Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Chinchillas in the wild live on average for about ten years. The mammal’s life expectancy on pacing track is much shorter, especially when it’s spelt Chynchilla. It only lives for five years then. Chynchilla was a Group 3 winning mare who raced at the top level. Last weekend she ran third in a Listed race […]
The word is that HRNZ CEO Brad ‘Superman’ Steele is proposing/promising to contribute $13 million toward the construction of a new track and stables t0 replace the Franklin Training Centre, with the Auckland Trotting Club to kick in any extra money required. There are two problems with Superman’s proposal/promise, and both of them are significant. […]
The old adage about cream rising to the top has been proven true once again in the breeding of the runners in the ID25 final. Nine of the twelve finalists are by one of the big three sires in Bettors Delight, Art Major and Captain Treacherous, each of whom have three runners, including odd-on favorite […]
Dear Track Users, On Wednesday July 23, members of the Auckland Trotting Club have been invited to attend an SGM to discuss a number of items, one of which is the sale of the Franklin training center. Ahead of the SGM we will be holding a meeting at Franklin Park at 3pm on July 23 […]
We were saddened to hear of the passing of Chris Garrard in recent days after a long battle with illness. Chris was a wonderful contributor to harness racing over a long period, as a sponsor, volunteer and participant; and a friend to many in the sport. His love for the trots lives on through the deeds […]
No it’s not Leap To Fame. His top speed last night was 55.60km/h. The difference between Larry and normal horses is that he can run at that speed all day long, whereas others can only run at their top speed for a short period before the exertion takes its toll on them. French Fries hit […]
We always used to call Jason Grimson Jill as a joke, because they always hung around with Jack Trainor. Jack and Jill went up the hill … da da da da. It seems however that J. Grimson liked the feminization of their name, because according to Friday night’s Albion Park stewards report they have changed […]
The word out of Alexandra Park is that Auckland Trotting Club chairman Jamie ‘ Watches’ Mackinnon is being paid a six-figure sum to act as a consultant to the club. A consultant on what? No-one seems to know. You’d certainly hope its not successful property developments or real estate deals. Mackinnon’s consulting role was never […]
Archie Leap To Fame the best in the world you say? Maybe, but then maybe not, he wins easily but what is he beating? Bulldog Hanover was beating high class older horses when he went on his 4 weeks in a row speed streak with the 1.45.4 m (1.45. 8 or 9 here) and he […]
ID25 finalist Cya Art has an unusual and somewhat unfortunate connection to two of the most prominent scandals in harness racing of the past 12 months. The first is the urine substitution scandal at Goulburn that saw young reinsman Jack Brown and Lucas Rando disqualified from the game for years. Cya Art is owned by […]
