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The undercard at last night’s Premier race night at Addington provided it’s share of highlights with none better than Captain Wolf’s (Captain Crunch) win in the Tyre General Mobile Pace. “I’m ecstatic. We were here to find out whether we were aiming high or low and we’ve found out we are definitely aiming high,” part […]
There’s no better advertisement for the NZB Standardbred Weanling Sales at Karaka than Burnham harness racing trainer Bruce Negus and it was in evidence yesterday at Rangiora. Both of his winners Monkee Major (Art Major) and Hoppy’s Smile (Vincent) were bought cheaply from the Alabar draft at the 2022 and 2023 Sales. In her race, […]
The Will (Speeding Spur) has taken a bit of working out, but after her win today at Ascot Park, trainer Matty Williamson reckons she’s heading in the right direction. At the line, The Will had three quarters of a length advantage over Fir with a head back to third placegetter Shakedown. “She felt pretty good, […]
Veteran Burnham trainer Bruce Negus faces six weeks of light duties after being seriously injured at Addington Raceway on Easter Saturday. He was taking horses off a ramp when one of them “took fright and pulled me over”. Though he has no recollection of the accident it’s clear from his injuries that his head, knee […]
Misty Blue (Sweet Lou) purchased by Bruce Negus at the 2021 NZB Standardbred Weanling Sales for just $3,000 took her earnings past $87,000 when she won the Rangiora Equine Services Amberly Cup at Rangiora today. In today’s $25,000 feature Hacksaw Ridge led with Audacity taking the trail and Misty Blue and driver Sheree Tomlinson three […]
With twelve runners, Burnham trainer Bruce Negus will be the busiest trainer at tomorrow’s Waikouaiti Trotting Club meeting on the grass at Oamaru. Race One: Foveaux Gambler (Betting Line). “He’s been a consistently good horse when he’s been right. He went through a flat patch for a long time and I’m not a hundred percent […]
When Australian driver Luke McCarthy takes the reins on Kingman (Always B Miki) in Tuesday’s IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup it’ll be his third drive in the great race. His first drive was on Washakie in 2009 which finished fourteenth and his second on For A Reason which ran third in 2014. He might not […]
The quest of Burnham trainer Bruce Negus to have good numbers in the Harness 5000 races in Ashburton next month continues at Oamaru tomorrow. “It’s a great concept and it’s encouraging the studs not to put their fees up,” Negus said. With thirty six winners so far this season he’s also closing in on his […]
From seven to 18 – that’s how many horses that are now eligible for the brand new Harness 5000 meeting at Ashburton this December. In the space of a week the total has more than doubled, with veteran harness racing trainer Bruce Negus leading the way. He has three horses that have already qualified for […]
There were only four harness races on the dual code card at Wingatui today and female drivers wearing Team Teal colours won them all. A great way to finish the fundraiser for Ovarian Cancer and cap off the Southern Harness portion of the appeal. Don’t Look Kobe (Majestic Son) got things off to a perfect […]
Buffy Northstain (Majestic Son) kept Sam Thornley’s Junior Drivers Premiership hopes alive when she won the Ward and Sinclair Limited Trot at Gore today. Trained by Bruce Negus, the six year old mare got back in the running and stormed home late to beat Tinkerbelle. The win was Buffy Northstain’s twelfth and puts Thornley on […]
Canterbury trainer Bruce Negus takes a team of nine to the Oamaru Harness Racing meeting tomorrow. Major Linc (Sky Major) represents the stable in Race Two. This three start maiden is resuming after last racing in June and has had no recent trials or workouts. He gets a handy draw at four. In Race Three […]
With a lot of uncertainty at present in the breeding sector, it was timely and refreshing to see some youthful exuberance show up on my social media feed over the long weekend, with a young Cantabrian proudly sharing the excitement of having produced his first foal. It took me back to my own experience in […]
Yaldhurst trainer Peter Shennan has been in the harness racing game for a long time and today he trained his third winner when Hanoi Franco (Tintin In America) took out the first race at Methven. “It was good to be shaking hands with guys I hadn’t seen for a long time,” Shennan said after the […]
Burnham harness racing trainer Bruce Negus wasn’t as surprised as many punters were when he scored an unlikely double at Addington yesterday. Driven by Sheree Tomlinson, Negus’ runners took out the first two races on the card, both at double figure odds. Waterholes Road won the Come Race With Us ‘3 Codes Syndication’ Mobile Pace, […]
Bruce and Colleen Negus had a harness racing day to remember at Addington today. “You have the odd one when everything just goes right,” said Bruce who won races with Foveaux Gambler (Betting Line) and Dancing Glenis (A Rocknroll Dance) as a trainer and shares with Colleen in the ownership of Oliver (Majestic Son) which […]
A winning double at Methven on Wednesday continued the fine form of the Bruce Negus harness racing stable. Negus produced Knockshanbally (Washington VC) to win race 8 before Paige (One Over Da Moon) went on to score in the trainer’s red colours in race 10. A recent trip down south has turned around the form […]
“I think this is the best horse I’ve had since Sly Flyin (Sands Aflyin), harness racing trainer Bruce Negus said after two year old Quinn (Downbytheseaside) won by three and three quarter lengths at Wyndham today (Oct. 12). I think he’s a Derby horse in the making,” he added. That’s a big wrap as Sly […]
Sandflies are notorious pests renowned for prospering in hot and humid conditions. However, the same can’t be said for the harness racing equivalent in the Bruce Negus-trained Sandfly Bay (Southwind Frank). The three-year-old filly has made every post a winner since beginning her racing career back in the Autumn, and on Friday night (June 9.) […]
Veteran harness racing trainer Bruce Negus has six runners on the race card at Addington on Sunday. In the first race for amateur drivers Negus lines up two runners: Raging On (Raging Bull) and Classie Linc, (Sir Lincoln) and of the two he rates Classie Linc his best chance. “At her last start the excuse […]
Rain looks the big factor in assessing the chances of Borrisokane (Sportswriter) at Wingatui on Monday. On paper the Bruce Negus trained pacer looks close to a harness racing certainty, dropping back into maiden grade after running a huge second when taking on quality horses in a heat of the Southern Supremacy Stakes at Wyndham […]
Bruce Negus is looking to get a head start on next year’s Country Cup Championship. Negus will line up Corravally Star (Washington VC) in Sunday’s Kurow Cup, a harness racing qualifying event for the 2023 Country Cup Championship at Addington. Negus’s four-year-old missed out on a start in this year’s $100,000 feature by just one […]
Burnham horseman Bruce Negus celebrated his 500th training win at Addington Raceway on Sunday, courtesy of Apatchofgold in the Macca Lodge Fillies & Mares Mobile Pace (1980m). While he enjoyed bringing up the milestone, Negus was more animated about the performance of his juvenile filly on debut. The daughter of Racing Hill did a fair […]
Leading Forbury Park trainer Bruce Negus will remember the Dunedin track as a venue that created opportunities that were not possible elsewhere as its 110-year run comes to an end tonight. View the Forbury Park harness racing fields click here! Negus will bring five horses south from his Canterbury stable to be a part of […]
