Way back in 1992, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth in her Christmas message, made popular a Latin phrase, describing her year as an “Annus Horribilus” (loosely translated as a horrible year), after a number of controversies swept through her family.

The Northern Branch of the Trainers & Drivers Assn. recently held its’ Annual General Meeting, under Chair, Jay Abernethy.

It’s fair to say that, despite the system being generally accepted as being a good way of handling integrity issues in the harness racing industry, the RIU/JCA have, for various reasons over the past couple of years, taken on the image of ‘bogey men’.

As always, the topics discussed were wide ranging at the recent National Council meeting, held in the HRNZ Boardroom.