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Muscle Mountain big chance to win fourth Summer Cup

Ben Hope says Muscle Mountain (Muscle Hill) is ready to give harness racing punters what they want tonight and the way they want it too. The big boy returns after…

Hope stable juggles Oamaru runners ahead of Dominion

Ben Hope has a mountain to climb on Tuesday, but there is business to handle first at Oamaru on Thursday. After going desperately close in the past, Hope will again…

Muscle Mountain climbs to new heights

Muscle Mountain (Muscle Hill) reached remarkable heights this afternoon when he won his fourth Ashburton Trotters Sprint. That sort of record is unheard of in modern day harness racing and…

High “hopes” for 3YO trotters tonight

Ben Hope admits he knows a lot more about one of his three-year-old trotters than the other one heading to Addington tonight. But he still thinks they can both win….

Hat-trick of wins for Hopes

A hat-trick of harness racing wins at Rangiora yesterday continued a great start to the father-son training partnership of Greg and Ben Hope. They have now won seven races since…

Ben gets black type

Ben Hope who now trains in partnership with his father Greg, recorded his first black type harness racing win when Muscle Mountain (Muscle Hill) took out the $60,000 Group Two…

New Hope training partnership starts today

Ben Hope has a shot at one of the greatest first training wins of any partnership in racing history. The 25-year-old officially goes into a training partnership with his father…

Ben Hope reunites with Midnight Dash tonight

Midnight Dash (Muscle Hill) gets his good luck charm back at Addington tonight. But oddly that good luck charm, harness racing driver Ben Hope, is not only the driver who…

Bits and Bridles

Two open class pacers – Macandrew Aviator (Panspacificflight) and The Big Lebowski (Mach Three) have returned to the south. After campaigning in Canterbury for Stephen Boyd, Macandrew Aviator is now…

Hopes join elite 1,000 Club

Last Sunday at the Waikouaiti harness racing meeting Greg Hope achieved a major milestone reached by just a few when he became a member of the elite trainers 1000 winners…

Track specialists win Waikouaiti features

Two horses with impeccable records on the grass took out the harness racing features at the Waikouaiti meeting at Oamaru today. Driven by Ben Hope, Homebush Lad (Mach Three) trained…