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Misty Blue (Sweet Lou) purchased by Bruce Negus at the 2021 NZB Standardbred Weanling Sales for just $3,000 took her earnings past $87,000 when she won the Rangiora Equine Services Amberly Cup at Rangiora today. In today’s $25,000 feature Hacksaw Ridge led with Audacity taking the trail and Misty Blue and driver Sheree Tomlinson three […]
Chocolate Crunch’s (Captain Crunch) win at the Amberley meeting at Rangiora today rekindled memories of a breed that’s provided many highlights for Canterbury based harness racing owner Hazel van Opzeeland. Hazel owned Highview Chartom, the grandmother of Chocolate Crunch. And she raced millionaire pacer Highview Tommy (Bettor’s Delight) which won seventeen races and his younger […]
Tomorrow Woodend Beach trainers Robert and Jenna Dunn take a strong team to the Amberley harness racing meeting on the grass at Rangiora. The Dunns have two runners in the Rangiora Equine ‘Amberley Cup,’ a race Robert and Jenna have won for the last two years. Double Time (A Rocknroll Dance) runs from the 10 […]
Tuesday harness racing has traditionally drawn the ire of the New Zealand industry, but when it’s a public holiday and hosted by a club steeped in over 130 years of history. The Amberley Trotting Club looks set for a bumper event for it’s now traditional Waitangi Day meeting tomorrow (Feb 6th) with a stellar twelve […]
