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The Ashburton harness racing meeting on Monday is a pivotal day for many horses, with most trainers using the meeting as a stepping stone for higher stakes races in the coming four weeks. As expected, Mark and Nathan Purdon have strong chances across the card for the meeting and all eyes will be on their […]
Star harness racing pacer Merlin (Art Major) threw out the challenge to Australian champ Leap To Fame by impressively winning todays $60,000 Group Two NZB Airfreight Ashburton Flying Stakes. “We stepped well but we actually had to burn a bit. You don’t want to chase them off their feet too much. There was an opportunity […]
New Zealand Harness Racing’s showpiece is just around the corner and B D Joe’s (Roll With Joe) stocks are on the up with his win in the NZB Airfreight Ashburton Flying Stakes at Ashburton today (Oct. 24). Driver Ben (David) Butcher got B D Joe away perfectly from the often tricky number one draw and […]
