Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Winnie Peters is the great survivor of NZ Parliament, having first been elected in 1978 and then voted out and in and out and in over the years, climbing back to power and becoming the Deputy PM three times. He’s also been the racing minister three times, including right now. That’s good news in my […]
We’ve written a couple of articles critical of Michael Stanley’s steering of Rock N Roll Doo in recent months, and here is another one on what was once the southern hemisphere’s biggest stage. Did you see Stanley’s drive on Doo in Heat 1 of ID23 last night? If you did you’ll wish you didn’t, for […]
Nine months ago we told you that the star Kiwi youngster Merlin was unbeatable from the front. Merlin is the Best Horse in New Zealand – Why Kevin Seymour Might Run Away Scared Last night after finally getting there after a run of bad draws in races he had to run from the back the […]
Ben ‘Chainsaw’ Yole is making hay while the sun still shines until Ray Murrihy’s full report into his nefarious activities is publicly released, which surely can’t be too far away. Chainsaw won 5 of the 8 races on the card at Hobart last night, which wasn’t all too hard given that he trained most of […]
Nathan Jack is from some little hillbilly hamlet called Uranquinty, about 40 minutes out of Young, which is where he cut his teeth as a junior horseman. He’s been gone a long time as his star has risen, fallen, and then risen again, but last night on Young’s biggest trot night of the year he […]
The connections of Magnificent Storm mustn’t have won enough by cheating to win the WA Pacing Cup, for now RWWA are holding 4 horse charity events for them. Clearly the owners and trainers are not brave enough to follow in the footsteps of Village Kid, Jack Morris and Im Themightyquinn by travelling back over to […]
Horse racing fans and participants Tim and Shanae Bulman sadly lost their entire house and belongings in a blaze earlier this week. Tim, Shanae, and their 3 boys are doing it tough, so Shanae’s sister Tameika Sherlock has established a fundraiser to try and assist. Trainers Sheila Laxon and John Symons thought they would alert […]
What you see above is the lawyers for the New Zealand Racing Integrity Board’s response to trot owner Tim Vince and his non- harness racing participant neighbour’s complaint about officials of the RIB trespassing upon their properties to conduct surveillance operations for reason unknown. The RIB declare that integrity chief and former copper Neil Grimstone […]
Guess how many members there are of the SA Harness Racing Club, the association that runs Globe Derby? 135. Guess how many voted in the election held over the past couple of weeks for members of the club committee? 99. What this means is that the club that holds more than $18 million in property […]
