Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Jean Feiss owned Kiwi 2YO Beckham was huge in his first campaign, finishing 3rd to the smart Seve on debut and then running the unbeaten juvenile superstar Merlin to a half neck at his second run. Trainer Mark Purdon put him away after that, and while he was out in the paddock the then […]
On the 29 September licensed Kiwi trainer Murray Neal turned up to the Otaki-Maori race meeting in an official capacity assisting fellow trainer David Jensen, who won the 6th race on the program with a horse named Here Comes Trouble. No-one could have predicted how prescient the horse’s name would be. Despite being at the […]
24 October 2011 Brent Barclay does exactly what Tim Williams did in a race at Tuapeka. He loses the race on protest and is suspended for four drives. 18 February 2022 John Dunn’s horse crosses a marker peg in the approach to the lane. He is fined $200. 25 February 2022 Blair Orange crosses to […]
We have written a few times about our concerns that driver Tim Williams is getting an inside run from the Racing Integrity Board Stewards by virtue of the fact that his father Brent Williams is a member of the Board, and therefore in effect the stipes ultimate boss. It happened again in the big Group […]
The Ashburton Flying Stakes is – like the NZ Trotting Cup for pacers – one of the silliest named races in the world, for if you didn’t know you’d guess for all money it was a mobile start over a mile. It’s not though, it’s a 2400m race from a stand. It is also one […]
It is the Firestone nightclub in Christchurch, circa 1980’s. No wonder all the Kiwis bolted and came to Oz. You’d kill yourself if this was the best a night out got. But hey, is that a young Mark Purdon sitting over in the booth on the left? He must have been wearing his Mum’s wig.
It’s a funny wee country New Zealand, that’s for sure. A trot man of bought the little hand-made model bike in the picture recently at an op shop, because the curio piqued his interest. It piques mine too. Look at the handiwork that has gone in it. All the materials are recycled. Meticulous care has […]
Mick Guerin is generally regarded as the best harness racing broadcaster and commentator in what we used to call the Dominion. But even legends balls it up. Guerin declared that Copy That couldn’t win over 2200m last night at Auckland from the back mark of 55m. He said it would have to run around the […]
The Directors of the Auckland Trotting Club don’t own it’s land, the members of the club do. It is there for the club, and for the club only. This is not a business, it is a 132 year-old not for profit association formed and operated for the purpose of promoting harness racing by conducting races […]
