“… and Kiwi is last of all”
By Scott MacLean Tomorrow is the first Tuesday in November, and with it the 163rd running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington. It’s long been “The Race That Stops A[…]
Tagged: Horse Racing
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The Master Breeder
By Scott MacLean Earlier this month thoroughbred racing lost a titan of the industry. Patrick Hogan was neither a jockey nor trainer, but as a breeder left an unmistakable mark.[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :-6 November
Novak from all angles at the Paris Masters. Jess Kerr with some company at training. Cult hero Ravel Florin on a decent junket. Teenage Phoenix player Alyssa Whinham rocking some[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 13 February
Senegal won the African Cup of Nations during the week, and this is one impressive victory parade. Fair to say that OSH were having the day off. In a congested[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 7 November
Kobe Steel’s Aaron Cruden, Ben Smith, Brodie Retallick escort primary school children to school. Matt Giteau settles in to watch the Melbourne Cup. You’d have thought that with no spectators[…]
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[…]
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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[…]
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[…]
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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[…]
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[…]
