You Got a Hunch Too Bro?
What a great new ad for the NZ TAB. They’ve appropriated our wedding song for the purpose too. My mum always said I was cool.
The Common Denominator in the Spate of Levamisole Positive Swabs in NSW
There is a common denominator in the recent rash of positive swabs to Levamisole being returned by Australian trainers with horses imported from New Zealand, and no it is not Turbo Trainor, despite his horses having thrown two. It’s the vet Sam Taylor from the Rangiora Vet Centre. There have been 3 horses in NSW […]
Brad Steele To Be Officially Announded as new HRNZ CEO This Morning
Brad Steele’s appointment as the new CEO of HRNZ will be officially announced by the board chairman this morning. Steele will be there at head office in Christchurch for the announcement and the official photo. Greg Mitchell will take over as Chairman of Albion Park. You heard it here first.
Spotted ….
… enjoying a drink In the QANTAS Club at Brisbane Airport yesterday were Albion Park Chairman Brad Steele and his wife and his wife, on their way to Christchurh to complete the formalities ahead and do a bit of house hunting ahead of his appointment as the new HRNZ CEO. A public announcement about Steele […]
Newsflash – All Turbo Horses Transferred to Grimson
Jack Trainor has seen the writing on the wall and done an Emma Stewart overnight. All of his stable horses – including last start Group 1 winner Aardies Express – have been transferred to Jason Grimson in the past 24 hour, with the transfers approved by Harness Racing NSW. That’s what you call jumping before […]
The Kiwi Koala Escapes the Noose Again
NZ reinsman Tim Williams seems to have uncommonly good luck in the Stewards Room, so much so that many have long wondered whether he’s the Kiwi equivalent of the koala, a protected species. His streak of good fortune continued in the 9th race at Addington yesterday when he was acquitted of a charge of failing […]
Has Brad Steele Been Lost to NZ Harness Racing Before He Has Even Begun?
Brad Steele – who was spotted in Christchurch earlier this week – is universally considered a certainty to get the job of CEO of Harness Racing New Zealand. But does he still want it? There is hot but unconfirmed rumor floating out of Addington that Steele is having second thoughts about accepting the position. According […]
HRNZ New CEO Update
It appears that we will have to wait another month for the worst kept secret in harness racing to be publicly revealed, the appointment of Albion Park chairman Brad Steele as the new CEO of Harness Racing New Zealand. The timing is perfect, for that will allow Steele to serve out his time through to […]
A Major Cyclone Indeed
The horse Major Cyclone that you see above is an unraced trotter that is trialling at Rangiora today, which in normal circumstances would be apropros of nothing and a case of so what? But this one is a little different, for there are huge question marks over the bona fides of its registered owner and […]
How to Reduce the Kiwi Greyhound Population by a Third – Give the Dogs to the SPCA to ‘Care For’ and Kill
There is major push on in New Zealand by the so called Animal Welfare groups to shut down greyhound racing. Operating under a joint umbrella coalition, these groups – which includes the SPCA – are making a lot of noise in the press by claiming that the sport is inherently dangerous and cruel, and demanding […]