Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
NZ harness trainer Robert Dunn is a convicted drug cheat with a most unenviable rap sheet. In some places he would be deemed not a fit and proper person to hold a license. But not in the upper echelons of New Zealand racing administration, which is riddled with vested interests, conflicts, mates, an insatiable lust […]
Three weeks ago we told you and the world that NZ harness racing trainer/driver Sheryl Wigg was an odds on certainty to win her appeal against a 19 month disqualification on administration of unlawful substance charges. As usual we were right. Yesterday the High Court of New Zealand ordered that Wigg’s disqualification be stayed pending […]
Kowhai is a Maori word meaning yellow, which made it a good name for a pacer like the Kiwi pacer Kowhai Shadow, who until a fortnight ago had won just 2 races from 39 starts, both of them in times you can swim faster than with both legs tied together. Then Kowhai Shadow had 4 […]
Neville Playingfield is the most accurate trop tipster in New Zealand, a man so deadly that his best bets rarely ever lose, which is why we call him the Guru. I’d love to say he spent 80 hours a week poring over the form to find us one or two a week that will put […]
As yet unreleased but entirely accurate aggregated wagering figures for the last half year show that for the first time ever, Australian betting turnover on US harness racing has outstripped the amount bet on the code in New Zealand. If that doesn’t set red lights flashing I don’t know what will, because the US trots […]
There is a Ben Yole in New Zealand greyhound racing too. His name is John McInerney, and like Chainsaw he is a bum who achieves results not by ability, but by sheer weight of numbers. That and cutting corners on animal welfare standards, and racing dogs until they drop, and then making them disappear. McInerney […]
A 29 year old South Island NZ trot driver today appeared in court charged with indecent assault of a young harness racing industry employee. A trainer for Woodend Beach appeared with him on that charge, two further counts of indecent assault against the same woman, and further charges of aggravated assault, assault and dishonestly acquiring […]
Our biggest achievement of the past 12 months has undoubtedly been the completion and settlement of the two apartment projects, a development that all members should be proud of, and this now gives us the opportunity to consider new investments and new decisions. Our bank debt has been discussed in detail at previous AGMs, but […]
You must leave, now take what you need You think will last But whatever you wish to keep You better grab it fast The highway is for gamblers Better use your sense Take what you have gathered From coincidence Leave your stepping stones behind There’s something that calls for you Forget the debt you’ve left […]
Kowhai Shadow is a Kiwi pacing mare that until a week ago had started 46 times over three seasons and only won twice, both on the grass. One of them was at downtown Amberley, the little town of 1800 famous for building a statue of war hero Charles Upham outside the council building, even though […]
