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Playoffs (Imperial Count) sometimes gets the start wrong, but when he steps away like he did last night at Addington, he generally wins. Driver Gerard O’Reilly was able to get the six year old away from the unruly and he easily crossed over to lead before handing up to Almighty. “The whole family have been […]
You can’t beat a trotter in form and at the moment Moses (Father Patrick) has the form line of a very good trotter. His win in the $20,000 Kim McDowall Painting Trotting Cup at Gore today was his third win in six starts. Trained by Gerard O’Reilly and driven by his daughter Sarah, the six […]
Esmerelda (Always B Miki) who’s one of the finds of this summer, became the first mare to win the Green Mile for pacers when she impressively took out the Methven Four Square feature at Mount Harding Raceway today. Trainer driver Gerard O’Reilly took Esmeralda straight to the top from barrier five and set a solid […]
Gerard O’Reilly could get his night off on the right note at Addington tonight. Th Ashburton-based harness racing trainer-driver has four drives, starting with Jukebox Gypsy in Race 1, the IRT. Your Horse. Our Passion. Mobile Pace (5.31pm). After three seconds in her last four starts the Rock N Roll Heaven four-year-old is well placed, […]
Mid-Canterbury horseman Gerard O’Reilly drove his 700th win at the Timaru Harness Racing meeting at Phar Lap Raceway today when Esmarelda (Always B Miki) cleared out for an impressive win. “I’ve only had her for a couple of weeks. She just came down to my place to get more experience with other horses and the […]
Ashburton harness racing horsewoman Sarah O’Reilly has a bit longer to wait before she’s able to return to race day driving. O’Reilly had a training accident at the Ashburton track in May last year, breaking the humerus bone in her arm. “After a CT scan they said the break wasn’t healing properly and they want […]
Mid Canterbury reinsman Gerard O’Reilly could offer punters some value at tonight’s ANZAC weekend race meeting at Addington. O’Reilly steers six chances, the first of those in race 2 the Airpark Canterbury Mobile Trot, where he teams up with Bruce Negus and consistent trotter Buffy Northstains (Majestic Son)($8.50FF). “She went nice last start. I haven’t […]
