Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Just days after we highlighted the issue in a story published on this site, HRNZ have announced a review into how the conditions of the prestigious black type race the Group 3 IRT Young Guns Trotters Final were altered without a general notification to all participants. The secret alteration somehow became known to the connections […]
Harness Racing New Zealand (HRNZ) has today announced an independent review arising from the circumstances of the IRT 2YO Young Guns Final Mobile Trot, Race 3, held at Alexandra Park on Saturday, 10 May 2025. The review will address questions and concerns raised, and make recommendations to HRNZ. This review follows industry discussion surrounding the […]
There are dark clouds of controversy hanging over the field selection procedures for the $45 625 Group 3 IRT Young Guns Trot Final, and quite rightly too. The Young Guns is a series, and like all series it is run with qualifying heats and a final. In this years series there were two heats run, […]
Carter Dalgety wears his hair weird so no-one can see if he has a brain Weight stops trains they say, but I can stop weight. The Cooler one of my mates calls me, and perhaps he’s right, for yesterday I put the cool on Carter Dalgety well and truly. Readers will be aware that I […]
7 Apr 2025 A strategically located development site in the rapidly growing location of Pukekohe is available for purchase and offers developers the opportunity to acquire a major landholding that has scope for residential, commercial, and industrial projects. The 35.2ha freehold site is spread across multiple titles and is situated at 240-242 Station Road and 27 […]
By Garrick Knight, published in The Harness Xpress, 8 May 2025 It’s crunch time for the Auckland Trotting Club (ATC) as it looks to lock in a deal to sell the Franklin Park Training Centre in Pukekohe in an effort to reduce debt. Appointed sales agents, Colliers International, called for expressions of interest by April 17 […]
The offers are in for the Pukekohe training center that the Auckland Trotting Club needs to pay the banks the $80 million they owe for the failed Alexandra Park property development. $67 million is the highest offer, payable over two years. $80m – $67m = a shortfall of $13 million, and no training track or […]
A recent disciplinary case heard by the NZ Racing Integrity Board has exposed the great hidden lie about the impending government shutdown of greyhound racing in New Zealand. During the hearing of the case involving trainer Bonnie Evans, which was about unrelated matters, it was revealed that whilst Evans had transferred a number of greyhounds […]
We witnessed something extraordinary at Alexandra Park on Friday night. The Great Northern Derby, which has been run over 2700m for the past half a century, was run over 2600m instead. It wasn’t supposed to – 2700m was the scheduled distance – but someone stuffed up. As the mobile reached the release point it just […]
Everyone’s favorite unregistered Kiwi trot syndicator Andrew ‘The Canary’ Fitzgerald (pictured at top) is up to his old hyper-inflation of shares trick again. The Canary recently bought a moderately performed tried 6-year-old pacer named Star Magic for $8500 from an online Gavelhouse auction. He is selling shares in Star Magic for $1150 per 5 percent, […]
