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Swannanoa horseman Bronson Munro has a wider than usual smile on his dial last night. He made the call to buy recently qualified southern filly Easton Doll (Sweet Lou) from Gore trainer Brian Norman. “The beautiful thing about Brian is he’s no bullshit. He just said the horse wasn’t his cup of tea,” Munro said […]
Southern driver Mark Hurrell has nine drives across the ten races at Invercargill tomorrow. Here are his thoughts on each runner. Race One: Pacific Arc (Washington VC) – trainer Brian Norman (F2) “He hasn’t had a good draw for a long time. The one horse (Rakamick) looks like he’s got enough gate speed to hold […]
Today’s racing at Winton provided plenty of highlights. Now in her third season of training a small team, Mataura horsewoman Nicole Aitken trained her third winner today when Cash Is King (Captain Crunch) cleared maiden ranks. Driver Kerryn Tomlinson positioned Cash Is King four back on the inside but with a moderate pace being set […]
Gore trainer Brian Norman is excited to be the owner of unbeaten trotting filly Imperious Girl (Imperial Count). Norman who loves his trotters, hasn’t bred too many squaregaiters in recent years but has developed and sold a handful of good ones, including Sky Commander which he sold to Merv and Meg Butterworth. He won three […]
“The plugs were still in. I didn’t have to urge her, she just cruised up on her own. I think she’s got a bright future,” said trainer driver Craig Ferguson after Imperious Girl (Imperial Count) won impressively on debut at the Wairio meeting today. After beginning well from the inside, Imperious Girl slotted three back […]
Gore trainer Brian Norman says Markthewarrior (Majestic Son) is his best winning chance at tomorrow’s Winton HRC meeting at Central Southland Raceway. He starts off the unruly mark in Race Five. He was unlucky two starts back and broke at his last start two weeks ago but there were excuses. In Race One Norman has […]
The future career of Southland harness racing mare Raklou (Sweet Lou) will take place in Western Australia for Gary Hall Snr. The four year old mare won four races for Ryal Bush trainer Peter Hunter with her biggest win the Group Three Helen Pope Fillies Classic at Ashburton. She also won the Bionic Chance Bracelet […]
The golden run of Ardlussa owner Judy Dillon continued today at the Gore Harness Racing meeting, when veteran pacing mare Sherwood Maggie (Live Or Die) won her sixth race at start number 104. Driver Jonny Cox used her gate speed to take her straight to the top and the eight year old won easily by […]
Cambridge harness racing trainer Nicky Chilcott has said her goodbyes to her best trotter Sacred Mountain (Muscle Hill). “She left at 4 o’clock this morning (Wednesday) for Melbourne. We just couldn’t keep racing her off 50 metres. It’s just too tough. She’s a quality mare and you’ll break their heart,” Chilcott said. Sacred Mountain began […]
Southland based harness racing stallion Washington VC died on Friday morning at Bryleigh Stud near Edendale, his home for twenty four years. “He was neighing. Something wasn’t quite right. I led him out to his paddock, he lay down and never got up. It was almost certainly a heart attack. It was my dream way […]
Gore harness racing trainer Brian Norman has six runners for the Riverton Trotting Club’s meeting at Central Southland Raceway in Winton on Saturday. Three are from the last handful of crops left by great Southland stallion Washington VC. In Race One Norman lines up Matua Maria (He’s Watching). The six year old mare has shown […]
Gore trainer Brian Norman has six runners in tomorrow’s Fast 10 harness racing meeting at Ascot Park. Eight year old mare Steve (Repeat Love) starts the ball rolling in Race Three. Until her last start tenth at Winton, she was in solid form. Robust Easton (Washington VC) in Race Four, had a tough run when […]
Stallion Washington VC has been a great servant to many Southern harness racing breeders as well as a few further afield. Gore trainer Brian Norman has certainly been a fan. Of his 201 career winners, 91 have been in the pacing gait and 32 of those have been provided by the stock of Washington VC. […]
The first race on the Tuapeka harness racing card was won by the Robert Wilson trained Galleons Future (Majestic Son) which beat Kohli Trouble (Superfast Stuart) by a neck. The winner was driven by Nathan Williamson. In Race Two trainer driver Brian Norman took the third favourite Close, (Washington VC) straight to the top and won […]
Junior harness racing driver Ollie Kite has turned a corner, well demonstrated by his two winning drives at Ascot Park today (Sep. 15). “It was the first time I’ve had a double on race day, and it was kind of cool to get it back to back,” he said after winning with Steve (Repeat Love) […]
Gore harness racing trainer Brian Norman trucks north today (Jan. 25) for the Forbury Park Trotting Club’s twilight meeting at Oamaru. He has five runners spread over the eight race card, with his day starting in Race Two where he lines up Harleen Quinzel (Majestic Son). She last started at Wyndham in October and has […]
