Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Merv Butterworth is the master of posing the polite understated question that screams RORT! This below is an extract from a report by Dr Barry Lichter published this morning on the ever-excellent Lincoln Farms website www.lincolnfarms.co.nz, which I highly recommend as a must read for trot fans. (Copy That’s owner) Merv Butterworth said he hopes […]
Gordon Banks and his cousin Marc Hanover have been great supporters of Australian and New Zealand harness racing for almost two decades now, and have poured a fortune into the local industry through their purchases of both yearling and tried horses. Gordon is also one of the most erudite people in harness racing, a man […]
What you see above is taken from the auditor’s report into it’s examination of Globe Derby’s finances last year, which in accounting terms ran from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022. The Auditor said that cash was a significant source of income for the club. But the club didn’t cough up with the receipts […]
We are pleased to announce that the new CEO replacing Dayle Browne at Harness Racing Victoria is a man named Matt Isaacs. Isaacs – a graduate of Sydney University who finished dux in his MBA year – is from a retail background, and spent the earlier part of his career in management roles at Coca-Cola […]
The drivers at Wagga were overjoyed to experience the hospitality in between races provided by the club’s much disliked CEO Greg Gangle at its first meeting his ban on the generous Mrs Christine Clement buying food for the drivers and trainers room. They got to share a packet of biscuits instead. Great work Gangles. When […]
How do the committee of Globe Derby come to the conclusion that the club can pay its debts as they fall due? Globe Derby owes almost $4.5 m It has just under $1.8 million to its name, if you believe the Directors of the club. I don’t. Suspend disbelief and assume that they are telling […]
We have received the other bits of the Globe Derby Annual Report, and we were spot on. They are insolvent, or all but. You can read as well I can. K. Seymour’s loan agreement expires in February. Unless Seymour gives the club an extension – and I can’t think of any reason that he should, […]
Hi Guys, It looks like I now have to fight Qantas for a refund for my planned trip to Auckland Friday night. HRNZ in their mysterious way of thinking advised that it ‘is not in our interests to have the best horse racing’ so leave Copy That out of the field. The attached story tells […]
So the field of runners for the Inter Dominion Pacing Championship 2022 has been set, and here they are. We’ve put a red line through all the ones that can’t win, which is most. It leaves us with horses from just 7 stables as live chances. Six are from the Emma Stewart aka Clayton Tonkin […]
This is the Bolt For Brilliance, the famous Kiwi end to end and off and away Test Match nude run. How many Aussie streakers get the other end of the birthday suit dash without tackled or shoulder charged? Not many, if any. Brad Reid did. He bred the champion trotter that’s named after his seminal […]
