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By Zak Hussai · Posted
She has got a ride in the last race at Otaki today (La Bella Grande) for Roydon Bergerson. But has nothing on Saturday at Wanganui. -
What else could he have done, don't think I've seen a more unconvincing cabinet minister as Melissa Lee ever and that's saying something, Nathan Guy as racing minister springs to mind too.
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By Harry Newshound · Posted
Olivier Peslier, the rider for 165 group 1 wins, will retire April 25 at 51. He won four editions of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) and guided Goldikova to three Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) victories.View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
Before the second race April 19 at Keeneland, FanDuel TV's Scott Hazelton stepped away from the microphone to watch a horse he co-owns, King Hazelton, prepare for his career debut.View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
Headed by the renamed $2.5 million Nashville Derby (G3T) Aug. 31, Kentucky Downs will stage six races worth at least $2 million apiece, including supplements for registered Kentucky-breds, at this year's seven-day race meet.View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
With just 10 days until the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1), most contenders completed routine gallops April 24 as they gear up for their final published workouts this weekend. Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner Stronghold made his first pre-Derby appearance.View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
Hastings Racecourse opens for its 2024 racing season April 27 at 2:30 pm PT with a new schedule and some horseplayer-focused changes. This season marks the debut of Friday night racing.View the full article -
The latest in the long sad saga of M Kerr. An outright crook with no moral compass. Horse trainer Mitchell Kerr sentenced after hiding information during bankruptcy proceedings By Tracy Neal Open Justice multimedia journalist, Nelson-Marlborough 24 Apr, 2024 07:00 PM3 mins to read SaveShare Mitchell Kerr is back on home detention after his latest bout of offending. A disgraced former horse trainer gambled more than $2 million before filing for bankruptcy and collecting almost $10,000 in Government-backed wage subsidies. Today, former harness trainer Mitchell Paul Kerr was sentenced in Christchurch District Court after his conviction for providing misleading statements and hiding crucial information from the Official Assignee of New Zealand when he applied for self-adjudicated bankruptcy. He was sentenced to five months of home detention. The Official Assignee, also known as the Insolvency and Trustee Service, is a business unit of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). It administers bankruptcies and liquidations by collecting and selling assets to repay creditors. Kerr had concealed crucial details such as his bank accounts for gambling when he filed for bankruptcy. After investigations by MBIE’s integrity and enforcement team, Kerr was found to have breached the Insolvency Act in several ways. MBIE said in a statement that between April 2018 and November 2020 Kerr gambled $2.055m via online gambling website Ladbrokes using six banks that he did not disclose. In March 2021, Kerr applied to MBIE’s Insolvency and Trustee Service for self-imposed bankruptcy, and on March 30 he was declared bankrupt. He was sent a letter outlining what he could and couldn’t do, such as taking part in managing or controlling any business unless permission was sought from the Official Assignee. It was also an offence for someone to contribute to their bankruptcy by gambling. MBIE said despite Kerr being “fully aware” of the obligations and responsibilities he had during his bankruptcy, between April 2021 and June 2022 he continued to be involved in the management of his business, Mitch Kerr Racing. Between August and December 2021, the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) introduced the Covid-19 Wage Subsidy to help businesses pay employees and protect jobs affected by Covid alert level changes. Kerr made eight applications during this period, declaring himself a self-employed/contractor (sole trader), and received $9600 from MSD. A senior spokesperson for MBIE’s integrity and enforcement team, Vanessa Cook, said the self-initiated bankruptcy process helped individuals honestly resolve their financial situations and resume their normal economic lives. She said it was a fair and effective process that helped to protect the public from financial risk, but Kerr “wilfully chose to mislead and withhold critical information” when he entered bankruptcy. Cook said MBIE’s integrity and enforcement team would not hesitate to investigate and prosecute individuals who took advantage of the system by misleading and suppressing facts. Kerr has made headlines several times in recent years, most recently in June 2022 when a year after being banned for life from harness racing for duping owners, he was put on home detention for fraud and forgery, including selling a fictitious horse for $40,000. In April 2021, the Judicial Control Authority for Racing cancelled his licence after he was found guilty of four charges at a Judicial Control Authority hearing in Christchurch. Tracy Neal is a Nelson-based Open Justice reporter at NZME. She was previously RNZ’s regional reporter in Nelson-Marlborough and has covered general news, including court and local government for the Nelson Mail.
