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New Zealand

Bold move pays off big time

By Harnesslink ·

Tonight’s win at Alexandra Park by Apollo Eleven (Bold Eagle) created a special moment for the Waikato harness racing Ferguson family.  Dylan and Jo Ferguson trained the quality two year old to win the $100,000 G1 IRT Young Guns Easton Light Classic and the colt was driven to perfection by Dylan’s father Peter.  “I got interviewed on Harnesslink a […]

New Zealand

Huge family involvement in young trainer's first winner

By Ashley Dailey ·

Twenty seven year old New Plymouth trainer Brodie Ellis got on the board today, scoring his first win at the Kapiti Coast Harness Racing Club’s meeting at Otaki. “It was a long time coming (laughter),” Ellis said after the win of much travelled trotting mare Cool Phelan (Pegasus Spur). The nine year old is owned […]

New Zealand

Ferguson looking forward to new changes

By Brigette Solomon ·

Waikato-based harness racing trainer and driver Dylan Ferguson is looking forward to a new challenge as he sets out as an individual trainer next month. The 27-year-old has trained in partnership with Graeme Rogerson for the past three years, where he had previously been employed as stable foreman since 2018. The pair trained 62 winners […]

Australia

NZ trotting raider walks in to book Derby spot

By Harnesslink ·

New Zealand international Lovemeto has well and truly arrived on the harness racing scene here in Australia with an emphatic victory in his heat of the Haras des Trotteurs Victoria Trotters Derby. The Graeme Rogerson and Dylan Ferguson-trained gelding worked his way to the lead shortly after the start and streaked away to win by […]

New Zealand

Rogerson/Ferguson team heads to Cambridge

By Harnesslink ·

Harness racing trainers Graeme Rogerson and Dylan Ferguson have five runners starting at their local meeting Cambridge, on Thursday night. First starter Bigger The Better (Bettor’s Delight) which is trained by Dylan’s partner Jo Stevens at the Rogerson/Ferguson barn starts the night off in Race Two. The two year old is out of the eight […]

New Zealand

Lovemeto emphatic in Ferguson’s first Group One victory

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Lovemeto (Love You) added yet another Group One harness racing title to Graeme Rogerson’s tally while also handing Dylan Ferguson his first with his powerful win in the $90,000 Group One Breckon Farms Northern Trotting Derby (2700m). Ferguson enjoyed the biggest victory of his training career when his NZB Standardbred graduate produced a powerful front-running performance […]

New Zealand

$90,000 Derby to Dylan and Rogie

By Harnesslink ·

Although harness racing trainer Dylan Ferguson was disappointed he wasn’t in the drivers seat, he’s thrilled to have won as a trainer, the $90,000 Group One Breckon Farms Northern Trotting Derby tonight (May 26).  Trained by Ferguson and Graeme Rogerson, Lovemeto (What The Hill) took out the three year old trotting feature at Alexandra Park […]

New Zealand

What The Hill quinella in Listed 3YO feature

By Harnesslink ·

Dylan Ferguson’s training and driving skills have come of age. The win tonight (28. Apr) with Lovemeto (What The Hill) at Alexandra Park in Auckland in the $75,000 Listed NZB Standardbred Harness Million for three-year-old trotters provided the proof. “It’s a big thrill. We’ve had a plan in place for a long time for him […]

New Zealand

Ferguson riding the crest of a wave

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Dylan Ferguson is riding the crest of a wave at the moment. Last Friday he reined home Rosie (Peak) to harness racing victory in the Group 3 Northern Trotting Breeders’ Stakes (2700m) for partner Jo Stevens, and two days later the couple went to Karaka where they secured three yearlings at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National […]

New Zealand

Ferguson chalks up first training win

By Harnesslink ·

By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Waikato horseman Dylan Ferguson recorded his first win as a trainer at Cambridge Raceway on Friday but it wasn’t until later on that he realised his achievement. Ferguson has been working for dual code trainer Graeme Rogerson for the last few years as his stable foreman and was taken […]

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