Tauranga owner Graeme Cooney has bred and owned a stack of horses and most have raced out of Hamish Hunter’s Ryal Bush barn in Southland. Today at Winton the pair racked up another win when Honeycomb (Always B Miki) got up to win the $25,000 Kerry Hodges Memorial Winter Rewards Mobile Pace. “The series has […]
The win by the Paul Nairn trained and driven trotter Marikit (Waterloo Sunset) at Addington today had a special meaning, as it was a fitting farewell to Southland horseman Vin Nally who passed away in Invercargill on Friday. MARIKIT REPLAY As a founding member of the Dolomite Syndicate, Nally bred Karimaia, the dam of Marikit. […]
We continue to look back at past winners of the Invercargill Cup in the leadup to it’s 79th iteration on Sunday 19th December. In the mid 2000s no horse in Southland captured the hearts of the province more than the Hamish Hunter trained Franco Ledger, (Falcon Seelster) and his win in the 2013 Cup was […]
Ryal Bush trainer Hamish Hunter takes five runners to Ascot Park tomorrow for the Invercargill Harness Racing Club meeting. Ledger’s Maid (Franco Ledger) takes her place in Race One. Better Be Watching (He’s Watching) lines up in Race Four. Hunter has two maiden runners in Race Six – Diamondsonmyshoes (Franco Ledger) and Rosa Parks (Always […]
The first race on the Tuapeka harness racing card was won by the Robert Wilson trained Galleons Future (Majestic Son) which beat Kohli Trouble (Superfast Stuart) by a neck. The winner was driven by Nathan Williamson. In Race Two trainer driver Brian Norman took the third favourite Close, (Washington VC) straight to the top and won […]