Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Copy That and Self Assured first met not in a race, but on a card, at Alexandra Park on 14 December 2019. They won separate races over 2200m, with Copy That running 1.6 seconds faster in his. It was a portent of things to come. The pair’s first actual race contest was in the 2020 Ashburton […]
It seems that Mark Jones might have been doing a bit more than working his horses when he was spotted recently jogging up pacers on the sand at Woodend Beach, which it has to be said is some distance north east of his base at Burnham. Either that or Jones is a miracle worker, judging […]
The tip out of Auckland is the young gelding who made the incredible debut Punk Rocker is a certainty from the pole in the 9th race at Alexandra Park tonight. They say that the switch from the barns of Steve Reid and Simon McMullan over to the stables of Sheryl Wigg and the Invisible Men […]
A lack of the early fire predicted against favourite Copy That was the undoing of the All Stars challenge. “He’s a great horse but we were probably hoping from where we were that he would have had a tougher time early which would obviously have given us a better chance. Once he had that fairly […]
Things didn’t work out for Akuta in the Race By Grins,Friday and now he is off to Matamata veterinary experts for a checkup before heading to the Messenger on April 29th leaving Self Assured to be the star for the stable in the Taylor Mile next week. “Nothing major at all just want to check […]
A major exercise was recently undertaken to to determine a positive and proactive way forward for Harness Racing in the North Island. They needed it, for by every possible metric North Island harness racing is stuffed. Every single one. 446 stakeholders participated in the recent exercise. 71% of them were aged 55 or over. Not […]
At the start of last year the CEO of the Waikato Bay of Plenty Harness Inc – the Cambridge club – Dave Branch was being vaunted as the architect of the slot race project that was to become The Race By Grins. It was Branch’s baby we were told. HRNZ programmed the race because he […]
6.50pm tonight, Australian time. Cambridge Trots r8 no 11. Akuta. I cannot believe that the bookies are betting $8.00 this superstar in the Grinner. They did bet $10.00. We snaffled that. Akuta is the greatest certainty since Phar Lap in the 1930 Cup. Get on. And just keep getting on. It’s money for jam.
The intrigue that has surrounded the Race By Grins has taken a stunning twist and turn after the barriers were drawn last night. Copy That has become the clear favourite after pulling the perfect barrier 4, which will become gate 3 after the almost certain scratching of the 2 horse Smiffy’s Terror. There is very […]
The draw for the Grinner will take place at 6.00 tonight, 4.00pm Australian time. It’s going to be a great race, that’s for sure. Mark Purdon has 3 of the runners, and – quite remarkably – the Australian trainer Jess Tubb has 2. That’s half the field between them. There are ten runners in the […]
