Bernard's Blog: 29 Mar 19

29 March, 2019
Gaul when he raced and Janova in the arena - the emigrant excelling in his new life.  Photo: supplied In this blog post I

Bernard's Blog: 21 Mar 19

21 March, 2019
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Jericho Cup expands to include New Zealand-trained horses

13 March, 2019
Following the enormous success of December’s revival of century-old horse race, the Jericho Cup, Racing Victoria (RV) and New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) have today announced th

Bernard's Blog: 13 Mar 19

13 March, 2019
First off, this week I’d like to address a matter which was raised during every discussion we had at the venue plan meetings around the country. No matter where we went the subject of

Bernard's Blog: 7 Mar 19

7 March, 2019
This week’s release of the Women in Racing survey was timely, given we mark International Women’s Day on Friday 8 March. The theme for International Women’s Day 2019 is: &

Survey to study women in racing

5 March, 2019
Transforming racing’s engagement with women is the fundamental goal of the ‘Women in Racing’ survey launched by the industry today.   The New Zealan

Bernard's Blog: 28 Feb 19

28 February, 2019
This week’s blog is a little later than normal as I’ve been at the first couple of North Island venue plan meetings. We are now in the final straight as the South Island meeting

Waikato trio honoured at Matamata

26 February, 2019
From left to right Richard Seabrook, Tom Brown, Roger Blake and Dr Alan Jackson (NZTR Chairman) 

NZTR to the fore at SA horse welfare event

21 February, 2019
Martin Burns, NZTR’s General Manager – Racing and Welfare, was among the keynote speakers at a horse welfare event in South Australia last week. The initiative from Horse SA bro

Bernard's Blog: 18 Feb 19

18 February, 2019
The past week has seen the first raft of meetings as we seek consultation around the recently released Venue Plan. First cabs off the rank were Riccarton, Wingatui and Gore, with all meetin