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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 […]
The What The Hill gelding Lovemeto, who was bred, raised and sold by Breckon Farms, was a very impressive winner of a second round heat of the Inter Dominion Trotting Championship at Albion Park on Saturday (July 11). Forced to race without cover for the first lap, the six-year-old speared to the front with a […]
West Melton trainer Ken Barron bookended the card at Addington last night with two sons of Always B Miki, both driven by Blair Orange. Ringleader won the first race easily despite starting off the unruly mark. “He caused a false start last week which is unusual for him because he’s never done a thing wrong […]
A pair of Breckon Farms bred and raised trotters in Kiss My Pixel and Ferdinand both won on the same card at Cambridge Raceway on Friday (July 3). Kiss My Pixel sat parked for the last lap before careering away to win a heat of the Silk Road Series. The Father Patrick mare has now won three races and just […]
Lucky Luka, a two-year-old colt bred, raised and sold by Breckon Farms, completed back-to-back successes when he came from near last to score at Alexandra Park on Friday (June 26). LUCKY LUKA REPLAY Given a sweet trip by Tony Herlihy, the Bettor’s Delight colt was tipped three-wide approaching the home turn and unleashed a paralysing […]
Tough-as-teak three-year-old Crippa Max, named after Australian Rules star Patrick Cripps, made rather a notable debut to his Queensland career when he outgunned an intermediate grade field at Albion Park on Friday night (June 19). CRIPPA MAX REPLAY https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC19062606.mp4 Starting from the outside No. 7 gate, the Captaintreacherous gelding was caught on a limb three […]
Breckon Farms took the harness racing breeding honours at Cambridge Raceway last Friday (June 5) with a winning double on the night. Lucky Luka (Bettor’s Delight) started the ball rolling when he came from third last and a conservative 30 metres from the leaders with a paralysing finishing burst to win at his second start. […]
Our Col (Father Patrick), a three-year-old filly bred, raised and sold by Breckon Farms, was a convincing harness racing winner of the Group 3 $45,625 Northern Trotting Oaks at Alexandra Park last Friday (May 22). Starting from the outside gate, the Father Patrick filly worked to the front 600 metres after the mobile barrier despatched […]
Kinky and Rumble Strip, a pair of Breckon Farms bred and raised four-year-olds by Bettor’s Delight, won on the same harness racing card at Gloucester Park last Friday (May 15). Kinky, a daughter of the Mach Three mare Spin To Win, enjoyed a saloon passage before outsprinting her rivals at a career-best 1:54.2 rating over […]
Waikato Standardbred nursery Breckon Farms is offering four well-bred fillies through their NZB Standardbred Online Weanling Sale draft, with all four presenting as potential pinhooking opportunities. While the yearling sales are the farm’s key target, farm manager Nigel Fahey said they have had an influx of fillies born on the farm and have identified four fillies to […]
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 […]
Tonight’s win at Alexandra Park by Apollo Eleven (Bold Eagle) created a special moment for the Waikato harness racing Ferguson family. Dylan and Jo Ferguson trained the quality two year old to win the $100,000 G1 IRT Young Guns Easton Light Classic and the colt was driven to perfection by Dylan’s father Peter. “I got interviewed on Harnesslink a […]
Canterbury trained trotter Kawatiri Trev (Marcoola) steps into group harness racing racing for the first time tomorrow night but that isn’t fazing master trotting trainer Paul Nairn. “It’ll be a test but I’d like to think he’ll be able to compete with that good one of Brent Lilley’s (Kyvalley Ray) and the one of Dunn’s […]
Tattica, the highest priced trotting yearling at $180,000 at the NZB National Yearling Sale at Karaka in 2024, broke through for her first win at her fourth start at the Premier Meeting at Alexandra Park on Friday night (May 1). She worked to the front in the first lap and was never again headed, winning […]
Breckon Farms, the Ohaupo based standardbred nursery owned by Ken and Karen Breckon, bred winners in three different countries last week. Heading the list was the impressive two-year-old colt Apollo Eleven (Bold Eagle-Tickle Me Pink), who made it two for two in the Breckon Farms Trot at Alexandra Park on Friday night (April 17). After […]
Pukekohe trainer Nathan Purdon thinks the Cran and Chrissie Dalgety trained Tour Party (Bettor’s Delight) will be very hard to roll in the $100,000 Group One Breckon Farms Cardigan Bay Stakes. Nevertheless he’s confident his two starters are not without a show. “If he (Tour Party) spears up off the gate which we know he […]
Trainers Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan have maintained there’s not a lot between their two three year old trotters Meant To Be (Father Patrick) and Higher Power (Father Patrick) and the winning margin of a nose in tonight’s $100,000 Group One Breckon Farms Northern Trotting Derby confirmed their opinion. It was Meant To Be in […]
“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 […]
The future of harness racing is dependent on initiatives and people to drive racehorses, and one such initiator and driver is twenty five year old George Breckon. George is the son of Ken and Karen Breckon of Breckon Farms and he’s dead set keen on getting young people into a sport that he has a […]
The harness racing progeny of Father Patrick dominated their season finales tonight at Addington Raceway when Meant To Be and Habibti Pat won their respective ‘Aces’ races. In the Group One $100,000 IRT Ace Of Clubs, driver Zachary Butcher played the patient game with Meant To Be, letting him find his feet and avoiding the […]
The brand new state of the art complex at Breckon Farms has been officially opened – and it’s “impressive”. Set in the heart of the Waikato at Ohaupo, Ken and Karen Breckon’s newly-completed showpiece was unveiled with friends, colleagues, and industry members this week. “We are absolutely thrilled with it, the whole process and the […]
Champion harness racing mare Millwood Nike (Captaintreacherous) is safely in foal to Art Major. Breckon Farms Manager Nigel Fahy said the mare which has been on farm for five weeks, arrived from trainer Mark Purdon’s in great order and got in foal at her first attempt. “There was a bit of chopping and changing between […]
Bet N Win (What The Hill) trained by David and Stacey White proved tonight that he’s a genuine open class trotter, winning the Group Three $40,000 Dancinginthedark M (USA) Canterbury Park Cup at harness racing headquarters Addington. After stepping well from the 10 metre mark driver Bob Butt took the four year old straight to […]
Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan continued their fantastic start to the 2024 feature harness racing season with a stable quinella in the $50,000 IRT Young Guns 2YO Trotters Final at Alexandra Park this evening. Father Patrick gelding, Higher Power, came out victorious among a boutique field of six talented juvenile trotters, displaying some of the […]
