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The country’s leading two year old trotter Apollo Eleven (Bold Eagle) will have a hit out at the Cambridge Workouts at Cambridge tomorrow as he gets ready for some major targets in the next few months. “He’s been into Cambridge a couple of time for fast work, but he’s been doing most of his work […]
He is an Aussie, but we’ve hardly seen him race here. All that’s about to change in the next few months for arguably the best young trotter in this part of the world, Kyvalley Ray (Bold Eagle). Trainer Brent Lilley said the three-year-old, who boasts eight harness racing wins from just 12 starts and five […]
Apollo Eleven (Bold Eagle), a two-year-old colt bred and part-owned by Breckon Farms, further underlined his harness racing potential when he led throughout to beat the best his age in the country in the Group 1 $91,250 Young Guns Easton Light Trotting Classic at Auckland on Friday night (May 8). He scored by a half-length […]
New Zealand harness racing fans have been lucky enough to see the emergence of Kyvalley Ray (Bold Eagle) both through his two year old season and now three year old year. As a two year old the Brent Lilley trained gelding won the NZB Standardbred Harness Million and the NZ Sires’ Stakes Two Year Old […]
The Dylan and Jo Ferguson trained Apollo Eleven (Bold Eagle) kept his unbeaten record intact at Alexandra Park last night. From a wide draw driver Peter Ferguson took Apollo Eleven forward early and he was soon in front with stablemate Ellie Diamond dropping into the trail. Meanwhile the favourite Duke Of Bourbon galloped shortly after […]
“We thought if we were to carry on the way we’re going we’re just going to be chasing our tails for the next bloody how many years. We thought right, we’ll have one good crack at it this year,” harness racing trainer Dylan Ferguson said when reviewing he and his wife Jo’s decision to buy […]
Young Clevedon harness racing trainer Matty White was having a few days off in the Hawkes Bay when I called him after his busy time at the recently held NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales. It’s been a great week for the horseman. He’s purchased three yearlings on his own account and has had some high profile […]
Winton based SBSR breeder Michelle Caig has been in the Standardbred industry for thirty years and was initially introduced to the annual yearling sales through plaiting horses for the late Paul Browman. The first mare Michelle ever bought was Mitequila and her first foal Mistefire (Courage Under Fire) was also her first sales yearling in […]
The outstanding French horse Bold Eagle, Europe’s first sub 1:50 trotter and a dual Grand Prix d’Amerique winner. He will be represented by one of his first Australian crop at our Melbourne sale on Sunday, February 4. This outstanding progeny is sure to raise some eyebrows and some hands for any astute buyers in 2024. […]
The Bold Eagle four-year-old Jushua Tree hoisted a new world record and notched his first Group 1 success when he scored a magnificent harness racing win in the prestigious Criterium Continental at the Winter meeting at Vincennes, Paris recently. Jushua Tree covered the 2100 metres from behind the mobile barrier in a 1’09’’8 kilometre rate […]
