Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
By Jo Lines-MacKenzie Waikato Times A Waikato thoroughbred trainer who has been accused of mistreating horses by hitting them in the face and flipping them onto the ground has been charged by the racing industry. John Malcolm of Cheltenham Stables in Cambridge is facing 12 charges laid by the Racing Integrity Board (RIB). Chief executive […]
Champion New Zealand driver Blair Orange is smiling like a man who has just won lotto, and who could blame him? His son Harry has just won on Ilsas Girl at Alexandra in his first ever race drive. It was a pearler of a steer by the young man who is bred to be a […]
We told you recently about star Kiwi 4YO Don’t Stop Dreaming’s change of stables from Mark and Nathan Purdon to Hayden Cullen, and then we told you about its rumored change back. It now seems now that there is much more to the saga than meets the eye. The mail is that DSD – which […]
Just a matter of weeks after Don’t Stop Dreaming was transferred out of the Nathan Purdon barn and into Hayden Cullen’s, we are told that he is moving back into Purdon’s care. What has prompted the change of mind by the owners of the star 4-year-old is unknown, but we are told that it is […]
Kiwi trainer Mark Jones had to wait a while for it to happen, but with Tempo Warrior’s win tonight at Addington he has finally cracked the 800 career win mark. It’s well known that I am no big fan of Jones, but credit where credit due, 8oo wins is a great achievement and not many […]
The talk in NZ racing circles is that a new player is about to enter the Kiwi legal bookmaking market. This new player’s called Betcha, and the whisper is it’s set to commence operations sometime in the next 8 weeks. Our spies who have told us these things are asking how it can be? After […]
This is an email that every Kiwi’s favorite trot syndicator The Canary (aka Andrew Fitrzgerald) last week sent out to people on his mailing list, trying to flog them a 0.1% share in the horse SCOTT for $100 bucks. There are a few problems with The Canary’s pitch. One is that a hundred bucks for […]
In a shock development today the Group 1 winners Don’t Stop Dreaming and We Walk By Faith have been pulled out of the Mark and Nathan Purdon barn and transferred to their former training partner Hayden Cullen. The move is said to have been triggered by owners Mark and Dennis Dunford’s dissatisfaction with Mark Purdon’s […]
Hi Archie Couldn’t let the postings re Auckland Trotting Club go by without some sort of answer. For the record none of the shite written by Guerin is new – it has been common knowledge for at least 12 months that the club has been accruing interest at over $100k per week since the Gleneagles […]
Much loved Kiwi horsewoman Katie Cox lost her brave battle with cancer yesterday. She was only 34. They say that only the good die young. This wonderful young woman’s passing proves it. Katie’s favorite pacer Spy Da Moment lines up in the 7th at Addington tonight, where the track will be awash with tears. Spy […]
