Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
How bad is this? The judges assistant at the Reefton Cup meeting was on the punt while on duty. People at the meeting saw him at the tote window in full view of everyone there putting bets on. Presumably one of them tipped off the Stewards, and good on them too. Imagine what might have […]
New Zealand has this whizz bang racing integrity system under which race day stewards no longer charge trainers and riders and hit them with a fine or suspension on the spot after they breach the rules. Instead the stewards lay a charge against a licensee, and a panel of ‘independent’ adjudicators who are paid thousands of […]
This sad obituary for horse trainer Paul Harris was posted yesterday on the official NZ Racing website. What it neglected to mention is that the poor soul Paul Harris hung himself. Whether his death was related to his ongoing battles with the Racing Integrity Board that sent him broke and ruined him is a matter […]
Molly Bloom – an exciting three-year-old filly trained by Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott – held off second favourite Mary Shan to score by a nose https://www.racenet.com.au/news/blake-shinn-scores-group-2-success-aboard-molly-bloom-opie-bosson-rides-five-winners-including-group-1-at-pukekohe-on-boxing-day-20231226 This is what Racenet reported about the finish of the Eight Carat Classic at Pukekohoe Park yesterday. It must have been Jimmy Durante or Pinocchio’s nose. Have you ever seen […]
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 […]
