Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
You’ve never seen a team drive in your life like the Stonewall crew’s job in the 6th at Addington. The heavily backed favorite Ohoka Connor flies over from the outside of the front and goes to the lead. Almost the second that he gets there, Jonny Cox on the stablemate Alta Meteor which has blown […]
The hot mail from New Zealand is that the fix is on Race 5 tomorrow at Addington. This is how it is supposed to work. The horse drawn the pole Charlie Brown, driven by Lurch Dunn, is the one. The plan is to back it heavily, and make sure that it wins. Blair Orange is […]
An NZ harness racing licensee has been found guilty of one charge relating to sexual offences. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, will be sentenced in May. What will happen to his license between now and then in unknown, but after the guilty finding one would hope that […]
The verdict in the case of the prominent NZ harness racing licensee charged with sexual offences against boys in his care is expected to be handed down tomorrow. It is said that the licensee blamed the boys for initiating sexual contact with him. What a load of crap. This sort of defense just goes to […]
Junior Kiwi driver Riley Harrison on Judine got over the top of her boss John Dunn’s drive Fergalicious to win the last race at Ashburton yesterday. Those in the know reckon it’s the first time that the young reinswoman has come first when tangling head to head against Lurch. They say it gave her great […]
Charlie Brown started as favorite here in race 5 at Addington. Driven John Dunn looked for all appearances as if he drove it as dead as a doornail. He took the horse back to last off the gate, then planted it 5 back on the fence. At no stage prior to the home turn did […]
A major scandal has erupted at the NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales in Christchurch involving a yearling, a leading breeder, a prominent South Island trainer, the biggest owner in New Zealand, and a mendacious dummy bid strategy to scheme him. The leading owner is Steve Stockman, the proprietor of Stonewall Stud (pictured sitting exactly where the […]
Lot 131 – Bay colt Downbytheseaside x Delicata A half sister to Chase Auckland by a son of Somebeachsomewhere who set world record times and was US 3yo of the Year. The N22 dam-side family runs deep, with 584 individual black type winners including old school champions Christian Cullen,Rip Van Winkle, Don’t Retreat, Welcome Advice, […]
UPDATED Robert Dunn didn’t switch his sling from one arm to the other at all. It’s simply a trick of the eye, as an observant reader has pointed out in the sarcastic way that we deserve for our error. I guess Rob Dunns mate in the white shirt must have re-stitched his embroidery on his […]
It’s very rare in modern Australian racing for a filly to be set for a Derby instead of an Oaks, and the ones who do run against the boys in the 3YO classic is so small that you could could it them on literally two hands. The Kiwis do it different, or at least Orchestral’s […]
