Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Story by Michael Morrah, NZ Herald A charter plane is being “covertly” arranged to send 70 greyhounds to Australia to continue breeding and racing as the deadline for shutting the New Zealand industry looms. Information about the flight was sent by Greyhound Racing New Zealand (GRNZ) to trainers and owners on a private Facebook group […]
Harness Racing New Zealand has just announced the erasure of 15 of the 1o2 race meetings in the North Island from the annual calendar. Auckland has lost 5 of its 46 meetings or more than 10 percent, leaving it as major metropolitan track that only races 41 times a year. Or in other words a […]
Prominent harness racing trainer Nigel McGrath granted ‘partial return’ to industry after cheating ban Story by Sam Sherwood, Radio New Zealand; 16 June 2025 At the last Harness Racing New Zealand AGM a rule change was passed allowing any banned party to apply for an exemption if they have served at least half of their […]
The two men you see in the picture are the at the time CEO of Harness Racing New Zealand Brad Steele (BS) on the left in the bomber jacket, and Nigel McGrath, the disqualified serial drug cheat that the HRNZ board under Steele’s leadership changed the rules to allow to participate in the sport despite […]
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Susan Branch, a stalwart of harness racing in the Waikato. On behalf of all our readers we pass our deep condolences to Susan’s loved ones, including her son Dave the architect of the wonderfully successful slot races The Race and The Trot, and her husband Murray. […]
“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” – Winston Churchill In a golden age of New Zealand harness racing, when a new breed of Kiwi horses are having huge success on the track, the sport should be standing […]
As most people know the NZ Government, under pressure from the Greens, animal activists and shifting public sentiment, has made the decision to shut down greyhound racing in the Shakey Isles. That is all well and good, but as we have repeatedly pointed out it leaves the problem of rehoming 1700 dogs with no-one wiling […]
Didn’t Di is a 5-year-old gelding trotter that has won just 2 races from 20 starts, although it has gone alright lately thanks to being under the supervision of a trainer (Matt Purvis) who works out of the magic waters of Woodend Beach, being well placed, and benefiting from a claim. A pair of wins […]
Harness Racing Nes South Wales paid correspondent Michael Dumesny wrote the words below that were published on the HRA website on Tuesday. I have never met or dealt with M. Dumesny, and have nothing against him at all. But what he writes in this story is absolute nonsense. For the simple reasons detailed in precis […]
This is bullshit. For the second time in three starts the Cran Dalgety trained All Of Me went like a broken down bus at Alexandra Park last night, finishing tailed out over 100m in last place. A vet exam replete with an endoscopy revealed no obvious issues. They may not be obvious to the vet, […]
