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HRNZ records show that M.B.(Bruce) Stirling of Clydevale has bred 246 horses over the fifty one years he’s been involved in harness racing. As a sixteen year old he tried to buy into the Dennis Brothers thoroughbred family but proving to be too expensive, he turned his attention to standardbreds. Shirling became interested in harness […]
Thirty one year old Group One winning Canterbury harness racing trainer Tom Bamford has moved from Rakero Racing to training on his own account. He’s now based at Tom Bagrie’s property at Ohoka with a small team of young horses. “It’s good. One chapter closes and the next one opens. You’ve got to take it […]
Hi Life (Sky Major) cruised into the winner’s circle at Rangiora yesterday, taking out the Barny’s All Trade Services pace over 2000m for Rangiora harness racing trainer Geoff Dunn. The four-year-old Sky Major mare had not raced since October 2024, and while Dunn was able to put the finishing touches on her preparation, he was […]
Driver Gemma Thornley certainly earned her driving fee today. She reined Action Major (Art Major) to win at Addington, but she did have to constantly remind the four year old that he was in a race not a Sunday stroll. Trainer Geoff Dunn commented after the race, “He’s quite aggressive round home, I couldn’t believe […]
The Bob Sandford – Geoff Dunn partnership goes back to the early 1990s and through that time they have been together for 100+ wins. Last Friday at Addington, Action Major (3g Art Major – Triple Sec), a $42,500 purchase at the 2022 yearling sales, duly added to that total with the prospect of more to […]
Spring may finally be here but harness racing trainer Geoff Dunn says it comes with some unwelcome issues. Like the one that saw his talented pacer The Falcon (Bettor’s Delight) flop so dramatically at Addington last week. Dunn and his son James train two of the rugged open class performers in Canterbury pacing, the other […]
