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After three months away one of New Zealand’s best harness racing drivers and unsuccessful basketball players returns at Alexandra Park tonight. And Zachary Butcher says while he wondered what it would be like getting back in the sulky after his injury-enforced layoff it only took him minutes to feel right back at home. “It is […]
Harness racing bosses have had to scramble to save one of New Zealand’s iconic races from being abandoned this Friday. The $100,000 Dawson Harford New Zealand Messenger was in danger of being canned right up the nomination deadline on Monday after drawing only four initial entries. The first three home in both the Taylor Mile […]
Harness racing’s big boys and girls return for a massive Friday night that kind of feels like it has snuck up on us. With eyeballs having been divided between grass track racing, mares Group 1 at Addington and a huge last six weeks in Australia harness which culminates in Saturday’s Miracle Mile, New Zealand’s biggest […]
The best harness racing tip in the main trot at Alexandra Park is actually hidden away in the market for another race. That race is the $400,000 Renwick Farms Dominion Trot at Addington on New Zealand Cup day and if you scroll far enough down the market you will find Belle Neige (Love You) paying […]
Trainer Mark Purdon and most punters want the same thing from Akuta’s (Bettor’s Delight) comeback at Alexandra Park tonight. They probably just want it delivered in different ways. The one-time superstar of New Zealand harness racing returns tonight after 20 months away from the racetrack, his career all but ended by a split tendon in […]
Heats and conditions have now been approved for the three $100,000 2YO Young Guns Finals at Alexandra Park next year. The Delightful Lady Classic (fillies) and the Cardigan Bay Stakes (colts and geldings) will be held on March 20,2026 while the re-named Easton Light Classic will see the two-year-old trotters battling it out on May […]
Welcome to today’s segment from our harness racing analyst. Providing you with free expert tips and selections for harness meetings run in New Zealand. Harness racing hits Auckland again today with 8 races on the card . The racing starts at 6:19pm and we highlight some specials and value runners we think can give you a […]
Welcome to today’s segment from our harness racing analyst. Providing you with free expert tips and selections for harness meetings run in New Zealand. Harness racing hits Auckland again today with 11 races on the card . The racing starts at 4:53pm and we highlight some specials and value runners we think can give you a […]
If you were asked at a pub quiz who is the leading stake earner for North Island harness racing two and a bit months into the season, it’s highly unlikely many pundits would have a Rating 61 trotter on their answer cards. The Cambridge Raceway trained Romeo Foxtrot (Majestic Son) has kicked off 2025 in […]
Welcome to today’s segment from our harness racing analyst. Providing you with free expert tips and selections for harness meetings run in New Zealand. Harness racing hits Auckland again today with eight races on the card . The racing starts at 5.42pm and we highlight some specials and value runners we think can give you a […]
The dream harness racing run of Janet and Peter Argus and their extraordinary broodmare, Liberty City (The Pres), was further embellished last night at Alexandra Park with success in the G3 Northern Breeders Trotting Stakes. Most trotting enthusiasts are familiar with the deeds of the full sisters, Empire & Atlantic City, with the former being […]
Welcome to today’s segment from our harness racing analyst. Providing you with free expert tips and selections for harness meetings run in New Zealand. Harness racing hits Auckland again today with 8 races on the card . The racing starts at 6:05pm and we highlight some specials and value runners we think can give you a […]
Welcome to today’s segment from our harness racing analyst. Providing you with free expert tips and selections for harness meetings run in New Zealand. Harness racing hits Auckland again today with nine races on the card . The racing starts at 5:26pm and we highlight some specials and value runners we think can give you a […]
Pukekohe horseman, Andre Poutama, will be hoping for a belated birthday present when harness racing returns to Alexandra Park tomorrow night (Feb 14). Poutama turns 33 today (Feb 13), and like most involved in the industry, is spending the day working tirelessly at his craft with little room for sentiment when it comes to special […]
The difference between winning and losing in harness racing can often come from a split second judgement (or lack thereof). In tonight’s inaugural running of the Golden Gait Series at Alexandra Park, we bore witness to that very fact in the first race on the $1million ten race programme with Cyrstal Hackett producing a peach […]
The best harness racing stable of the year is set to dominate the code’s newest glamour race night. Tonight’s Alexandra Park meeting sees the first running of the Golden Gait finals, 10 races worth $100,000 each to reward those horses who have graced The Park often enough to be eligible. While it is not the […]
She might be called Duchess, but New Zealand harness racing has tonight anointed a new queen of the pacing ranks with a stunning performance from Duchess Megxit (Sweet Lou) in the G1 $100,000 Queen Of Hearts at Alexandra Park. The Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan-trained three-year-old filly was a surprise inclusion in the nominations earlier […]
Twenty-two-year old harness racing trainer, Zev Meredith, went to sleep last night dreaming of a fairytale result in this evening’s inaugural $100,000 G1 Queen Of Diamonds. Tonight (or possibly the early hours of tomorrow!), he goes to sleep a Group One winning trainer. Not bad for a kid whose had his training license for a […]
Alexandra Park is set to host the first G1 for trotting mares in the history of New Zealand harness racing with the inaugural $100,000 Queen Of Diamonds. For young North Island horseman, Zev Meredith, the feature trot will see the 22 year old line up his maiden Group One starter as a trainer, something of […]
The much-needed next wave of New Zealand trotting may show itself at Alexandra Park tonight. But one of them has far more lucrative harness racing targets in the next six weeks while the lesser known could end up being the real deal. The New Zealand open class trotting ranks have a new heir to their […]
Welcome to today’s segment from our harness racing analyst. Providing you with free expert tips and selections for harness meetings run in New Zealand. Harness racing hits Auckland again today with nine races on the card. The racing starts at 5:46pm and we highlight some specials and value runners we think can give you a run for your […]
South Island harness racing was put on notice last night (Oct 4th) by a scintillating quartet of victories from the North Island’s premier stable of Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan at Alexandra Park. The Clevedon based training partnership dominated the nine race programme with four impressive winners and the timing couldn’t have been better. The […]
Trainer Michelle Wallis admits she and her new Australian trotters are still learning about each other. But she is confident one of them can make a winning New Zealand harness racing debut at Alexandra Park tonight. Wallis and husband Bernie Hackett have been sent a varied bunch of trotters from major Australian owner Pat Driscoll, […]
A scary crash just after the start of the Dunstan Horsefeeds NZ Sires’ Stakes Two-Year-Old Fillies series opener ended with the race abandoned, harness racing driver Benjamin Butcher sidelined with a broken shoulder, and horses spooked with minor scrapes. A day after the crusher dust settled back onto the Alexandra Park racing surface, a think […]
