Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Take a look at this. Julia Creek based trainer Tanya Perry has every runner in the last race on the Mailman Express feature meeting at Ms Isa this coming Thursday. The vast majority of them are just cheap buys at broken down horse sales, owner by Parry and her partner the former bush jockey Aaron […]
I have said plenty about the ineptitude of Auckland Trotting Club (ATC) chairman Jamie ‘Watches’ Mackinnon, a small retail timepiece trader who driven by ambition voluntarily threw himself into a position well and truly beyond his depth. There is no need for me to say anymore. Watches says it all for himself. What you see […]
A magnificently penned response by Edward Rennell to the erasure of Greyhounds from the fabric of so many communities and individuals in New Zealand. Beware Australia, both canine and equine, that the political footprint and influence of racing remains small, no matter how much and how many reports state otherwise. And therein lies the vulnerability […]
The Race (first by Grins, and later by Betcha) was the most successful pop-up slot race in New Zealand harness racing history. In the space of five years it was won once each by three NZ Pacers of the Year – Self Assured, Copy That and Merlin – and twice by the 4-time Australian Horse […]
Two weeks ago the Jason Grimson trained Maxo Mighty ran 2nd in the Group 1 QLD Derby at just its 6th start since joining the stable two months ago. Today its racing status is listed as None Recorded. That’s because the 3yo is brown bread. Dead. We don’t know why, or what its cause of […]
By Edward Rennell – CEO Greyhound Racing NZ (and a damn good bloke) Greyhound Racing New Zealand (GRNZ) concludes its operations at 11.59pm tonight, bringing to a close more than a century of organised greyhound racing in New Zealand. Tonight marks the end of a way of life for many New Zealand families whose commitment […]
The Project Stamina report with its myriad of actual and potential track closures is grabbing all the headlines in NZ after its release earlier in the week, and the poor old dogs are finished after tonight, but it amongst it all there is something rather important that has been missed. The new racing financial year […]
Michael Berkman MP is the Greens MP for the inner city Brisbane seat of Maiwar. Like all greens he is an anti-greyhound racing activist. And like most of his kind he is prepared to tell half truths and deceive you to promote his political cause. Take a look at this video he posted on his […]
Let me tell you more. As you saw in Berkman’s misleading video about the dogs in the story above, he derides greyhound racing as being nothing but a cruel vehicle to benefit the bookmaking industry that he quite correctly says donated $50 000 to the major political parties in QLD. Watch this. What this deceptive […]
Jabez Johnstone is quite possibly the most talented apprentice that Melbourne has seen since Nick Ryan, and while that is one hell of a wrap considering the quality of the kid riders who have followed since then, it’s true. Johnstone lost his 3 kilo claim prior to the Sandown meeting on Wednesday, but still rode […]
