Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
In this article from the great Kiwi trotting weekly publication Harness Xpress, the ever excellent and astute NZ racing writer Brian De Lore hammers home the huge problems with the NZTAB that are currently sending racing on a fast slide down to nowhere, except perhaps oblivion. Our views are shared at the end. We encourage […]
The NZ Racing Integrity Board is the greatest white elephant since Dumbo turned grey. After last year doing the hitherto unthinkable (because it was purposeless exercise) and auditing every greyhound kennel in New Zealand – yes, they all had doors and walls with dogs inside them – the IRB has in 2023 decided to adopt […]
Of course they were. Of course they were. Lightning did not strike the trio, for the odds of that occurring are far less than those of 3 healthy young horses dying in the space of 16 weeks from unrelated causes. We like to back the roughies here at the RIB. It was unrelated causes. “Oh […]
The highly innovative, but very poorly treated Waikato/BOP trot club that runs Cambridge has had enough of the way that Harness Racing New Zealand is blocking it’s path to put the sport in the North Island back on track, in favor of propping up the Auckland Club who put it there. We have been writing […]
Objectives of Racing Integrity Board (RIB) The objectives of the Board are to promote, and ensure compliance with, high standards of animal welfare, integrity, and professionalism by participants in the racing industry for the benefit of the public, participants, and the racing industry as a whole. It’s hard to say they have achieved it, isn’t […]
“One thing we need to know is what will be the horse population look like in the future. Do we have enough highly-rated horses to make our top races fair and competitive?” Gary Woodham, CEO Harness Racing New Zealand. August 2022 “This goes in line with trying to keep our breeding numbers up and encouraging […]
This Saturday night at Alexandra Park sees the running of the $50 000 Group 2 Franklin Cup. $50 000 is damn good money for a Kiwi trot race, and every owner wants to win a Group race. The problem is that in Auckland there are no horses left to race in them. The race has […]
STATEMENT FROM HRNZ – Funding Update Following the TAB’s recent decision to reduce funding to all three racing codes, the Harness Racing New Zealand Board has today decided its response to the proposed shortfall. Due to trading difficulties, the TAB will reduce funding for the remainder of the current season by a total of $15m, with […]
Once upon a time that world was a series of villages, and racing was too. People would go to the track or TAB in their town and bet predominantly on local events, because that was all they knew. Then along came the internet and everything changed. Suddenly at the push of a button you could […]
Dear Gary We are getting mixed messages about a rumoured career move that you may or may not be making across the ditch. Some say you are off to fill Johnny Dumesny’s rather small shoes in NSW. Others say you are off to QLD to fill those of a CEO at Albion Park who is […]
