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When you carry a name like Lomu the expectations are high and that legendary name sits firmly on the rump of Franco Lomu (Bettor’s Delight). The Regan Todd trained three year old is certainly heading in the right direction and his win last night at Addington was his third in just a handful of starts. […]
Gore trained Rylan Charlie (Changeover) is a horse that slides up and down the ratings. But today at Ascot Park he was in his happy place in the R35-R36 band. “The rating system has helped him quite a bit and when he gets back down in that 35 grade he’s competitive. That’s what keeps the […]
Veteran Ashburton trainer Terry McMillan has had to be patient with Calmbeforethestorm (Majestic Son) and that patience was rewarded yesterday at Motukarara, when the mare stormed home to win her maiden at start number fifteen. Driver Gerald O’Reilly got Calmbeforethestorm to step cleanly and positioned her three back on the outside with BK Mumma Jamie […]
Thirteen year old veteran of 290 starts Franco Huntington (Changeover) has run his last race. “I just felt that he was starting to ease off a bit and I didn’t want to disgrace him at any time. He’s done a tremendous job for us and he doesn’t owe us anything,” said trainer Doug McLaughan after […]
The Burwood Stud-based former Kiwi champion Changeover has topped the million dollar mark in progeny earnings for the ninth consecutive season. His stock has earned $1.13 million to date this year and more than $22.7 million lifetime. The In The Pocket horse has produced a flurry of winners in both hemispheres during the past fortnight […]
Former Kiwi superstar Changeover, who is standing at Burwood Stud in Queensland, sired six harness racing winners for the week including four at Albion Park. Undoubtedly the highlight was the brilliant front-end winning performance of Regazzo Di Tilly in 1:55.1 at Albion Park on Saturday night (June 8). The four-year-old gelding chalked up his fourth […]
The Garrard family’s involvement in harness racing goes back a century but their foray into breeding and selling yearlings is a relatively new venture. Trainer Daren Garrard, 55, has 15 horses in work. He has trained 559 winners of more than $3 million. He had an outstanding 2023 season, training 27 winners of $367,000 in […]
Harness racing’s Changeover five-year-old The Mustang made it two for two at Gloucester Park when he led throughout on Friday night (Oct. 14). The gelding rated 1:58.5 for 2536 metres with the last half in 55.6. The widely travelled pacer has now won 17 races and almost $180,000 in stakes. Tiz A Sizzler, a New […]
Former Kiwi superstar Changeover, who is standing at harness racing’s Burwood Stud in Queensland, has enjoyed a productive first week in September. The In The Pocket sired 10 individual winners across different three countries. Heading the vanguard were the metropolitan winners Sir Simon (1:54.4, Menangle), Be On Guard (Gloucester Park) and Rudi Sandel (1:56.7, Globe […]
Blithe (Love You) went some way to living up to her harness racing breeding when breaking maidens at Ashburton on Sunday. From the maternal family of champion sire Sundon, the filly is certainly bred to trot. After threatening to win in her recent outings, the three-year-old got the job done in race 1 with a […]
La Bella Vita N (Changeover) drew post position seven in a seven-horse featured harness racing field on Sunday evening (Aug. 7) at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The Alicia Gray trainee was making her debut in the Fillies and Mares Open at the Spa following a successful stint at Plainridge Park in Massachusetts. La Bella Vita N […]
The result of the Listed $25,970 QBred Breeders Classic for two-year-old colts and geldings, run at Albion Park on Saturday night (May 21), put the exclamation mark on a big week for former harness racing champion Kiwi pacer, now Queensland-based sire Changeover. The Burwood Stud flagship figured as the sire of the end-to-end winner, Mullum […]
The lightly raced four-year-old Merry Dancer signalled a good week for the progeny of former NZ champion Changeover when she out-finished her rivals at Melton to notch her maiden success. Changeover sired a pair of Albion Park winners in Deus Ex NZ (1:52.3) and Raani (1:58). The former is undefeated in two outings this season […]
Former Kiwi superstar Changeover, who is enjoyed yet another multi-million dollar season with his progeny, left three ‘new’ winners on either side of the Tasman recently. Bold Cowboy, a two-year-old, notched his first win at only his third start at Redcliffe, while the three-year-old Prodigal Son and Unchanged Memory broke his maiden status in New […]
Deus Ex, a New Zealand bred gelding by Changeover, sliced 3.4 seconds off his previous record when he clocked a sizzling 1:51.4 over 1660 metres at Albion Park on Saturday (October 2). The five-year-old led throughout for a commanding 11.4 metres win and is now undefeated in three starts on Australian soil. Deus Ex has […]
Former New Zealander Deus Ex, who scored a decisive end-to-end win at Albion Park last Saturday night (September 18) and has won his way back to a NR 88 mark, has now won two from as many starts on Australian soil. https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC18092106.mp4 The Changeover five-year-old gelding hoisted a fresh lifetime record of 1:54.8 over 2138 […]
The emphatic end-to-win of Yianni in the Group 3 $30,000 Alabar Vicbred Championship Final at Bendigo on Saturday night (August 28) was a highlight of a brilliant day for the former champion New Zealand racehorse and now highly successful sire, Changeover. Yianni, who a week earlier won a heat of the Championship, tipped his stake […]
The five-year-old La Bella Vita NZ is proving a splendid advertisement for the former Kiwi champion Changeover, now at Burwood Stud on Queensland’s Darling Downs. La Bella Vita notched her seventh success from 13 starts on Australian soil when she out-sprinted a top field in the Mares Open in 1:53.1 at Albion Park last Saturday […]
Burwood Stud flagship Changeover took the siring honours at Albion Park last Saturday night (June 12) with a winning double. Islas Joy NZ, a six-year-old gelding by Changeover, led from end-to-end in a career-best 1:54.6, while With The Band NZ, a six-year-old mare, sat parked throughout before winning in 1:54.2. With The Band has now […]
Former Kiwi harness racing champion Changeover, who stands at Burwood Stud on Queensland’s Darling Downs, was credited with another two-year-old winner when Ima Chick Magnet led from end to end in 2:00.4 at Redcliffe on June 2. The following night Mullum Boy, a three-year-old by Changeover, won on debut at the same track, providing his […]
