Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Natalie Rasmussen was the daughter of Vic, and grew up driving trotters from before she could walk. The boys used to win everything at the mini-trots until she came along. It wasn’t easy being a girl driver in QLD back then, you were just out there to win ribbons for making your horse look pretty. […]
Advance Party is a two-year-old filly that made her debut at Alexandra Park last night. This little girl is an absolute sensation. I knew how good she was, but I was sworn to secrecy and couldn’t tell you until now. Prior to last night the 2YO fillies track record at Alexandra Park over 1700m was […]
We warned you that the Canary – the unregistered NZ trot syndicator Andrew Fitzgerald – was full of shit, didn’t we? Does anyone want to tell us that we were wrong? You’d be an idiot. A few months back the Canary syndicated a very slow mare named Pembrook’s Princess to the mugs for $18 000. […]
Cam Bray is the auctioneer at the NZ Standardbred sales. Everyone who has ever been to Karaka or Christchurch for the yearling auctions knows him, if not personally then by face and name and by the great work that he does. He is universally regarded as a good and decent bloke. Bray is the President […]
Kia Ora Archie I’m not sure that the big wrap you put on Cambridge in a couple of recent stories is deserved. This club offers almost the New Zealand lowest stakes in NZ with stakes for most races $9 000 and one race on each card worth just $7 000, and these are being run […]
The “No Deductions” promotion is here We’re removing all deductions on fixed odds final field win and place bets from today (23 August) right through to the end of New Zealand Cup week. This means you won’t get your dividend reduced if your selected horse or greyhound wins or places, regardless if one or several […]
We told you that the club from Waikato was half a furlong in front of the rest. Of course we were right. Auckland Trotting Club, you are joke. Goodnight nurse to you. Would the last man out the door please turn out the lights. Cambridge harness racing bosses are set to double down on the […]
There are three great pacers in the dominion. Self Assured, Lochinvar Art and Copy That. Any of them would be champions in any era. We have the great pleasure of all three racing right now. Copy That was first off the mark last night at Auckland, resuming from a nine month break in a standing […]
Yesterday we published an article describing Tim Vince as a South Islander. It was a grievous insult to people from the South Island of New Zealand, who can actually play the game of Rugby Union properly, and do win championships. We apologise profusely to everyone who lives on the down side of the Cook Strait. […]
Tim Vince is a breath of fresh air – someone you enjoy being around on a racecourse. He has a delightful sense of cynical humour that he almost makes his own. A lifetime devotee of the horse, Vince is as immersed in both sides of the horse game as anyone you can think of. He owns and […]
