Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
I want you to take a look at this replay of the run down the stretch in the Listed Sires Stakes at Addington last night, and pay particular attention to the breach of the whip rules by Mark Purdon on the 2nd placed horse Cyrus, the horse in the blue and white coming three-wide. Did […]
The word around town is that champion New Zealand driver Dexter Dunn, the more talented brother of Lurch, has tied the knot in the US with his long-time partner Jillian Morris. Congratulations to the happy couple. Long may their wedded bliss last!
It’s an interesting and exciting night of harness racing at Addington, albeit made stupid by the fact that there is no corresponding meeting in the north island. No matter what they might and do say, the people in charge of HRNZ dead set do not have a clue when it comes to the relationship between […]
Albatross, who was born in 1968 and died aged 30 in 1998, is generally considered to be one the greatest pacers of all time, and was the sire and grand-sire of two of others in the GOAT mix, his son Niatross and that horse’s son Nihilator, both now like their sire long dead. The male […]
David (Dave) Anderson was one of the disgraced and deceased harness racing owner John Seaton’s closest friends. Seaton was the owner at the centre of the Blue Magic doping scandal in the early 2000’s, and committed suicide before his charges were heard. Anderson spoke on behalf of the family at the funeral, where he said […]
We have written previously about NZ trot steward S. Renault working ‘remotely’ during the COVID-19 restriction period because he refused to get vaxed. Although for privacy reasons he did not name Mr Renault directly, or discuss the reason for his prior absences from the track, when we asked RIB CEO Mike Clements about the issue […]
Hobby trainer/driver Daniel Reardon has had 138 drives in 27 years, an average of just over 5 per season. In all that time Reardon has won 4 races, and no doubt gained a great thrill from each of them. The last one was four years ago. Two weeks ago on the grass at Geraldine D. […]
How about this one to highlight the absurdity of the way in which the new NZ harness racing judiciary system is working for the benefit of the industry and everyone in it. Driver Robbie Close won a fillies and mares maiden at Invercargill on the 30th of April. For reasons known only to himself, as […]
The word on Manchester Street is that Wooden Beach trainer Cam Jones has been DQ’d for 18 months after pleading guilty to administering gear to one of his horses prior to a race. Jones apparently copped the discount for pleading guilty, not that he really had any choice after the Canary (unregistered syndicator, trainer, and […]
