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Little Spike was the first North Islander to claim a title at today’s Pheobe Stud Harness 5000 at Ashburton today. The four year old gelding is raced by the Estate of the late Ken Piercy and his wife Audrey. “She’s ninety three and lives in Wellington. I hope she’s watching,” trainer Arna Donnelly said after […]
Arna Donnelly looks set to lead what should be a good night for Waikato harness racing stables at Alexandra Park tonight. Donnelly’s New Zealand Cup dreams may be over for this year but the majority of her team are racing well and several find themselves in the right races tonight. She starts the night with […]
The headache horse of Arna Donnelly’s harness racing stable has a few problems of her own at Alexandra Park tonight. But that doesn’t mean Dragonstone can’t win her $35,000 TAB Racing Club Metro Final and give her trainer a shot at the feature race double. The Metro series, made up of heats then finals for […]
Arna Donnelly has an army of runners to contest tonight’s meeting at Cambridge Raceway. “It’s been a good team effort to get them all there and going good,” said Donnelly who has a total of eight runners spread across the 8-race programme. The first three of her charges go head-to-head in Race 1, the Mid-Winter […]
In her final push to drive 100 winners in a season, Sam Ottley heads to the Cambridge harness racing meeting tomorrow afternoon to drive a handful of Arna Donnelly runners. “I had to twist her arm a bit. If you get that close you might as well have a crack. To get her 800 is […]
Arna Donnelly had never won a $100,000 race before Friday night: now she has won three. And after her treble on the inaugural Golden Gait night at Alexandra Park she has her eyes set on even bigger targets. The popular Waikato trainer captured a treble with three very different types of horses the first being […]
Despite having a highly successful last few months, Red Rackham (Vincent) proved his doubters wrong in last night’s 2024 Connie Stewart Sotheby’s Int Realty Wairarapa Cup at Manawatu. Trained by Arna Donnelly at Cambridge Raceway, the harness racing four-year-old has been in exceptional form, with six wins and two placings, and only one unplaced run […]
Country Cups harness racing continues in the north and Cambridge trainer Arna Donnelly has a trio of runners set to contest the Connie Stewart NZ Sotheby’s Int Realty $20,000 Wairarapa Cup today at Manawatu. Her three runners Rough And Ready (Somebeachsomewhere), Bad Medicine (Bettor’s Delight), and Red Rackham (Vincent), all who have good form on […]
North Island harness racing trainer, Arna Donnelly, heads to the second day of the Addington Cup and Show Week carnival with a team of pacers who are looking for a change in fortunes after some contrasting performances and luck in the running since arriving south. For the most part, her team has been racing in […]
Tuesday harness racing returns to Cambridge today and local trainer Arna Donnelly lines up four horses, who all look to be promising chances. “They’re all racing well and look well suited in tonight’s fields” says Donnelly. Donnelly’s first starters for the night are Rough And Ready (Somebeachsomewhere)(5) and Bad Medicine (Bettor’s Delight) (6) in Race […]
It was a successful start to Tuesday harness racing racing for Cambridge-based trainer Arna Donnelly on her home track last night. She trained two winners on the six race programme while stable employee Zev Meredith had a driving double and two placings from five drives. Donnelly’s first winner of the night, in a race in […]
Mako (Downbytheseaside) emerged as a horse to follow during the northern winter with a powerhouse harness racing win at Alexandra Park on Thursday night. Because the reality is the three-year-old isn’t going to need to improve much to win become a five-win horse. The son of Downbytheseaside completed a rare double when he graduated from […]
Nine year old harness racing gelding Dangerous (Shadow Play) is in the form of his life. On Saturday he recorded his sixth win. Dangerous qualified as a three year old at Winton in December 2017 and ran second on debut. He won his first race at Ascot Park nearly six years ago, at that time […]
Cambridge trainer Arna Donnelly will line up three runners for Thursday at her local track before heading up the road to Auckland on Friday for premier harness racing, with her two big guns Kango (American Ideal) and Jolimont (Sweet Lou). Arna’s night at Cambridge starts in Race Three with the consistent trotter Keep It Classy […]
Harness racing owners the late Ken Piercy and his wife Audrey go a long way back, having raced horses in the 1980s from the late Bryce Buchanan’s stables at West Plains just outside Invercargill. There have been many horses over the years for the couple, and the latest winner is the Arna Donnelly trained Little […]
Variety was the key at last night’s harness racing meeting at Manawatu, with eight different trainers taking out the eight races. That was in big contrast to just two days earlier when the father-son training-driving combo of Michael and Wilson House had dominated with five wins on the eight-race programme. The card opened with the […]
Cambridge harness racing trainer Arna Donnelly has four runners at the Waikato Bay of Plenty Harness Racing meeting at Cambridge tonight (Dec. 7). Race Three is the starting point for the stable with Little Spiker (Terror To Love) having his first start. He qualified in July and has had two workouts to prepare him for […]
Quality Cambridge two year old pacer Le Major (Art Major) faces his biggest test when at Addington on Friday night he runs in the Listed $200,000 NZB Standardbred Harness Million over 1980 metres for harness racing trainer Arna Donnelly. The gelding has won his last three starts in the north and ventures south for the […]
Top Kiwi horsewoman Arna Donnelly can be forgiven for being just a little frustrated with how Kango’s (American Ideal) Australian harness racing campaign has started. I mean, how’s this for a run of events? The giant gelding was a late scratching from the Minuteman Free For All on September 2 when he couldn’t be loaded […]
Arna Donnelly’s first experience of bringing harness racing horses and racing them across the ditch could very well start with a bang this Saturday night (Sep. 2) at Melton. The Cambridge horsewoman flew across the Tasman today and will prepare the exciting Kango (American Ideal) for the Mimosa Homes Minuteman Free For All at Victorian […]
Twenty seven year old Alicia Harrison’s harness racing journey has taken a few turns but being based at Stonewall Stud under the guidance of Steve Telfer has given her an opportunity many junior drivers would not get. Working at Stonewall for nearly a year now, she’s enjoying every moment of it. “Steve’s brilliant, a very […]
Quality harness racing filly Virginia Clowers (Creatine) is at the head of the class when it comes to Arna Donnelly’s runners for Cambridge tomorrow night. Three of her last five starts have been in group company. At her last start she got keen behind the mobile and broke, taking no part. In Race One she […]
One of the harness racing giant killers of pacing is heading to Victoria to prepare for the New Zealand Cup. Cambridge pacer Kango (American Ideal) and his trotting stablemate Virginia Clowers (Creatine) will travel together to Victoria for trainer Arna Donnelly. “I think it is a really good way for him to have good, consistent […]
Local harness racing trainer Arna Donnelly is hoping to start a huge 24 hours with a win at Cambridge tonight (May 18). Donnelly takes her stable stars headlined by Kango (American Ideal) to Alexandra Park tomorrow night, where the big horse contests the Roy Purdon Memorial. He warmed up for that with a strong win […]
