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Mark Jones notched up a milestone last night at Addington when he trained his 800th harness racing winner Tempo Warrior (A Rocknroll Dance). TEMPO WARRIOR REPLAY 779 of those winners have been under his name while the balance (21) have been with Brendon Hill. His first winner was Man O Man at Oamaru in September […]
After a gap of thirty nine years the Forbury Park Dunedin Trotting Cup will be on the race card again when the Forbury Park Trotting Club races at Wingatui on Friday. Between 1979 and 1984 The Dunedin Trotting Club was a feature of the April meeting for the Club and the names of some top […]
The improvement shown by trotting mare Miss Jessica (Master Glide) over the last three months is an early season highlight in the Southern Harness Racing season to date. After winning at her second start at Forbury Park in December 2019 it took another thirty starts for her to win her second race, at Ascot Park […]
Southern harness racing reinsman Rory McIIwrick won half the card today at the Forbury Park Trotting Club meeting at Wingatui. The dual code meeting had six harness races and McIIwrick from just four drives, drove three winners with his other drive finishing sixth. His day got off to the best possible start when Gentle Mac […]
With four runners lining up, Leithfield Beach harness racing trainer Robbie Holmes will be hoping to travel home with a winner or two after the Forbury Park Trotting Clubs meeting on the grass at Wingatui on Friday (Dec. 2). He has two trotters set to compete in the Milton Night’ N Day Trot, Race One. […]
People with an interest in Dunedin’s Forbury Park have one week left to have their say on the site’s future, with public consultation set to close on Tuesday 5 October Harness Racing New Zealand is seeking feedback from residents, organisations and the wider Dunedin community on how they think the 12.2 hectare property should be […]
There is now even more time for people to say how they would like Dunedin’s Forbury Park to be used in the future, with the consultation period extended until Tuesday 5 October. The closing date for feedback has been pushed out due to the Covid-19 lockdown, and the two community drop-in sessions have been re-scheduled. […]
People with an interest in the future of Forbury Park – Dunedin’s former harness racing and greyhound racing venue – are being invited to have their say from now until Tuesday 14 September. The 12.2 hectare property in South Dunedin is set to be sold, following a review of racing in the Southland/Otago region, which […]
Dunedin born trainer Amber Hoffman took away the last ever memory from 111 years of racing at Forbury Park after the track was given a rousing farewell on Thursday night. Hoffman won the final race at her home track when Dodgethebullet burst out of the pack to win the Forbury Park Pacers Cup for driver […]
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 […]
As it prepares for its final ever meeting, here are 10 fun facts about Forbury Park. 1. Forbury Park’s first meeting was in 1909 2. The biggest moment was the 1965 Inter-dominions (only time they have been held in NZ outside Auckland or Christchurch) It was a dead heat between Jay Ar and Robin […]
Kirstin Barclay bagged a goodbye win last night at the track where her successful harness racing career began ahead of Forbury Park’s upcoming closure. After making mistakes in her last two starts, Majestic Rollon produced a faultless display when bolting away with yesterday’s opener. The victory came more than 22 years after the trainer-driver […]
