Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
You would think that if you became the first horse from Southand (the lower third of the NZ South Island) to win a Group 1 race in ten years you would be a certainty to win the Southland Horse of the Year, especially if the horse that you defeated in your win at the elite […]
James McDonald is a champion jockey, we all know that. Like all of he has his flaws off the racetrack, but they are not major, and they are not fatal. The young Malaysian jockey in New Zealand Yong Chew’s throat cancer might well be, all though we all hope not. Bloody hell, the poor kid […]
This following missive went out on various platforms yesterday to members of the Auckland Trotting Club foreshadowing a challenge to the President of the club that runs Alexandra Park and his board. The issues behind it are those we told you about in our story in June, but to reduce them to a few words […]
Gilbert Myles was a Robert Muldoon loving rank and file member of the NZ National Party (their equivalent of the LNP or the Liberal Party) who in 1990 stood as a stooge in the seemingly unwinnable seat of Roskill in Auckland – which had been held by Labour since 1957, and was considered the safest […]
The ACS referred to in this conversation by the two NZ trainers is Autologous-Conditioned Serum. That is the scientific word for spun blood of the kind used by the former All Stars Stable of Natalie Rasmussen and Mark Purdon, and sold by the company that they directed named Equine Blood Solutions. It is taken from […]
Dr Andrew Grierson is a qualified equine veterinary surgeon. He is also a harness racing breeder and owner, and a businessman. Andrew Grierson owns 50 percent of Woodlands Stud, the most successful breeding operation in New Zealand. Breeders make money in a number of ways, but two of the obvious ones are by selling stallion […]
The annual Harness Jewels is the most prestigious age based harness racing series in New Zealand, and the richest too. It is the Golden Slipper, the Derby and the Golden Eagle combined. Each race is a Group 1. That means that it is very, very hard to win. Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen – trading […]
Copy That is the most hard done by horse in the whole wide world. Along with Lochinvar Art he is also the best pacer in the Southern Hemisphere. The All Star combo of Nat Rasmussen and Mark Purdon know it. That is why they structure their own team’s driving tactics to get him beat. There […]
