Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
With 26 new stakes races this season, HRNZ’s unregulated calendar is now completely out of kilter with international standards Harness racing’s already bloated stakes calendar has now become completely disproportionate. Between those already announced, and those set to be next week by Harness Racing New Zealand, 26 new Group and Listed races are being added […]
When he was a youngster the then all-conquering All Stars Stables rated Aladdin as their best, and when early into his 3-year-old season he ran 3rd in the Group 1 Sires Stakes at Addington beating home the later Derby winners American Dealer and Krug, and then won the rich and prestigious Harness Million at Alexandra […]
So what has the Auckland Trotting Club’s president Jamies ‘Watches’ Mackinnon achieved with his messages to members sent out this morning? Let’s number them for posterity shall we? Watches has variously: Confirmed that everything peter profit has been writing about the Chinese land developer not coming up with the $90 million lump sum required to […]
The Auckland Trotting Club has filled a casual vacancy by appointing the President’s daughter to the board. No advertising of the role. No call for expressions of interest. No invitation for members to apply. No testing of the market. No merit based selection process. President Jamie ‘Watches’ Mackinnon merely steps out of the room for […]
Dear Member This is a quick update on a couple of matters, one where the rumour mill is louder than Arran White’s race commentary. The ATC has a number of psychics within our membership, for reasons unknown they are not able to predict race winners, but they are experts at predicting the club’s future. At […]
Early favorite Akuta is out of this year’s New Zealand Trotting Cup. The Nathan Purdon trained 5YO has reportedly broken down in his early lead up work, and won’t be seen again this year, with his future is said to be under a cloud. Akuta becomes the 2nd topline pacer from the Purdon barn to […]
The word out of New Zealand is that Copy That hasn’t properly recovered from the injury that has kept him off the scene for the past year, and the racing career of Merv and Meg Butterworth’s great pacer is over, with an announcement set to be made in the coming week. Copy That had recently […]
The whisper on the Kiwi streets is that former harness racing participant Brent Mangos, who earlier this year relinquished his licenses in circumstances that are known but must never be spoken about, is soon to be seeking approval to be relicensed as a stablehand. It is said that licensees Ken Barron and Hayden Cullen are […]
If the images you see are any indication of the story, it appears that Ben Yole is not the only trainer who keeps his horses outdoor and uncovered in terrible circumstances. They do it in Aotearoa too. Robert Dunn is New Zealand’s leading trainer. He and his training partner Jenna Dunn, the wife of his […]
In late 2022 we wrote about an unexplained rash of young Stonewall Stud owned horses dying on the track predominantly after suffering catastrophic injuries and breaking down. Stone Walls and Stewards Inquiries – Here We Go Again Tonight it has happened again We are not sure at this stage if the Stonewall Stud 3yo filly […]
