Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Hopple shorteners – are controlled by the driver and he/she may shorten the early length of stride the horse may take in the first strides from a standing start or mobile start to help eliminate the possibility of the horse going into a full stretch gallop and losing all chance. When the driver is content that […]
Many are wondering how Its Tough got a run in Friday night’s NZ Derby at Addington over Next Level, who has been made 1st emergency despite having a higher rating than the other horse. https://infohorse.hrnz.co.nz/datahrs/fields/120632fd.htm#field-66311-race-8-dl The answer is simple. The horses who were 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Group 1 Canprint Flying Stakes at […]
Now that Operation Inca is over we can tell you about another two races the investigators were looking at, but failed to pursue to the end. The races were run over the two days of the Nelson carnival on the 8th and 10th of June 2018, and the horse of interest was Johnny White, trained […]
This above, according leading NZ media outlet thepost.co.nz, is the race that Operation Inca reckoned was fixed. They reckon the owner of the winner and another man conspired to ensure it would win. No clues are given to who the other man is. It’s a puzzle. See if you can work it out.
By Alecia Rousseau The Crown has been denied a chance to prosecute two men accused of match fixing after a court found lengthy delays breached the defendants’ right to be tried without undue delay. Brent Wall and another man were among several people arrested in 2018 as part of Operation Inca, a 17-month police sting looking […]
The news filtering through from New Zealand this morning is that Operation Inca – the long running police investigation into race fixing at the trots – has today finally come to an end, with the last of the criminal charges against harness racing participants being discontinued this morning. This finally brings to a conclusion the […]
This is the replay of the last at Tauranga on Saturday. Keep your eyes on the kid riding the scooter. He tries his hardest to take on and beat the horses, but its no contest. Dad needs to get him a faster two wheeler for Xmas if he’s to be competitive next year. The game […]
They say that Ben Hope was higher than Swayzee at the Racecourse Hotel on Saturday night. You have to wonder if he was in the same state of mind when he decided to park Just Believe outside him on Muscle Mountain in the NZ FFA Trot instead of taking the sit on the Aussie’s back. […]
It’s another brilliant program of harness racing at Addington this afternoon, featuring four Group 1’s plus the two new $500 000 slot races the Velocity and the Ascent, and with an array of stars from both sides of the ditch on show. Let’s have a look at the big six races. RACE 3: IRT SIRES’ […]
Entain are offering some really interesting betting options on the main races at Addington today on both their NZ (TAB and Betcha) and Australian (Ladbrokes and Neds) platforms. The Early Crow is one of them. The name of the game of the Early Crow is to pick the horse to get to the winning post […]
