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Two stables coming off success at the Hannon Memorial harness racing meeting look set for more at Winton on Thursday. Cran and Chrissie Dalgety dominated Oamaru’s big day when winning four races and producing a quinella with their five starters. Nathan Williamson headed north to his home track and produced Tarragindi for a strong win […]
Cran Dalgety hopes Franco Sinatra (Captaintreacherous) won’t reach his peak in the Group Three Sally-Ann Donnelly Hannon Memorial on Sunday. The pacer goes into the New Zealand Cup lead-up following a slashing fifth in the recent New Brighton Cup at Addington. That outing was Franco Sinatra’s first since he was given a let-up following an […]
Cran Dalgety is keen to take on the role of party pooper at Addington on Friday. Kentuckiana Lodge will line up three harness racing runners in the inaugural $30,000 Touchdown Car Rentals Rising Stars Final for the 3YO Colts and Geldings – Razor Horizon, Franco Ankara and St Paddy. The series’ two heats were won […]
Cran Dalgety says it is great to have the stable back firing on all cylinders. And while he and wife Chrissie won’t be taking their absolute elite to Addington tonight he thinks they could come away with a winning double. Team Dalgety may sit fourth on the national premiership with 37 wins following a treble […]
Cran Dalgety has his stable big guns in Auckland this week but he isn’t predicting them to be firing as the Northern Lights Autumn Harness Racing Carnival gets underway at Alexandra Park tonight. And that could act as a warning for punters eyeing plenty of other big-name horses at this meeting which is somewhat of […]
Cran Dalgety hopes Show Stopper (Downbytheseaside) has found the perfect spot in Wednesday’s Southern Oaks heat at Oamaru. The three-year-old heads south with stablemate The Merc after placing in all three of her starts this time in. Show Stopper is set to start favourite from barrier 2 in Oamaru’s opening heat of the series (5.58pm) […]
Cran Dalgety knows the reality of the challenge ahead. Even with a kind barrier draw, Dalgety admits beating Aussie champ Leap To Fame will be a massive task in Saturday night’s $150,000 Group 1 Kilmore Cup (2180m). Republican Party gained an early edge with gate two, while Leap To Fame is the lone back row […]
Multiple Group 1 winner Republican Party (Bettor’s Delight) is primed for his next Aussie harness racing raid. The seven-year-old thrilled co-trainer Cran Dalgety in an unofficial trial yesterday (Thursday) ahead of a flight from Auckland to Melbourne on Sunday morning. Republican Party’s will launch his Victorian campaign in Saturday week’s $150,000 Group 1 Kilmore Cup. […]
Looks can be deceiving when it comes to Kentuckiana Lodge’s class of 2026 two-year-olds. Cran and Chrissie Dalgety’s latest crop of equine talent hit the trial track for the first time at Ashburton last week, ticking all boxes required by their trainers. Roger That and On Ya Bike went to the post together, ahead […]
A private workout at Addington on Monday convinced trainer Cran Dalgety of two things heading into tonight’s East West Fencing Summer Cup. The first is that Republican Party (Bettor’s Delight) is ready to win even from the toughest draw and the second is Franco Sinatra will be better off without hopples in the same race. […]
Cran Dalgety feels like he’s gone full circle. Almost 30 years ago, when he was around the same age as his young gun son Carter, Dalgety made his first trip to Melbourne as a harness racing trainer chasing a dream. Desperate Comment delivered that dream, upstage one of the all-time great Victoria Cup fields to […]
Republican Party (Bettor’s Delight) cemented his top seeding in the New Zealand harness racing nominations for next month’s IRT New Zealand Cup when he comprehensively won the $60,000 Group Two NZB Airfreight Ashburton Flying Stakes at Ashburton today. The Cran and Chrissie Dalgety trained entire began well and driver Carter Dalgety bided his time before […]
Kiwi harness racing greats Anthony Butt and Cran Dalgety know how to win a Hunter Cup. They also fully understand the importance of good barriers in modern-day racing, which is why their confidence has grown going into Victoria’s biggest race at Melton on Saturday night. Dalgety, who won the 2014 Hunter Cup with Christen Me, […]
Cran Dalgety wants to see a new version of Republican Party (Bettor’s Delight) when he returns to the Placemakers Hannon Memorial on Sunday. The five-year-old will be out to go one better in the traditional New Zealand Cup lead up following his gritty second placing in the Group 3 harness racing feature last year. The […]
The final round of harness racing heats for the Anne Thompson Graduation series will be run at the Rangiora meeting today, with West Melton trainers Cran and Chrissie Dalgety lining up two runners. Chicago Bear (Bettor’s Delight) is the first cab off the rank in race 2, heat 3 for the pacers. Coming off the […]
Top Kiwi harness racing trainer Cran Dalgety is no stranger to winning Breeders Crown finals, but this one would be different. The Canterbury-based Dalgety has trained five Group 1 Breeders Crown final winners and is chasing a sixth with a filly he has never seen at Melton on Saturday night. That’s because he part-owns star […]
Canterbury horseman Cran Dalgety has some top end stock on his Kentuckiana property at the moment, with inform Aussie pacer Swayzee (Rock N Roll Heaven) and unbeaten filly Mantra Blue (Sweet Lou) joining the harness racing talent that already lives there. Dalgety gets excited at this time of year and next week’s $750,000 IRT New […]
Trainer Cran Dalgety is worried about a host of tricky starting points for his harness racing team at Addington tonight. So he warns punters even though most of those he and wife Chrissie take to headquarters tonight are good enough to win they should be treated with caution. “We have copped a lot of bad […]
Cran Dalgety reckons Krug (Bettor’s Delight) was sick of the sight of him by the end of his last harness racing campaign. But the trainer and stable star are back being mates again as the multiple group 1 winner eyes a delayed start to his New Zealand Cup campaign. Krug is three weeks away from […]
When Woodlands Stud first marketed Sweet Lou as a harness racing sire of the future, they distributed sunglasses bearing his name on the pretence they were needed given he had such a bright future ahead of him. How right they were, with the dual hemisphere G1 producer now producing regular winners at every track worldwide. Excluding Great […]
There’s a saying in harness racing that once a horse gets out on the track, he doesn’t know who his mum or dad is. Judging by the ease of the win on debut at Addington Raceway this afternoon for the Cran and Chrissie Dalgety trained Franco Sinatra (Captaintreacherous), I’m picking he might have some idea. […]
Trainer Cran Dalgety knows tonight’s (Mar. 31) feature harness racing pace at Addington is more than a race for Krug (Bettor’s Delight), it could also be an audition. And the Canterbury trainer says his stable star is ready to nail the part. Krug will start favourite even from the outside of the gate in the […]
Cran and Chrissie Dalgety have a big harness racing night ahead before they are at the centre of one of Australasia’s most anticipated races The Dalgetys start a nice three horse team at Addington on Friday night as well as starting a debutante in New Zealand’s first two-year-old race of the new season. Once all […]
Cran Dalgety says his two stable stars are in for vastly different summers after brave efforts at the Grand Prix harness racing meeting last Sunday. Which means punters can expect to see Krug (Bettor’s Delight) back up in the $100,000 Invercargill Cup on Saturday week while Republican Party (Bettor’s Delight) will be heading to the […]
