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As reported by Barry Lichter for Lincoln Farms, Harness Racing New Zealand gained unanimous approval to acquire the assets of Waikato Bay of Plenty Harness Racing at a special general meeting in Christchurch last night. Subject to rubber stamping by Cambridge club members tonight, HRNZ will take over on September 30 by raising a mortgage […]
The Auckland Trotting Club has taken another blow with news today that the sale of its Franklin Park training centre has fallen through. In a newsletter to members, club president Jamie McKinnon revealed that Oyster Capital had exercised its right, after due diligence, to withdraw from August’s $70 million agreement. The primary reason given, he […]
Ray Green knew the chances of Copy That (American Ideal) making it back to the track weren’t good but this week when he realised he’d clicked a cart on behind the champion pacer for the last time it still affected him. The rollercoaster ride with his life-changing horse was over. It didn’t take long after […]
Sacred Mountain erased three months of frustration for trainer Nicky Chilcott in less than three minutes at Cambridge on Friday night. Forced out of all the big trots at the recent Auckland carnival through a freak injury, and with a cloud still hanging over her head, the mare overcame a 35 metre handicap to score […]
The way this muscular colt has been turning heads at the yearling parades, he could be the most aptly named harness racing youngster at New Zealand Bloodstock’s national standardbred sale in a few weeks. Brogden Lodge’s Graham and Judy Bowen chose the name Turn O The Tide because he literally embodies their hopes for the […]
Barry Lichter writes for Lincoln Farms that as much as harness racing trainer Ray Green would love to be at Alexandra Park on Friday night to see Copy That race he knows that wouldn’t be wise after being re-admitted to Middlemore Hospital yesterday afternoon. Green, 77, was feeling “pretty crook” yesterday prompting the district nurse to […]
Barry Lichter writes for Lincoln Farms that a directive from Harness Racing New Zealand that the country’s top five standing start features will in future be handicap races has ignited a storm in the industry. The HRNZ board has unanimously voted that the New Zealand Trotting Cup, Auckland Trotting Cup, Dominion Trot, Rowe Cup and Invercargill […]
Riverman Sam’s (American Ideal) harness racing hat-trick at Cambridge on Thursday night put the icing on the cake for 96-year-old Joan Grice. Grice turned Cambridge’s mid-winter Christmas party into a birthday bash, celebrating with daughter Delia Cook, son-in-law Peter, and a few of her Cambridge friends. And after their horse steamrolled home to score his […]
Punters might have a question mark beside Riverman Sam (American Ideal) at Cambridge on Thursday night because he is having his first standing start – but not harness racing trainer Ray Green. The way Riverman Sam began from behind the tapes at the Pukekohe workouts last Friday gave Green plenty of confidence that the horse […]
How can a horse who won the most money, the most races and the New Zealand Trotting Cup not win the Horse of the Year title or at the very least the Pacer of the Year? The only explanation is that Harness Racing New Zealand made an administrative blunder. In May, HRNZ announced it was […]
Major changes at the helm of the Auckland Trotting Club announced today will reposition the club for the challenges that lie ahead, says new president Jamie MacKinnon. In sweeping changes at the club, CEO Mauro Barsi has resigned after two and a half years, his position to be filled in the interim by Rod Croon, […]
Copy That was almost as startled as trainer Ray Green when a roo raced him for 300 metres of his fast work yesterday. Having his final strong hit-out before Sunday’s Sokyola Sprint at Ballarat, Copy That didn’t know quite what to think of his surprise galloping pacemaker. “When the kangaroo popped out in front of […]
The Auckland Trotting Club was in such dire financial strife it was secretly negotiating to sell its land on Green Lane Rd more than three months before it sought approval from its harness racing members. When the ATC’s board put a motion to the annual general meeting on October 21, 2020, authorising it and a […]
The Auckland Trotting Club will continue legal action to try to recover some of the $100 million lost in the building of its apartment complex. But when the harness racing club finally reveals details of its long-running dispute with construction company Canam at next Wednesday’s annual general meeting, president Rod Croon will be assuring members […]
