Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
Put down the knittingThe book and the broomIt’s time for a holidayLife is a cabaret, old chum Come to the cabaret Come taste the wineCome hear the bandCome blow your hornStart celebratingRight this way your table’s waiting What goods permittingSome prophet of doom?To wipe every smile awayLife is a cabaret, old chumSo come to the […]
In New Zealand they don’t report which horses were pre-race swabbed and which were post-raced. They don’t report which swabs taken from horses were which, urine or blood. That’s a bit of a problem, because the most common and easiest to get performance enhancing drug is garden variety bi-carbonate of soda, which is administered in […]
Remember late last year when we reported on the large number of Stonewall Stud owned/Steve Telfer trained horses dying or having heart fibrillations on the track? Those stories triggered an RIB inquiry. The RIB said everything was sweet. Oh yeah. Race 7 McINTOSH CATERING PACE Show Video BORRISOKANE – hung outwards for a distance passing the 1150m […]
The margins are in lengths, not meters Some people say that the Dunn stable don’t use drugs. I say that’s utter bullshit. The RIB know it too, but can’t do a thing about it because their predecessor organization totally f**ked up. Bach last Friday night in Auckland is the perfect example. This horse had been […]
We hear that leading NZ driver John Dunn – a man whose name shall not be spoken in certain circles, by order of higher powers – went to a barbie on the weekend while he was up in Auckland to drive Bach to a very dubious sort of victory at Alexandra Park on Taylor Mile […]