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By Harry Newshound · Posted
Jockey Ryusei Sakai, one of the rising stars in Japan racing, flew to Louisville, Ky., this week to be aboard UAE Derby (G2) winner Forever Young for his penultimate breeze ahead of the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1).View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
Set to unveil to racegoers a new paddock that is part of a $200 million capital improvement project, Churchill Downs opens for its spring meet April 27, one week before the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1).View the full article -
It's been mentioned elsewhere but Olivier Peslier has retired at the age of 51. The two horses with whom I associate him most are PEINTRE CELEBRE and GOLDIKOVA. The former had a srellar season in 1997 winning the Jockey Club, the Grand Prix de Paris and the Arc and his performance in the Arc, when he demolished the track record by three seconds, was brilliant. GOLDIKOVA was the top European older horse in both 2009 and 2010 and won a string of Group 1 races at a mile and topped it off by winning the Breeders Cup Mile in 2008, 2009 and 2010. One of his biggest friends is Frankie Dettori and he has sent a fulsome tribute to his weighing room colleague. Back to the action at hand and we have the declarations for Sandown's flat card on Friday. Seven stand in the Group 2 Mile and as expected the money has come for CHARYN who mixed it in the very best company last season including runs behind PADDINGTON in the Irish Guineas, St James's Palace and Sussex and he was beaten only four lengths each time so that looks good form in Group 2 company. I still think POKER FACE as the one to put up against him but the each way angle has gone so I'll probably stick with CHARYN who wouldn't mind any of the forecast rain. There are a couple of Group 3 races on the card and the Classic Trial over 2000m includes Godolphin's ARABIAN CROWN who is currently 12s for the Derby. Just seven first entries for the Ganay at Longchamp on Sunday where the ground is Very Heavy. FANTASTIC MOON is one of the better German horses and ran midfield in the Arc. The return at Hoppegarten over Easter was okay and he should be spot on for this. The lightly raced AL RIFFA is interesting for Joseph O'Brien. FEED THE FLAME was three places in front of FANTASTIC MOON in the Arc but was very disappointing in the Harcourt on reappearance.
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By Harry Newshound · Posted
Handicappers hoping to select the 2024 Kentucky Oaks winner are advised to review the past 20 years of Kentucky Oaks history before placing their bets. Doing so reveals a number of prominent trends that can help identify key contenders.View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
Olivier Peslier, the rider for 165 group 1 wins, will retire Thursday at 51. He won four editions of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) and guided Goldikova to three Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) victories.View the full article -
How is the new calendar is going to work in the North with two meetings every week, even with fewer races/meeting? We simply don't have the owners (=horses) up here. I assume more details will be coming out and will be interesting to see if HRNZ has any initiatives to boost owner numbers. However, if their thoughts are to run a distinct 2 tier system with existing stakes at Auckland and even lower stakes than currently at Cambridge, then there would have to be a total revamp of handicapping and race conditions to make the latter viable and attractive to owners.
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What exactly is a 'Flu induced heart attack? I've spent hours looking at studies around this theory and most end with a comment involving large scale studies being required with mega bucks thrown at them....if your health is Shithouse it's a no brainer you are more prone, question remains is it 'the bugs' or a plethora of conditions related to environment, lifestyle painkillers and Vaccines....do you really believe these vaccines are keeping you alive ? You don't strike me as that foolish....the biggest killer is Stress and if these 'Placebos' mask your ignorance of the facts then why not
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They used to use those electric proders to load the cattle trucks, maybe not so these day, just ask them nicely maybe,
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Good to see Troy back in action. Anyone know where Temyia Taiaroa has been? I would call her up and ask, but that might be a bit weird...
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By Zak Hussai · Posted
Listen her you knob, this is a public forum where we each get to share out thoughts and ask questions. I answer questions for some and ask when I am keen for an answer on others. Someone else might now they might not, it's part and parcel of this. Don't come out and have a go at me.😡
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