon is being paid a six-figure sum to act as a consultant to the club. A consultant on what? No-one seems to know. You’d certainly hope its not successful property developments or real estate deals. Mackinnon’s consulting role was never […]
The agenda for the Special General Meeting of the Auckland Trotting Club to held on 23 July has been released to members,a and it will come as no surprise to readers of this site that it contains no offer to buy the Franklin Training Centre at Pukekohe for $100 million, or indeed any offer at […]
Dear MEMBER, NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING In accordance with Rule 17.7 of the Auckland Trotting Club Inc (ATC) Constitution, Notice is hereby given of a Special General Meeting (SGM) of Members of ATC to be held on Wednesday, 23 July 2025 at 6pm in the Tasman Room, Alexandra Park, Epsom. BUSINESS: Welcome. Apologies. Update on intended change to voting process for […]
Archie Here’s a funny one for you. Friday night 20 June at the Auckland Trotting Club meeting senior and well-respected horseman James Stormont received an Official Warning under Rule 869(2), Whip & Rein Reg 2.5 for “Failing to ensure tassel was removed from whip”. Rule 869(2) states “no driver shall during any race use a […]
The New Zealand racing rules provide that the Racing Integrity Board can order a licensee who is convicted of a rule breach to pay its (the RIB’s) costs incurred in prosecuting them. Imagine that in a democracy. Paying the police to prosecute you. It sounds like Nazi Germany. Of course the more you protest your […]
By Mark Geenty ANALYSIS: Some cash-strapped national sporting organisations (NSOs) are in line for a funding boost as Sport New Zealand decides how to distribute a $20 million windfall from the newly-passed Racing Industry Amendment Bill. The big question is: how fairly will it be dished out, and will sporting codes who receive very little in […]
They were unable to determine how the product entered the horse’s system. However, Meloxicam could be administered orally. BESIDE ME might have been an unfortunate and vulnerable target. She was a first-starter in a maiden race, paying $1.50 on the tote, by a leading sire in DOWNBYTHESEASIDE and out of a $1.4 million stakes-winning mare […]
