Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There is a lot of talk across the ditch about tonight’s Group 1 $100 000 Anzac Cup at Alexandra Park, and the main topic of conversation is about how the treasurer of Harness Racing NZ threw one of his horses into the race so that they could enough starters to run the race, which his […]
We passed on the Guru from NZ’s tip to you last night, and lo and behold it landed the chocolates. This man is a genius. Khal Drogo had finished 2nd last, last, last and 2nd last at it’s previous five starts before today. It’s average beaten margin across all five was more than 12 lengths. […]
The Auckland Trotting Club (ATC) has sold the farm to fund its failed dreams of transforming itself from a racing association into a property developer. Every single blade of Alexandra Park, including the track, has been mortgaged. There are two mortgages held over AP. The ANZ bank holds one for $500 million. Westpac hold the […]
Numbers don’t lie, and the graph you see above paints the picture as clear as day. The Auckland Trotting Club (ATC) is in more trouble than Flash Gordon, and in twice as much strife again. All those dreams of untold riches the club was going to derive by deviating from its core business of racing […]
Simple pictures are the easiest to understand, so let me paint one for you. In 2011 the Auckland Trotting Club’s financial position was: PROFIT – $1.5 million ASSETS – $44.2 million DEBT – Nil Ten years late in 2021 it (supposedly) looks like this: LOSS – $28.2 million ASSETS – $381.4 million (if you believe […]
Gee this Kiwi trainer Craig Ferguson’s form has improved a bit hasn’t it? It’s not just because he fluked a top horse either. His 7 wins have been achieved with 6 different ponies. So what is the secret to this man’s sudden success, and his Emma Stewart like strike rate? You’d have to have ask […]
At it’s first start three weeks ago – 3 weeks? Not again! – at Invercargill the Kiwi pacer Bettorthanarocket led in slow time, folded up like an umbrella before the turn, and got beaten 17.3 lengths. The mile rate for the race was 2.01.9, which means that it ran about 2.04. Yesterday the same horse […]
I have watched this replay of the finish of race 6 at the Ashburton trots yesterday 10 ten times, and I still can’t see a margin for the winner. Do I need new glasses? I dunno. One thing that I would like to know is why Korban Newman, one of the stable drivers for the […]
NZ Trot driver Ian Cameron was not real happy about the RIB’s interpretation of the whip rule after they charged him with breaching it the other day. Shove it up your arse he told them. Given some of the decisions over the last few days, is there a soul in the world who would disagree […]
I am not sure that I have ever in my whole life seen a bigger slaughter job in a Group 1 race than Opie Bosson’s disgraceful steer on the Kiwi mare Entriviere in yesterday’s Doomben 10 000. This guy rides the big Aussie races about as well as Ben Hunt catches kick offs in NRL […]
