Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There is a rumour floating around the Australian tracks that a leading NZ training combination that has barns on both islands has thrown a positive swab to EPO. If true, it will rock NZ racing to its foundations, and throw into doubt some of the biggest wins in the country this year. And no, it […]
See this pacer Mach Quillan in the photo above, the one in race 9 at Geraldine that was backed from $9.00 into $3.20 on the NZ TAB fixed price, and plunged similarly if not more with the TAB and the corporates in Australia? It won by four and a half lengths, under triple wraps. The […]
The big shock of the harness racing weekend was what seemed to be the terribly poor run of the New Zealand Cup hero Copy That in the Cranbourne Cup, a race in which New Zealand’s best pacer performed like mule, dropping out to run a conspicuous 36m last after what you would have to say […]
This is a letter from lawyer Allister Davis to a well-respected businessman and harness racing participant whose young grandson is seriously ill in hospital in New Zealand. The person concerned owned a runner in the ID21 Trotting Championship final, the culmination of a life-long dream, but he due to his beloved grandson’s illness and invasive […]
The hot of the press mail is that NZ RIB (Racing Integrity Board) officials have today turned up without notice to the stables of three of Woodend Beach’s leading trainers, including that of one of the highest profile names in the game. At this stage we can only guess at the reasons why, but when […]
So yesterday I call this clown of a lawyer Allister ‘Rine’ Davis who is threatening me with defamation action on behalf of his lagger and give up merchant of a client Andrew ‘The Canary’ Fitzgerald. All I was seeking was clarification as to whether Rine had sent me his kids year 4 school assignment by […]
Unknown to its members, Ganellen served every director on the board with legal papers, saying they could be personally liable for acting unreasonably in not trying to work out a solution. But, according to one inside source, perhaps the most costly decision the board made in its naievity over property development, was not taking […]
The Auckland Trotting Club will continue legal action to try to recover some of the $100 million lost in the building of its apartment complex. But when the harness racing club finally reveals details of its long-running dispute with construction company Canam at next Wednesday’s annual general meeting, president Rod Croon will be assuring members […]
Dear Sir I write to confirm that I called you from Australia 5 minutes hence at my own expense to inquire as to the specifics of your non-particularised threat to sue me for reasons that I am not aware of. I confirm that I asked you to provide me with particulars of your client’s foreshadowed claim against […]
Gee, I could have sworn I attempted to contact Andrew Fitzgerald three times before publishing the story about him lagging up Cam Jones. That’s what my phone records say anyway. I could have sworn that I asked him 3 times to call me back and he never did too. Clearly the drug cheats from the […]
