Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Ah, um, I am not so sure that this was ever New Zealand’s national symbol. In fact as half a Kiwi I am quite sure that it wasn’t. I guess Perth was a long way from Auckland back then. And there were no New Zealand horses in the final. But still …
What a wonderful year it has been for New Zealand racing, and what fantastic horses they have produced. Any of about six of them might been crowned NZ Horse of the Year in many other years, but there can only be one winner, and even before the final field for the award has been released […]
The New Zealand thoroughbred horse of the year awards are fast approaching, so we thought it timely to put out 2 cents in about who might win and who mightn’t. These are just our opinions. But we are pretty sure they shouldn’t be too far from the mark. CHAMPION TWO-YEAR-OLD This is a really tough […]
Everyone’s favorite Woodend Beach based trainer John ‘Lurch’ Dunn employs the young driver Devon van Til (pictured below), or at least his father John and wife Jenna do, or anyway that’s what the registration books say. Yeah right, whatever. According to this article above, Van Til’s 1st introduction to harness racing was when Lurch let […]
Luke John was right up there with the best of his generation as a 2 and 3yo in New Zealand. He raced against, and in a number of cases beat, horses of the ilk of Krug, American Dealer, Hot and Treacherous, Taipo, and BD Joe, each of which have kicked on to be top class […]
With almost 2/3rds of the New Zealand racing season gone, the Stonewall Stud stable owned by Steve Stockman and managed by Steve and Amanda Telfer is sitting 6th on the Premiership Ladder with just 28 wins, and has earned only $430 000. The stable has 100 horses in work, which must cost a conservative million […]
Trainer Tony Herlihy MNZM had three runners in race 3 at Alexandra Park last night. Park Lane, Busload of Faith, and Jethro Bodine. One of them – Jethro Bodine – has been smashed from $3.60 into $1.90. It’s the one. Everything goes to plan early. Park Lane leads. Jethro Bodine gets the sweet cover and […]
Your author, 2nd from right, collecting a Group 1 trophy at Alex Park back in the days when the world was wide. Which was only about 4 years ago. There are eight races on the card at Alexandra Park tonight. Four of them are trot races, three from discretionary marks off the stand. Of the […]
Michael Boots is as Australian as a koala, or Vegemite, or a baggy green cap. There is no Kiwi in him, and you will never see Bootsy in a black jersey. He’d rather cut off his left nut. Andy Ellis, Kieran Read, and Dave Hewett wear nothing but black, from dusk to dawn and then […]
The strong mail emanating out of the Beehive in Wellington is that the kiss of death is about to be delivered to the New Zealand greyhound racing industry, and that it is all the industry’s own fault. It appears that the reforms that were required following a report to the Minister two years ago have […]
