Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Honest Ben Hope has been suspended four times for careless driving in the past 8 weeks. The message clearly isn’t getting through. There’s a reason for that. It’s because the RIB aren’t sending it. Hope’s first two punishments were three day suspensions. Then the RIB decided it needed to get tough and gave him four […]
Something weird is happening. Trainer Scott Dickson brings his horse to race in the Taranaki Cup with TCO2 levels well above the threshold, that clearly suggest that it has been tubed, which means given a drench with bicarbonate of soda, aka a milkshake. The horse – El Dorado by name – looms up to win […]
As for the Oaks, Purdon suggests True Fantasy, who has been struggling with the same dust issues as Spankem, will definitely be in the classic next Friday. Call me stupid many do – but I am confused. How is it that only two pacers in the whole of New Zealand – Spankem and True Fantasy […]
On the 25th of February trot drivers Brad Williamson and Tim Williams decided for no reason at all to go war on each other in a race at Methven. Williams had the lead, and Williamson decided he wanted it, so he took him on. Tim Williams wouldn’t give it up, and Brad Williamson wouldn’t give […]
162. (1) A driver shall not – (c) once on the track speak, communicate or signal to any person other than an authorised official Australian Rules of Harness Racing As you can see in the rule above, in Australia trot drivers are not permitted to speak to other drivers during a race to communicate or […]
We spoke to Copy That’s part-owner Merv Butterworth tonight, and in between sips of Johnnie Walker Blue (me) and Glengoyne Legacy Series Single Malt (him) he gave us an update on he and Meg’s great horse that was robbed of the New Zealand Pacer iof the Year Award. Merv was philosophical about the award heist, […]
How can a horse who won the most money, the most races and the New Zealand Trotting Cup not win the Horse of the Year title or at the very least the Pacer of the Year? The only explanation is that Harness Racing New Zealand made an administrative blunder. In May, HRNZ announced it was […]
John ‘Lurch’ Dunn and his mates from Woodend Beach are hotter than Carl William’s crew were back in the gangland war days. They don’t shoot or kill anybody, but they sure do rob people blind. Just have a captain cook at this race will you? Bob ‘But But’ Butt trains and drives the 1 horse, […]
Harness racing in the South Island of New Zealand is on the nose, and the smell is so bad that the stench floats all the way across to the Great Barrier Reef. It’s not global warming that is killing the coral, it’s drug cheating and race fixing coming out of Woodend Beach. Race 4 at […]
I’m a completely clean trainer and can sleep well at night because I’m a honest trainer just trying my best I’m glad your a fan – Ben Hope, promising young trot trainer swimming down the wrong stream You are wrong Ben, we are not a fan. We think you are a young smart arse who […]
