Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
See this beautiful looking 2yo yearling filly? She’s by Bettors Delight out of Laurella, who is out of Christian Cullen, the golden cross. Black Pearl is her name. Cran Dalgety paid $120 000 on behalf of his clients for her at last year’s Auckland sale. It was money very well spent. The filly debuted in […]
Alexandra Park 1973. Once were warriors, now just holes in the ground and towers in the sky. “I think we’re doomed in Auckland. Harness racing could be extinct in the north in five years. We’ve been on a slippery slope for so long and breeders have been treated like toe-rags for years. “It’s amazed me […]
At his best I rate Zac Butcher as the 3rd best driver in New Zealand, behind Nat and Mark. In the four seasons between 2017 and 2020 he proved my judgement right by winning at an average strike rate of about 1 in every 6 drives. But something happened along the way, and I am […]
Where’s Daddy used to be trained by trained by the convicted criminal Mitchell Kerr – the man who sold horses that didn’t exist, and then charged his clients imaginary fees for the upkeep the non-horse never incurred – and driven by Matthew Anderson, the convicted criminal who deals drugs and bashes and strangles women. The […]
Pukekohe trainer Derek Balle has been left fuming after his stable star was, he claims, poached by another trainer. Aardiebythehill is on a truck south to Canterbury at present where he will link up with the Woodend Beach arm of Robert and Jenna Dunn’s dual-island operation. The promising trotter’s move was decided by Canadian owner […]
