Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There were a few things of interest about the last race at Addington last night. One is that I backed the winner McCrikey, which is freakish. The second is that the winner kept the race, given that it went inside one peg and over another to get the inside run and forge through to his […]
New Zealand has a major problem with kids and alcohol. The main problem is Ready To Drink (RTD) cans of fizzy pop and spirits with 5% alcohol content. The Race was supposed to be a near million dollar buy a slot harness super-event to promote the sport. It has turned into a bad joke, a […]
Outside of novelty events where a heat and final is run on the same program, it has been quite a while since we’ve seen horses allowed to race twice on a single card in a day. After what we saw at the Cambridge Paceway last night you would have to say that there is a […]
In the day we sweat it out on the streets Of a runaway American dream At night we ride through the mansions of glory In suicide machines Sprung from cages on Highway 9 Chrome wheeled, fuel injected, and steppin’ out over the line Oh, baby this town rips the bones from your back It’s a […]
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, […]
