Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The NZ harness racing awards are on tonight. Right now they are halfway through. But I know all the winners, even for the awards that haven’t been presented. It’s not because I am Nostradamus. HRNZ have stuffed up and put all the results up on their website before they are announced by mistake. Bet N […]
See the horse buried five back the fence in second last place coming to the turn in the Group 2 Premier Mares Championship last night? That’s General Jen. You wouldn’t have backed her with someone else’s money right there. At the 15o meters mark N40 owner turned trainer Josh Davine must have thought we was […]
Liam Birchley is a great trainer, and an even better bloke. He is true Australian too. The wannabe coppers at Racing Victoria back in the day took him without any evidential basis for everything that he had, and kicked him out on his own. Liam was down, but he never bit the dust. Men of […]
Archie In my opinion the best red coat in North NZ is Ron Weller, (an ex Aussie and a good mate). Ron does Auckland and Cambridge. I am led to believe that the stewards at Hawera wanted him to do the job, but when he told them he would require somewhere to stay overnight to […]
Take a look at this race above from Hawera on Tuesday. One of the runners loses its driver shortly after the start. It causes havoc, with a number of other runners being checked. Then it catches up to the field and causes more trouble. Its reins are flapping loose around its legs, and eventually it […]
A big shout out to New Zealand’s richest punter (not that you’d know it looking at him) Tim Vince, who we are told has been in hospital a few times lately with a misfiring heart. Funny thing is we didn’t Stonefish had one. Get well soon Mr Vince. We can’t have you cark on us […]
They were all cheering after the last race at Nelson on Friday afternoon, and why wouldn’t they be, because the hot horse won. The Dunn stable had two in the race, Miki’s Courage which opened favorite and blew like a gale, and Candy Can which began in betting as the second fave and firmed harder […]
Take a look at the drive of Ben Hope on the favorite here. It is the horse behind the leader in the blue. Do you really reckon Hope tried to win on this thing? I don’t. How can you bet on the NZ trots with confidence when this sort of thing happens? Simple answer is […]
Waikato Thoroughbred Racing (WTR) has today revealed the greenfield site of its proposed new super center for thoroughbred training and racing. The plan, first mooted in the 2020 Messara Report, involves selling the Te Rapa, Cambridge and Waipa racecourses and surrounding land, and pouring the proceeds into constructing am ultra modern racing and training facilities […]
It’s the 21st of December, and now they’re ringing the last bells If I get good behaviour, I’ll be out of here by July – Paul Kelly On the 21st of December 2021 the inaugural slot race – The Race – at Cambridge was announced in the media. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/racing/horse-racing-new-zealands-first-slot-race-confirmed-for-cambridge/FOEAQCTUQ4N6ULKPX42OJJTYIY/ On the same day the then […]
