Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
At the start of last year the CEO of the Waikato Bay of Plenty Harness Inc – the Cambridge club – Dave Branch was being vaunted as the architect of the slot race project that was to become The Race By Grins. It was Branch’s baby we were told. HRNZ programmed the race because he […]
6.50pm tonight, Australian time. Cambridge Trots r8 no 11. Akuta. I cannot believe that the bookies are betting $8.00 this superstar in the Grinner. They did bet $10.00. We snaffled that. Akuta is the greatest certainty since Phar Lap in the 1930 Cup. Get on. And just keep getting on. It’s money for jam.
The intrigue that has surrounded the Race By Grins has taken a stunning twist and turn after the barriers were drawn last night. Copy That has become the clear favourite after pulling the perfect barrier 4, which will become gate 3 after the almost certain scratching of the 2 horse Smiffy’s Terror. There is very […]
The draw for the Grinner will take place at 6.00 tonight, 4.00pm Australian time. It’s going to be a great race, that’s for sure. Mark Purdon has 3 of the runners, and – quite remarkably – the Australian trainer Jess Tubb has 2. That’s half the field between them. There are ten runners in the […]
Mark Purdon, speaking to the NZ Herald on 13 February about the future of the All Stars Stable Well this doesn’t appear to have happened does it? As of today, the 9th of April – Happy 50th birthday Maggie – Mark and Nathan Purdon appear to still be the trainers of Self Assured. In fact […]
The Waikato Flying mile last night was a brilliant race, and their 4 brilliant runs in it too. Sadly for Melbourne and his champion Copy That, there were only 3 good drives. Blair Orange’s wasn’t one of them. He got his pants pulled down. Mark Purdon on Akuta was the 1st to trick him. Purdon […]
Have a bloody look at this race will you? It’s the first at Phar Lap Raceway on Tuesday. Rocking Va Va has been backed for a stack. The punters who came out of trees to back it in are in a world of pain at the quarter pole, for driver Cheree Wigg has somehow managed […]
New Zealand trainer Phil Burrows got sprung drenching 2 of his horses on Cup Day. The RIB put him out for 10 years. Burrows appealed. The appeal was heard last Friday. This was well after the Sheryl Wigg judgement, in which grave doubt was cast upon the legality of appeals being heard by panels that […]
That wasn’t careless driving. It was just bad luck. The Stewards should have charged young Harrison with going over the marker lines. She was good for that. Instead they decided to get stupid, and charged her with being careless. It was bullshit. What, did they expect her to have prepared and practiced for a situation […]
Natalie Rasmussen is in my book the 2nd best harness driver in the Dominion. I rate them this way. 1 Mark Purdon 2 Nat the Rat 3 Zac Butcher 4 Kate Gath 5 Luke McCarthy 6 Greg Sugars 7 Greg Hall 8 Blair Orange 9 Nathan Jack 10 Jack Callaghan Tell us yours and I […]
