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A rare double at Blenheim on Friday made up part of an almost certainly unique harness racing treble in the space of 24 hours. When Sheree Tomlinson won the Marlborough Cup Prelude on Misty Blue it was already a big family moment as the pacer is trained by her grandfather Ken Ford and Sheree’s mother […]
Mother’s Day is of course an opportunity to say thank you to those nearest and dearest to us all. Harness racing has many mothers who are involved in the sport in many different capacities. Today we look at one of those Mums whose own daughters are carrying on the family tradition. 2025 marks the first […]
The training partnership of Ken Ford and Amanda Tomlinson along with Branxholme trainer Nathan Williamson have strong winning chances at the Oamaru Harness Racing Club’s meeting tomorrow. Judy J (What The Hill) takes her place in Race Two for Ford and Tomlinson. This four start maiden is a half-sister to Marcoola and three of her […]
In only her fourth race day drive, nineteen year old junior harness racing driver Mia Holbrough put runs on the board with her first win at the Banks Peninsula meeting on Sunday driving Crazy N Love (Love You) for her employers Greg and Nina Hope. “It was unreal. It was good to have Kerryn (Tomlinson) […]
South Island harness racing heads to the sunshine capital of New Zealand with the first of the traditional two-day Nelson meeting kicking off tomorrow (13 Jan.) with a cracking 11-race programme. For many of the participants in the Canterbury region, the race meeting at the top of the South Island is a working holiday, and […]
The Geraldine Trotting Club’s track at Orari has been good to Amanda Tomlinson over the years. She had her first race day drive there with the very good Zuri, finishing third to Tinka Castleton and Dalton Invasion on November 26, 2005. She’s had 836 drives and 59 wins since then. And now Orari’s given her […]
