Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
64 harness racing horses have been exported from New Zealand in the past month alone. 18 of them have gone to China for reasons unknown, given that country appears to have no active harness racing industry. The other 46 have been sent to Australia to race (44), or the United States (2), with almost all […]
A couple of high profile former harness racing licensees on both sides of the ditch named Cameron have recently had, or are about to have, their long disqualifications for egregious breaches of the racing rules expire. I speak here of Cameron Fitzpatrick in NSW who has served a 12-year disqualification for his involvement in the […]
Bronson Munro (pictured above) is an infamous sporting racist who, despite being part Maori himself, in 2016 got banned from playing footy for the better part of a year by the Canterbury Rugby Football Union after he called a Fijian born opponent a ‘black c**t’ during a game. Munro showed no repentance for his vile […]
Jeremiah was a bullfrog. Now he’s a pacer. The one in the dark grey and blue in the video replay of the Sires Stakes heat run at the same track last night below. What sort of a run was this bloke? He looked to slip around the turn on the wet track, became totally unbalanced […]
This is Andrew ‘the Canary’ Fitzgerald’s tweet about punters club he is helping with Boys Get Paid for the Race by Grins night. The problem is that the last time that the Canary was in charge of punters club money was for the Auckland Wish 4 Fish fundraiser, and the solid whisper was that he […]
We have nothing more to add to the picture that tells a thousand words, except for a few questions. Is it true that Ken Breckon has barred Zev Meredith from driving any of his horses? If so why? And what does it say about K. Breckon?
Just two days after the super horse Leap To Fame was declared a certain starter in The Race by Grins he’s out. That leaves just 5 confirmed starters in the million dollar Kiwi slot race with 5 spots to fill and only 4 weeks to do it. The confirmed runners so far are: Merlin Sooner […]
Is there any truth in the rumor that the recently suddenly retired Kiwi trainer Brent Mangos is living and working down in Christchurch at the West Melton stables of young trainer Hayden Cullen? He couldn’t be could he, given that Mangos is unlicensed. And given the back story about why. Surely prominent Hayden Cullen stable […]
Could the rumor coming out of New Zealand about a senior harness racing steward being involved in an intense personal relationship with a junior driver possibly be true? If it is, wouldn’t the steward have to disclose it to his employer? And wouldn’t the employer have to ensure that the steward was stood down from […]
New Zealand’s most successful female driver in history Sam Ottley bagged a mammoth 5 winners at Westport on yesterday’s 12 race card. I can’t remember any female driver in NZ kicking home that many winners on a single card, although Natalie Rasmussen may possibly prove me wrong. Either way it’s a great effort by Ottley […]
