Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It’s difficult to know what to make of Sharp N Smart’s run for 6th place beaten 2.4 lengths in the Herbie Dyke Stakes at Te Rapa yesterday. Jockey Matthew Cameron rode the NZ Horse of the Year upside down, pushing him forward in the early part of the race to sit outside the leader and […]
It’s do or die for Sharp N Smart today when the reigning NZ Horse of the Year steps up to the 2000m in the WFA Herbie Dykes Stakes, the race he won as a 3YO last year along the path to Derby glory and greatness. The jury is still out on last season’s star after […]
Dual Group 1-winning mare Prowess tested positive to a banned substance during a sample taken before she raced in the Champions Stakes in November. Racing Victoria stewards said on Thursday a “prohibited substance was detected in a pre-race urine sample collected from the Roger James and Robert Wellwood trained racehorse, Prowess.” Prowess finished sixth in the […]
Butter wouldn’t melt in baby Leo’s mouth. Wonder what happened? His mother blames Tim Vince. Former apprentice j0ckey, trainer and vet Leo Molloy is these days a high profile bar owner at the Auckland Viaduct. By all reports he an excellent host to harness racing folk at his joint Headquarters. After the Karaka Millions race […]
The advertised price is for a 0.1% share We recently wrote about KO Racing and the massive markups they were putting on the share prices of yearlings they had purchased just a fortnight before at the Magic Millions Sale. Well that usurious practice isn’t just restricted to Australian syndicators, for our favorite Kiwi micro-share seller […]
The House is the junior driver Wilson House. He’s in the death seat as the film rolls. The Horse is the one directly behind him. It’s name is Caulfield. I wonder if it has a sore head tonight? By the way, the Kiwi stewards missed it completely. It didn’t even get a mention in their […]
The world class capital of racing integrity – Queensland – has had a couple of interesting additions to the ranks in recent years, both of them with links of various degrees to the Ben Yole scandal. Harness racing steward Steve Shinn was formerly the Chief Steward in Tasmania, before departing under a cloud sometime in […]
Always back the horse named self-interest son, it’s the only one trying – D.T. Crimmins, NSW bookmaker We told anyone who would listen that the partnership between Entain and the TAB would be the savior of New Zealand racing, if only the industry would embrace and support it. Entain don’t play in the racing pond […]
Which trio of prominent Kiwi trainers are currently the subject of a police investigation into a serious incident involving a much younger female stable employee? Are charges likely to follow? If so, will Racing NZ follow the lead of HRNZ in relation to the licensee who is set to face trial next month, or will […]
So it was with a healthy portion of schadenfreude that I watched the usual stalwarts march up to donate their hard earned on what turned out to be the thinnest, weakest and most unreliable offerings from the major clubs on the east coast of Australia all year. Seriously, they should be ashamed and should undertake some […]
