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Waikouaiti trainer Amber Hoffman heads south today with a truck load of horses to contest the Winton card. Race One: Star Invasion (Majestic Son) driver Craig Ferguson (MOBILE FR1) Race Three: Bettor N Joy (Bettor’s Delight)-driver Craig Ferguson (MOBILE SR3) Race Six: Racey Krusa (Peak) – driver Brent Barclay (MOBILE FR5) Race Six: Superfast Ronnie […]
Southern driver Mark Hurrell has nine drives across the ten races at Invercargill tomorrow. Here are his thoughts on each runner. Race One: Pacific Arc (Washington VC) – trainer Brian Norman (F2) “He hasn’t had a good draw for a long time. The one horse (Rakamick) looks like he’s got enough gate speed to hold […]
The Otago region honoured horses and harness racing people last night at their annual Harness Racing Awards Evening. The premium Horse Of The Year title was won by Princess Sadie while the Outstanding Contribution to Harness Racing Award was presented to Otago vet Peter Gillespie. Other award winners were: Two Year Pacing Colt or Gelding […]
At what is now essentially his local track, in-form trotter Racey Krusa (Peak) heads back to Oamaru this Sunday. The nine-year-old has turned into quite the “surprise package” since joining Amber Hoffman’s Waikouaiti Beach stable late last year, winning four of his five starts with her, and finishing third in the other. And it’s not […]
What was expected to be a confidence building run turned into a winning one for nine year old pacer Deny Everything (A Rocknroll Dance) in the Peter Heyrick Memorial Mobile Pace at Ascot Park today. From the outside of the front line harness racing driver Kirstin Green watched the early action unfold and with Sky […]
The wonders of water was proven yet again when Racey Krusa (Peak) won his first race in over a year, at Ascot Park today. Prior to joining Amber Hoffman’s Waikouaiti Beach stable the eight year old which is owned by Bruce Graham had had all seventy five of his starts for Amber Lethaby. “We’ve got […]
On Sunday, the Wyndham Harness Racing Club will race at Central Southland Raceway in Winton with ten races on the card. Most races will be fairly even contests. Here are six runners worth putting in your betting mix. Race One: Relay For Life Mobile Pace The Nathan Williamson trained Rise Up N Dance (Art Major) […]
Mike and Sue McGuire still enjoy breeding and racing horses and the win at Winton today by the Amber Hoffman trained Rocky Pacific (Rock N Roll Heaven) added to their long list of success in both gaits. Driver Craig Ferguson positioned Rocky Pacific in the one one early. As the field straightened for the run […]
The progeny of trotting stallion Father Patrick are enjoying a golden run at the moment. His stock has won 33 races so far this season with Meant To Be and Duchess Maria leading the way. Meant To Be has won a Listed and two Group One races while Duchess Maria’s three wins have been at […]
The Otago Harness Racing Awards for the 2024 season were held on Friday night at The Loan and Merc in Oamaru. The Horse of the Year award was won by trotting filly Empire City (Volstead) owned by Peter and Janet Argue and trained by Phil Williamson. She won four of her eleven starts and was […]
At the Invercargill harness racing meeting at Ascot Park today, One Change (Bettor’s Delight) changed it up for the better. “He really deserved that today because he’s tried hard for a long time and had to work through a lot of problems we’ve had with him.But he’s pretty good at the moment,” trainer Amber Hoffman […]
Waikouaiti harness racing trainer Amber Hoffman and Invercargill horseman Jeremy Douglas take some strong winning chances to the Wyndham HRC meeting at Cromwell tomorrow. Reiver (Vincent) is new to the Hoffman stable after previously being trained by Grant Payne. Glenkenick (Always B Miki) lines up for Douglas in Race Five. He hit the line well […]
Nutcracker’s (Bettor’s Delight) win in the Kia Ora Campers Pacing Cup at the Wingatui harness meeting yesterday added to the great season Wyndham horseman Craig Ferguson is having in the cart. In yesterday’s $20,000 pacing feature Nutcracker began well and trailed early pacemaker She’s Tough, before taking up the pacemaker’s role herself. “She’d been working […]
When Swayzee won his second New Zealand Cup on Tuesday it made his two New Zealand harness racing owners very proud. Lester Drake and his good friend Neville Jackson who live in the Hawkes Bay largely fly under the radar, with trainer Jason Grimson, major owner Mick Boots and driver Cam Hart sharing the limelight. […]
The Cleland family is well known in Eastern Southland harness racing circles and they look to have a promising two year old in their ownership after Waikaka Magic (Raging Bull) impressively won at Wyndham today. Trained at Gore by Tony Stratford, driver Sam Ottley was quickly on the scene, challenging early leader Ada R J […]
It’ll be a short trip for Waikouaiti harness racing trainer Amber Hoffman when she takes a small team of four to the Oamaru meeting tomorrow. The Last McGuire (Creatine) broke and lost all chance when debuting at Winton and has been moved to the unruly in Race One. “She just needs to trot and should […]
Waikouaiti trainer Amber Hoffman heads south tomorrow with a string of runners for the Winton Harness Racing Club’s meeting at the Central Southland Raceway. Petite Trixton (Trixton) and Makaku (Majestic Son) lines up for Hoffman in Race Six. Petite Trixton was a winner two starts ago but at her last start she broke turning in. […]
Diminutive trotter Switch On (Bacardi Lindy) wasn’t expected to win at the Winton Harness Racing Club meeting today but he did it thanks to a canny drive from Matthew Williamson. “We didn’t know how he would go today,” said Art Shirley who races the four year old with Gary Bartlett, Andrew Nicol, Barry Croft and […]
“He’s got a bit of ability but he’s just a bit immature in the head at the moment,” Waikouaiti harness racing trainer Amber Hoffman said after Major Medley (Art Major) won his maiden race at Winton today. The three year old had been a bit wayward in the two starts prior to today’s breakthrough win. […]
Remarkable broodmare Janine Jaccka (Sundon) reached a milestone on Saturday when her great grandson Jaccka Baylis (Creatine) won at Winton, beating Joy Jaccka (Creatine) by a head. JACCKA BAYLIS REPLAY Her own foals, their daughters and granddaughters have now won sixty races between them. As a broodmare Janine Jaccka has eight foals that have raced […]
Waikouaiti Beach trainer Amber Hoffman will head south for the Winton harness racing meeting on Saturday with some fresh faces that haven’t raced for a while. Petite Trixton (Trixton) returns to the racetrack in Race Three after last racing at Addington in July. Last time in she was in a learning phase. Major Medley (Art […]
Waikouaiti trained Moment Of What (What The Hill) capped off his good lead up form when he took out the Bill Keast Memorial Gold Chip Final today at the Riverton harness meeting at Winton. Trained by Amber Hoffman and driven by Craig Ferguson the four year old gelding made light work of his twenty metre […]
After a very good second in the Winton Cup, harness racing gelding Wag Star (Sweet Lou) will head to Addington for his next start. The four year old trained by Craig Ferguson is earmarked for the $40,000 Listed Betavet Uncut Gems on Friday 3rd May. Impressive trotting qualifier Stella Bay (Majestic Son) is the first […]
The NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales less than four weeks away. Timing is important and breeders hope their mare’s progeny will win as close to sale time as possible to help their sales prices. The win yesterday by Perfect Potion (Captaintreacherous) at the Forbury Park meeting at Oamaru was perfect for Brian West of Studholme Bloodstock […]
