Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Huge announcement(s) coming in NZ racing tomorrow. Press conference scheduled for 10.30am at Ellerslie, will be live on Weigh In on Trackside 1 in NZ but also streamed on @LOVERACINGNZ and TAB. All the big players including the Racing Minister going to be there so sounds big. — Michael Guerin (@GuerinSports) January 21, 2024 There […]
Want to see an exceptional young 3YO galloper? Then just have a look at the winner of the 1st race at Wellington NZ on Cup Day yesterday. Witz End is the horse’s name, and he looks something special. Yesterday the 3YO was having just his 2nd career start off an easy win in a 1400m […]
RELOCATION OF THE TRAINING TRACK This is looming on the horizon and once the court has completed the documentation the next phase of the sale and purchase agreement will be triggered which incorporates a lease back arrangement for the club whilst we look for an alternative block of land to relocate to. Already we have […]
Harness Racing NZ’s chief executive Mauro Barsi – the man formerly at the helm of Alexandra Park during the redevelopment debacle – has announced that the organisation’s General Manager of racing, marketing and communications Catherine McDonald has stepped down from her position and will be leaving in a fortnight. It’s a load of palaver. McDonald […]
The driver of the 2nd horse in the last race at Ashburton protested against the winner for alleged interference in the run home. Hope’s objection was dismissed, and rightly so, for it had no hope. When you drive up inside a leader’s wheel and get your own locked it’s driver error, not interference. Ben Hope […]
16 January 2024 , News Harness Racing New Zealand would like to remind everyone in the sport that last week’s draft dates calendar is just that – a draft. Since it was released there has been an outpouring of comment, and in some case strong criticism, with many believing the new calendar is set in stone. […]
New Zealand harness racing has been struggling for years. Breeding numbers have dropped, there aren’t enough races, the sport in the north island is collapsing, field sizes are too high in the low grade races and too low up the classes, and owners and trainers are selling or exporting their stock to Australia or the […]
It’s hard to get a real gauge on the NZ 3yo horse of the year Sharp N Smart’s return to the track at Ellerslie today. His third beaten 4.5 lengths looks okay on paper, but he had the perfect run in third spot on the fence, and the winner Legarto – our tip as a […]
If you watch the replay of the race carefully you will see that Lurch – driver John Dunn – fails to pull the hopple shorteners on Millwood Goddess at any stage until after they passed the winning post. That means that the mare paced throughout the race with her hoppled about 4 inches too tight, […]
Last year’s champion New Zealand 3YO Sharp n Smart resumes for his new year campaign tomorrow at Ellerslie, on the first day of North Island HQ racing on the new Strathayr track after a 22 month absence from holding race meetings. The triple Group winning NZ Derby champ comes into this off a last start […]
