Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
T. Williams was driving for Team Telfer, and his horse was owned by that stable’s backer Stonewall Stud. Stonewall Stud is owned by Steve Stockman, a well-known huge punter who for reasons no-one can understand spent $3 million at last week’s yearling sales. Some suspect that he might have been trying to get some back. […]
If standards of behaviour are breached, the entire profession comes into disrepute, its (racing’s) public standing is in jeopardy, and its standing as a respected and honourable profession is diminished – The Hon J W Gendall QC, NZ Racing Integrity Board Adjudicator New Zealand racing has a rule that un-vaxxed people can’t ride trackwork, just […]
One of NZ trainer Rochelle Lockett’s horses threw a positive swab to methamphetamine – speed or ice – at a recent meeting of the Otaki-Maori Jockey Club (which is a damn fine club with a real good track). No-one is suggesting that Ms Lockett gave the horse meth, or that she has anything to do […]
Some extremely disturbing reports are emanating out of New Zealand regarding the behaviour of a female harness race driver toward young licensees under her supervision, some of them who are alleged to be clearly under-age. It is rumoured that when new young female employees start work at the stable at which the driver works, this […]
Mark Jones comes from a long line of royalty in New Zealand harness racing, although you would never know it. His grandfathers Derek Jones and Reg Stockdale, and his father Peter Jones are legends of the game. Jones’s cousins Anthony and Tim Butt are too. The difference between cousin 1 and Jones though is that […]
Watch John Dunn cheat at the start in the last race at Addington tonight. He did it right under the Stewards noses too. Everyone is supposed to start off the same mark off the stand. Lurch clearly took a fly. How was A Bettor Act not disqualified? The stipes must have been staring up at […]
We’ve got two horse races going on here! And one of them has only got one horse in it! – Addington race caller Johnny Cox is a very experienced harness racing driver. He has been in the sulky for a long time now, and has thousands of drives, and at this point of time averages […]
New Zealand trainer Trudy Keegan, for reasons of her own, is unvaccinated against COVID-19. That is her choice, but it means that she is not allowed to put others at risk by attending the races. On the 13th of January she decided to say ‘stuff you’ to the racing participants who acted responsibly, and went […]
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/66397759/the-star-february-17-2022 You always hear it here first.
It appears that it is not just in Queensland that Stewards are working from home because they can’t go to the track due to their refusal/reluctance/inability/unwillingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19. They are doing it in New Zealand too. Shane Renault is an experienced South Island stipe who used to work like other Stewards at […]
