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Gore trainer Tony Stratford has five runners accepted for the first day of the Wyndham HRC meeting at Cromwell today. In Race One the stable lines up Trendy Van Gogh (Vincent) who’s returning home after a stint with Canterbury trainer Andrew Stuart. “She’s on her way back home. I couldn’t tell you what her work’s been like. She’s in the right race I think and she’s got a draw where she’ll be […]
Mighty Flying Miki’s (Always B Miki) win at Cromwell on Tuesday extended the fantastic record as a broodmare of her dam Fleet’s Pocket (In The Pocket). Fleet’s Pocket has left eighteen foals of racing age and fifteen have won races. Her foals have collectively won a remarkable one hundred and forty six races for a […]
Cinderella Franco (Ultimate Machete) trained by Steven McRae has been one of the stars on the Central Otago harness racing circuit this year and her two recent wins demonstrate she’s a mare with plenty of potential. Today at Cromwell driver Gemma Thornley quickly took Cinderella Franco to the lead and although she looked under pressure […]
Two horses named after movies quinellaed today’s $25,000 Shannon Farm Cromwell Cup at the Wyndham HRC meeting at Cromwell. At the finish Hacksaw Ridge (A Rocknroll Dance) held on by half a length to beat fast finishing The Big Lebowski, with a brave Tempo Warrior a length and a half back in third. HACKSAW RIDGE […]
The race’s first few seconds are likely to decide whether Steven McRae goes home with today’s Shannon Farm Cromwell Cup again. McRae has been a fixture at the Central Otago summer harness racing circuit in recent seasons and is already enjoying another successful trip south before the final meeting at Cromwell. Cinderella Franco was as […]
Welcome to today’s segment from our harness racing analyst. Providing you with free expert tips and selections for harness meetings run in New Zealand. Harness racing hits Cromwell again today with eleven races on the card. The racing starts at 12:07pm and we highlight some specials and value runners we think can give you a run […]
Barron gets 700 When Cee Who’s Bettor (Bettor’s Delight) won at Addington last night it was former Southlander Ken Barron’s 700th training win. He’s trained 511 under his own name, 90 in partnership with his brother Tony and 99 with John Lischner. Ken’s first winner was Tintern Vesper (Deal Direct) with Lischner at Addington in […]
Franco Norton (A Rocknroll Dance) love for the grass harness racing surface and the Cromwell track continued when he skyed away to win the Scott Base Winery Handicap Pace today (Feb. 26). In the hands of Gemma Thornley, the five year old made short work of his 30 metre handicap and after sitting back, he […]
The well bred harness racing gelding Mo’unga (Bettor’s Delight) made amends for his costly mistake on Friday when he hung on to win his second race in three starts at Cromwell today (Feb 26). Two days ago on the same course he galloped at the winning post with a lap to run and after tacking […]
Contrasting formlines will collide when harness racing speedsters Sand Wave (Somebeachsomewhere) and Franco Norton (A Rocknroll Dance) go head-to-head in the Fruit Bowl Handicap at Cromwell on Sunday (Feb. 26). Nathan Williamson brings Sand Wave to Cromwell for just his second start on grass in a clash with the Steven McRae trained Franco Norton, who […]
Rata (Muscle Mass) provided Gore trainer Gay McClymont with her first winner in nine years when she narrowly won at the Wyndham Harness Racing Club’s meeting at Cromwell yesterday. Over the thirty years she’s held a licence, McClymont has always had a small number of trotters in training and her seventeen winners have all been […]
Justin Fun (Changeover) handed her owner-trainer Kerry Kelly a win she won’t forget when sprinting to harness racing victory at Cromwell yesterday (Feb. 24). Kelly celebrated her birthday in style when her veteran mare ran to a deserved victory in race 2. The Oamaru horsewoman watched on from home as Justin Fun zipped up the […]
He won by just a nose. And it’s been a long time coming. But when long time harness racing maiden Forty Wives (Bettor’s Delight) finally cracked it to win his first race at the Wyndham’s meeting at Cromwell today (Jan. 6) it was an emotional moment. Trained by veteran Omakau trainer Lionel Sinnamon and given […]
Harness racing driver Brent Barclay proved to be an admirable replacement for Craig Thornley in today’s $15,000 Golden View Care and Lifestyle Village Cromwell Cup. Thornley was injured earlier in the day and Barclay took the reins of Franco Norton (A Rocknroll Dance) who impressively won the day’s feature in testing conditions – thunder and […]
Sam Ottley is hoping she doesn’t have to pull out the wet weather gear on the final day of the Central Otago New Year’s harness racing circuit. Though if she does it may boost the chances of Deceptive Lee (Captaintreacherous) in the Cromwell Cup. The David Mitchell trained pacer clearly has speed to burn on […]
Oamaru harness racing trainer Phil Williamson and his family have been coming to Central Otago to race horses and have a holiday for over thirty years. And today (Jan. 5) he lines up eight trotters at the Wyndham meeting held in Cromwell, for the last day of the annual summer circuit. “We’ve been coming for […]
Welcome to today’s segment from our harness racing analyst. Providing you with free expert tips and selections for harness meetings run in New Zealand. Harness racing hits Cromwell again today with twelve races on the card. The racing starts at 2:30pm and we highlight some specials and value runners we think can give you a run […]
On North American tracks it’s all about speed over a mile trip, in Australia it’s a mix of both standing start and mobile features across a range of track sizes, in New Zealand it could be about an extreme two-mile contest or a grass track race featuring non-race winners and in Europe the champion trotter […]
