Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Malo Luafutu – Scribe – is Maggie’s cousin, as is Oscar Keightley who made the seminal documentary Tama Uli (Black Man) about the racism and discrimination that the family descended from a 10-year old black birded slave stolen from the PNG/Solomon Islands area in 1911 have suffered down through the generations, and continue to suffer […]
Just a day after we wrote about the case of the well-known NZ harness licensee accused of child abuse going to court next week, things have taken a probably not surprising new twist. Another victim has come forward and made a complaint about similar abuse by the licensee to police. This will obviously necessitate further […]
Jason Bonnington does his best Jesus impression on Trots TV, and claims in a disparaging tone that Tuesday’s NZ Cup isn’t the best we have ever seen, meaning that in his opinion it’s far from it. He wouldn’t know shit from clay, or his arse from his ear. Every single runner in this 15 horse […]
There is matter coming up in the New Zealand courts on Monday week (14 November) that is going to send shockwaves through the harness racing world when it’s over. The accused person is a very well known trainer/driver. He has name suppression at present, but when the trial is over that will be lifted. What […]
The field for the NZ 3YO Sires Stakes on Tuesday is a cracker, oozing quality from top to bottom. It’s just a shame about the draw. Mark Purdon has six runners in the race. His best two – Sherlock and Don’t Stop Dreaming – are drawn 1-2 off the front. Another three are 1-2-3 off […]
As we have written before, by virtue of his share in the biggest and most successful punting operation in Hong Kong, the video form guru and harness nut Tim Vince is the richest man in the Kiwi trots. Vince is also an oft partner in horses with Summit Bloodstock, which in my book a huge […]
We saw it with Deauville Legend in the Melbourne Cup. Some idiot in the media who hasn’t studied the UK form any closer than looking at the printed results of it’s career form sees Group victories in England, Googles its sire Sea The Stars and realises that it’s the dad of the world’s greatest marathon […]
It was only last week that we wrote about how driver Tim Williams was getting preferential treatment by the NZ Racing Integrity Board (RIB) stewards because his dad Brent Williams was a member of the RIB board, and by extension their boss, or one of them anyway. In that story we used the example of […]
The Monday between Derby Day and the Cup is always super slow, and somewhat boring. You can liven it up and build your bank betting on the Kaikoura trots. For those of you unfamiliar with the place, Kaikoura is in the South Island of NZ, north of Christchurch, and it is the most beautiful trot […]
The Jean Feiss owned Kiwi 2YO Beckham was huge in his first campaign, finishing 3rd to the smart Seve on debut and then running the unbeaten juvenile superstar Merlin to a half neck at his second run. Trainer Mark Purdon put him away after that, and while he was out in the paddock the then […]
