Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
Veteran Southland trainer Phil Williamson has been having the best season of his life strike rate wise. Many have wondered how and why. Everyone wonders why healthy young seeming superstars suddenly drop dead in their emerging prime. Perhaps Einstein was right the whole time. E = MC 2.
Phil Holden was born ad raised in Invercargill, a cold rugged town in the deep south island of New Zealand, where the early settlers were whalers and Scottish immigrants, and people to this day still roll their R’s. Holden completed a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing at the well-respected University of Otago in the mid […]
Auckland harness racing’s woes continue with just 63 horses slated to start tonight at the metropolitan meeting at Alexandra Park, on a card where only 5 of the 8 races boast a field of eight or more runners. Two of the races have miserable fields of just 6 starters, with another having only 7 horses […]
The INCA affair in New Zealand has been a long running saga that has claimed plenty of victims. A supposed police investigation into alleged corruption, race-fixing and recreational drug use in the harness racing industry that commenced in 2018 on the flimsiest of grounds and saw numerous licensees charged with various race rule and even […]
