Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I’ve always been a double down man at the blackjack table when I’ve got a two card 11 against a 5, that’s just the way I am. So in the face of Mark Jones legal threats, I will double down on him too. Jones is either the greatest trainer in the world, or the NZ […]
To save you looking it up it means you are a Billy Bunt. Sue me, will you sunshine? We will see. At least it gives you something to talk about down at the beach with Lurch. We all know he is training your horses anyway, just like Turbo does. Give up harness racing and litigation and […]
Jones is going so good that he has to bin dive out the back of HRNZ to get some clobber to keep him warm Well we’ve copped a legal letter from that Kiwi super trainer Mark Jones in relation to a few stories we’ve written lately about his extraordinary success with horses from other stables […]
Not a great start from the new Chairman On the subject of HRNZ press releases, I can’t be the only one that read with bemusement the one rolled out by incoming Board Chairman Phil Holden last Wednesday afternoon. It was as insulting to constituents – none of which elected him might I add – as […]
A group of loud individuals has been damning the deal that the NZ Govt struck with Entain to run the failing TAB in the Shaky Isles, There are the same group of people who six months ago were throwing verbal bricks at the TAB, and with pretty good reason in my view, for the people […]
For reasons that I am not at liberty to explain at present, New Zealand trainer/driver Brent Mangos continuing participation in harness racing is disgrace that brings shame on our sport and all of us who love it. When the suppression orders are lifted you will know exactly what I mean. Let’s go to Wonderland for […]
Another 58 horses have been exported from New Zealand in the last month. Soon there are going to be none left. When are Harness Racing NZ going to do something to prevent this Kiwi harness equivalent of the exodus from Ireland in the wake of the famine? When the CEO stops exporting his horses I […]
Six months ago Andrew ‘the Canary’ Fitzgerald, the mastermind behind the Off n Racing syndication rort, was declaring that young trainer Regan Todd was a genius, the rising star of South Island New Zealand harness racing. Now he’s running around telling people that R. Todd is a drunk. It seems a bit of a strange […]
This above is the current standardbred (harness) race horse ‘ownership’ syndicate being promoted in New Zealand by a man named Andrew ‘The Canary’ Fitzgerald through his company Off N Racing Ltd, also known as Off N Racing Syndications. As you can clearly see, the Canary is offering prospective customers is advertising the opportunity to share […]
Mr Holden is an Independent Director on the Board and Chair of the Finance Committee. He is also Chair of two other Boards, including Cycling New Zealand where he is overseeing a significant change process following the very public challenges that sport has faced. He is also a former CEO of both Harness and Greyhound […]
