Articles by Michael Guerin
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Sport
TAB to launch new betting platform aimed at younger audience
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 10:26amNew Zealand punters now have a new way to bet after the launch of a new platform to be run by the TAB. The TAB, which was...
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Sport
Racing bosses confident Ellerslie will be cleared
Monday, 15 April 2024, 7:35amAuckland racing bosses are “very confident” Saturday’s Easter Handicap meeting will be held at Ellerslie. Ellerslie’s new...
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Sport
Horse racing: Record-breaker in seventh heaven
Tuesday, 2 January 2024, 9:57amSuperstar jockey Warren Kennedy set a record for wins by a jockey on a New Zealand raceday at Pukekohe on New Year’s Day...
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Crime
Operation Inca: 17-month police investigation ends with charges dropped
Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 1:51pmA significant police investigation into alleged race fixing in the harness racing industry has ended with the final charges...
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Sport
NZ's greatest ever bet? Kiwi punter wins $10 million from TAB
Monday, 16 October 2023, 10:27amA New Zealand punter has pulled off one of the greatest feats in horse racing history to win $10 million from the TAB. The...
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Sport
Horse racing: Karaka Millions first NZ race meeting to top $4m
Tuesday, 5 September 2023, 7:51amAuckland racing bosses have confirmed New Zealand’s richest ever race meeting for January as they continue to grow in confidence...
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Sport
The lucrative genie that is Aussie racing is out of the bottle
Saturday, 2 September 2023, 9:55amThe first Saturday of spring will have Kiwi punters looking westward as one of the greatest shifts in this country’s betting...
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Sport
Tarzino contenders yet to have riders confirmed
Monday, 28 August 2023, 9:54amThree of New Zealand’s best gallopers are likely to need new jockeys when Group 1 racing is launched for the new season. New...
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Sport
$100k Grand National Hurdle too tempting to miss for Hastings trainer
Saturday, 12 August 2023, 1:19pmThe fact Suliman is even at Riccarton today for the $100,000 Grand National Hurdle is the best indication of how seriously...
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Sport
Australian star has NZ Cup aspirations
Tuesday, 18 July 2023, 11:20amThe trainer of Australasia’s most exciting pacer has made a surprising admission about the races he would most dearly love...
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Sport
Trainer happy and confused ahead of Ruakākā’s biggest raceday
Friday, 14 July 2023, 1:41pmLocal trainer Kenny Rae goes into Ruakākā’s biggest raceday of the season tomorrow happy but slightly confused. Rae and training...
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Sport
Horse racing: Ethereal Star more than just a one-race filly
Tuesday, 17 January 2023, 8:59pmNew Zealand has only three $1 million thoroughbred races but that doesn’t mean Saturday’s Karaka Million is the grand final...
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Sport
Forsman in deeper dive into Australia scene
Sunday, 8 January 2023, 10:40amKiwi training star Andrew Forsman is diving deeper into Australian racing in coming months, and he will be bringing one of...
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Sport
'I am the lucky one': Jockey's heartbreak over horror race fall that killed her friend
Wednesday, 28 December 2022, 12:12pmSouth Island jockey Samantha Wynne says there is one small personal mercy in the aftermath of the horror race fall that claimed...
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Sport
'Incredibly saddened': Young Kiwi jockey dies after tragic fall during race
Thursday, 15 December 2022, 2:41pmApprentice Kiwi jockey Megan Taylor has been killed in a race fall at Ashburton today. The 26-year-old was riding Red Orchid...
