Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The future of the New Zealand TAB could become clearer this week as New Zealand’s sole betting operator receives proposals from the three overseas betting agencies looking to run the majority of its operations. But while racing industry bosses support the idea of what is being termed a strategic partnership, Racing Minister Kieran McAnulty will […]
On the 31st of January in the year of 1865 the Abraham Lincoln led Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, which abolished slavery. Uncle Abe got assassinated by an actor at the human movies 3 months later, but that’s another story. As of that date, slavery was […]
The New Zealand Trotting Hall Of Fame is relocating from Alexandra Park to Cambridge. Hall Of Fame committee members voted unanimously last Friday to move the iconic museum’s exhibits to a new building which will be constructed as part of Cambridge Raceway’s extensive development programme. Given a notice to vacate by the Auckland Trotting Club, […]
It seems that The Canary has managed to con 52 new owners into parting with their cold hard cash to become part of a 50 member syndicate. That seems like a good trick. How does 52 divide into 50? I guess you will never know without a proper disclosure statement, which ain’t something that Andrew […]
The double-edged sword of incomings versus outgoings dealt the racing industry two more deep slashes in its death by a thousand cuts when the TAB NZ released its December 2022 result last week. Profit came in at only $14 million compared to $16.1 million for December 2021. This result came despite the most recent December having […]
We have written on numerous occasions about Andrew ‘The Canary’ Fitzgerald, the unregistered NZ trot syndicator who operates outside the law and rips unsuspecting innocent punters off blind. Here is yet another example. The Canary – through the Off N Gone syndicate that he owns and manages – has been offered 10 percent of a […]
Know how many horses were permanently exported from New Zealand to Australia this year, including one owned by the CEO of Harness Racing New Zealand? Around 50. Which is pretty normal for a nation that exports around 500 horses a year. https://infohorse.hrnz.co.nz/datahrs/statistics/exportedhorses.htm Know how many yearlings are sold in NZ each year? Here is an […]
Colin De Fillipi is best known in Australia as the driver of Courage Under Fire, the pocket rocket who was one of the greatest young pacers ever seen in the Southern Hemisphere. I wonder if Flip kicked in the guts too? What the hell was going on at Hororata today? Why are these drivers such […]
We wrote this about Phil Burrows, the cheat who along with the human Matty A not the horse (see story to follow) had been caught red handed drenching a horse of his who was racing that day on the NZ Cup card in an event worth $140 000, money that he was breaking the rules […]
I’ve been saying it from day one, and I will say it again. Sharp N Smart is the best 3YO in Australasia, bar none. A lot of people don’t realise it yet, not over on this side of the ditch anyway, but mark my words it is true. This young gelding is a superstar. Did […]
