Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
As we have written before, by virtue of his share in the biggest and most successful punting operation in Hong Kong, the video form guru and harness nut Tim Vince is the richest man in the Kiwi trots. Vince is also an oft partner in horses with Summit Bloodstock, which in my book a huge […]
We saw it with Deauville Legend in the Melbourne Cup. Some idiot in the media who hasn’t studied the UK form any closer than looking at the printed results of it’s career form sees Group victories in England, Googles its sire Sea The Stars and realises that it’s the dad of the world’s greatest marathon […]
It was only last week that we wrote about how driver Tim Williams was getting preferential treatment by the NZ Racing Integrity Board (RIB) stewards because his dad Brent Williams was a member of the RIB board, and by extension their boss, or one of them anyway. In that story we used the example of […]
The Monday between Derby Day and the Cup is always super slow, and somewhat boring. You can liven it up and build your bank betting on the Kaikoura trots. For those of you unfamiliar with the place, Kaikoura is in the South Island of NZ, north of Christchurch, and it is the most beautiful trot […]
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 […]
