Sporting pictures of the Week :- 25 October
La Vuelta gets underway in Spain. The Slovenia giro is pretty good too. Winx was the greatest horse of the 21st century, so it was appropriate she was honoured with[…]
Tagged: Horse Racing
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Open for Business
By Aiden McLaughlin As we look around the sporting world where crowd attendances are still severely limited, it’s important to remember how lucky we are here in New Zealand that[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 13 September
The justified fear in that woman’s eyes. One of the Sporting pictures of this year. Presenting Joe Webber. Special. Manchester United 3rd kit revealed. So much to answer for. Sport[…]
TAB NZ: New beginning, or the beginning of the end?
On August 1st 2020, New Zealand’s Racing Industry Transition Agency (RITA) handed over the metaphorical reins of New Zealand’s sports and racing betting industry to the TAB NZ. This follows[…]
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From Flemington
By Scott MacLean It’s the biggest horserace in the southern hemisphere, one of THE events on Melbourne’s sporting calendar, and The Race That Stops A Nation (or two). But what’s[…]
Melbourne Cup 2019
By Aiden McLaughlin Whether it’s just another race in your punting life or it’s that time once a year that you enter the sweepstake at work, the 158th edition of[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 9 August
Not a lot of horse racing features on this site, but there’s something special about the Hong Kong meet. Nice. Kane Williamson being presented with a birthday cake in a[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 6 April
Break the stigma. It’s OK to speak. Challenging times at the Grand National at Aintree. Down the road here is Jimmy Anderson beaming away at the Lancashire open day. David[…]
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The 13 year old aboriginal jockey who won a Melbourne Cup
By Max Hitchens I grew up hearing about Melbourne Cup stories from my Dad. He was a bookmaker in the North Western NSW town of Moree in Australia. I well[…]
It’s a Long Way to Tipperary
By Aiden McLaughlin In the UK & Ireland, two horse racing festivals stand head and shoulders above the rest. Every March, Cheltenham, a town in Gloucestershire, South West England, is home[…]
