Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I have been writing since their 2yo days about how good the now 4-year-old Kiwi pacers Got The Chocolates and Marketplace are, and declaring the pair of them superstars. Times Don’t Lie – This Duo Are Deadly We will find out just how good Chocolates is in a few minutes when he makes his open […]
The Taylor Mile (race 7) at Alexandra Park tonight is a cracker of a race, and a most interesting affair, one that will be closely watched by harness racing fans on both sides of the ditch. A top class field lines to compete for the prestigious Group 1 prize, headed by the dual NZ Cup […]
Good afternoon all, As I prepare to return to Australia and step down from my role as CEO of Harness Racing New Zealand, I wanted to take a moment to reflect and say thank you. When I first wrote to you on 1 July 2024, I spoke about enthusiasm, responsibility, collaboration, and a commitment to […]
The original Duke of Bourbon (above). Have a look at the run of this debutante 2yo trotter Duke Of Bourbon at Alexandra Park on Friday night. It was backed from $4.00 into $1.85, and although it got beaten you can see why. The inexperienced Duke became unbalanced and galloped at the start, and lost who […]
A member of a well known NZ harness racing family has just had a very lucky reprieve in the NZ courts. The bloke – a trainer – has been granted a no conviction record for his indecent assault on a poor innocent young female trot paricipant. The decision is a disgrace. What is worse is […]
The Board of HRNZ advises that our Chief Executive Officer, Brad Steele, has resigned from his position. Brad’s final day in the role and the office will be Friday 24 April, after which he will be returning to live in Australia. Brad has led HRNZ for nearly two years and has made a significant contribution […]
The news just out of the city of the brown river snake is that Brad Steele has resigned as CEO of Harness Racing New Zealand. We alluded in a story on Friday night that this was going to happen, when we told you that Steele had been looking for a job back home in Brisbane. […]
I had a call from our man Dirk tonight. You know him, the world’s greatest fan of The Janitor, the bloke I bagged the bejesus out of until I became a convert to cleaning, which took a while. Dirk demanded an apology for me saying he was an idiot for claiming that The Janitor was […]
Well we are not being smart about it, but you can’t say that we didn’t put our balls on the line to give you the tip can you? Big credit is due to Pete the Putter for bouncing the form off me and back at him and back at me again and hit repeat (pardon […]
Peter Please print my views unabridged. Harness racing in NZ has been told it’s unsustainable once the Entain guaranteed money runs out — and that falls squarely on Brad Steele. He’s had more funding than any CEO before him and has wasted it. Instead of fixing the fundamentals, he’s pushed costly ideas like NextGen while […]
