Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Jack Trainor has seen the writing on the wall and done an Emma Stewart overnight. All of his stable horses – including last start Group 1 winner Aardies Express – have been transferred to Jason Grimson in the past 24 hour, with the transfers approved by Harness Racing NSW. That’s what you call jumping before […]
NZ reinsman Tim Williams seems to have uncommonly good luck in the Stewards Room, so much so that many have long wondered whether he’s the Kiwi equivalent of the koala, a protected species. His streak of good fortune continued in the 9th race at Addington yesterday when he was acquitted of a charge of failing […]
Brad Steele – who was spotted in Christchurch earlier this week – is universally considered a certainty to get the job of CEO of Harness Racing New Zealand. But does he still want it? There is hot but unconfirmed rumor floating out of Addington that Steele is having second thoughts about accepting the position. According […]
It appears that we will have to wait another month for the worst kept secret in harness racing to be publicly revealed, the appointment of Albion Park chairman Brad Steele as the new CEO of Harness Racing New Zealand. The timing is perfect, for that will allow Steele to serve out his time through to […]
The horse Major Cyclone that you see above is an unraced trotter that is trialling at Rangiora today, which in normal circumstances would be apropros of nothing and a case of so what? But this one is a little different, for there are huge question marks over the bona fides of its registered owner and […]
There is major push on in New Zealand by the so called Animal Welfare groups to shut down greyhound racing. Operating under a joint umbrella coalition, these groups – which includes the SPCA – are making a lot of noise in the press by claiming that the sport is inherently dangerous and cruel, and demanding […]
First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade […]
As we told you a month ago that he would, the disqualified for 8 years drug cheating Kiwi harness trainer Nigel McGrath last week exploited a ludicrous provision in the NZ rules to attempt to have his DQ cancelled. The rule in question is number 1205 Cancellation of Disqualification, which reads in the relevant part […]
Nigel McGrath is a cheat. By his own reckoning McGrath was giving his horses the banned substance propantheline bromide – a muscle relaxant that works like EPO by increasing the flow of blood – for two years during the Blue Magic scandal that resulted in 2 people dead, supposedly by suicide, although few believe the […]
There is only one word to describe yesterday’s NZB Standardbred National Weanling Sale. Disaster. The arse fell out of the market. When you exclude the top priced lot and the other yealing in the draft, average weanling prices dropped by over 20%, from $11 495 down to $9191. That’s barely worth the price of a […]
