Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Where I come from, if there’s a buck to be made, you don’t ask questions, you go ahead and make it. Learn your lines … plant your feet … look the other actor in the eye … say the words … mean them. Once a song and dance man, always a song and dance man. […]
Great result for the Newmann’s who are HUGE supporters of @Diamond_Racing_ https://t.co/mw83Je71Sn — Andrew Fitzgerald (@AFitzyRacing) May 5, 2023
Brett Murray is not a real good jockey. In 10 seasons he has ridden just 83 winners, at a strike rate of 4.3%. Kavish Chowdhoory (pictured below) is a good jock, a real good one, far better than B. Murray. He has ridden 188 winners that won double the money that Murray’s have in just […]
Hey mate, Aardies peak did qualify from a mobile last weekend at Pukekohe. It went around (in heat 6) and did everything right. It was the heat straight after the heat it won. So maybe why HRNZ hasn’t included it. But definitely passed from the mobile. – Reader 1 Arties Peak heat 6 Auckland workouts […]
NZ Harness Racing Trainer and Drivers Association head Ken Barron said anyone trying to dope was “very foolish”. “It’s going to cost them their livelihoods … they obviously don’t want to be in the game.” https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/racing/124392505/several-canterbury-harness-racing-trainers-suspected-of-doping-horses Ken Barron has made a sworn statement that he treated his horse Black Edition with Levamisole on the 25th […]
See the rule? What it says is that a horse can’t have it’s first start from a mobile unless it has satisfactorily trialed starting from one. No ifs or buts, if you haven’t trialed ok from behind the arm then you can’t race off it. Okay. So have a look at this. It’s the trial […]
NZ Trainer Colin De Filippi had 2 runners in the Winter Cup at Rangiora yesterday, Here’s Herbie and Heza Sport. He and his wife own them both. The pair opened up in the betting at $9.00 apiece. Here’s Herbie was smashed into $3.50 at jump time. Heza Sport blew out the door to $14.00. Which […]
Tim Williams (in blue) and John Dunn coming back after race 6 There are some very disturbing rumors emanating out of New Zealand about a race fix in the 6th at the Rangiora trots yesterday, won by the Robert Dunn trained pacer Triple G. The rumor is that the drivers of the top two horses […]
The whole of New Zealand and half the harness racing world are going mad at the moment about an unbeaten 3YO called Ohoka Connor. Well respected Kiwi trot writer Garrick Knight reckons he looks potentially like he could be the best horse in the country in 12 months’ time. Others share his view. Not me. […]
27 April 2023 Harness Racing New Zealand Chief Executive Gary Woodham will be taking a short leave of absence, after suffering a medical event at work yesterday. After undergoing surgery at Christchurch Hospital, Gary’s condition has stabilised over the last 24 hours. He’s expected to return home over the weekend. In Gary’s absence General Manager […]
