Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
American Me was a talented but rather limited pacer for the first 4 years that it raced. During that time it was trained by Doug Gale and then Gavin Smith. It won 9 restricted races from 61 starts, and earned about $100 grand in prizemoney, less than it cost to train and feed it. Then […]
The catalogue for the NZ Standardbred yearling sales in January is out, and if you are a Group 1 buyer then you can strike out more than half of it before you start. American Ideal – no dude. Bettor’s Wish – as much as you like, but no way. Captain Crunch – he thrown them […]
At the same time as the Waikato-Bay of Plenty club that run the Cambridge trots is out there hawking for financial investors in once established but now just mooted property development of land surrounding the track, the two major architects of the plan have stood down from their roles running the club. Chairman Graham Bowen […]
There is some very disturbing mail coming out of the King Country in New Zealand’s north island. Two leading trainers and another racing licensee are said to have recorded themselves having group sex with an 18-year-old employee of a major stud. A copy of the recording is rumoured to have been sent to the high-profile […]
If Not As Promised is going to go where no Queensland trotter has ever gone before (the Addington winner’s circle) he will need to overcome a wide front line draw but even that isn’t worrying Dwyer. “That is Nathan’s job,” he says of young driver Nathan Dawson. “He is a great instinctive drive and does […]
Winnie Peters is the great survivor of NZ Parliament, having first been elected in 1978 and then voted out and in and out and in over the years, climbing back to power and becoming the Deputy PM three times. He’s also been the racing minister three times, including right now. That’s good news in my […]
Nine months ago we told you that the star Kiwi youngster Merlin was unbeatable from the front. Merlin is the Best Horse in New Zealand – Why Kevin Seymour Might Run Away Scared Last night after finally getting there after a run of bad draws in races he had to run from the back the […]
What you see above is the lawyers for the New Zealand Racing Integrity Board’s response to trot owner Tim Vince and his non- harness racing participant neighbour’s complaint about officials of the RIB trespassing upon their properties to conduct surveillance operations for reason unknown. The RIB declare that integrity chief and former copper Neil Grimstone […]
Hi Peter I enjoy your stories, but your story on Phil Williamson is completely false in my opinion. Phil is the cleanest trainer we have in New Zealand without a doubt- even a big anti cheat name in NZ has his horses with Phil. I could be wrong of course but I wouldn’t back him […]
