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Last night’s Hunter Cup result was close to perfect result for Winton breeders John and Katrina Price. Although they would dearly have loved Republican Party (Bettor’s Delight) (whom they bred) to win, his third place behind super stars Swayzee and Leap To Fame was full of merit. Last year the couple bought into the Swayzee […]
Today’s upset win by Barbarossa (Captaintreacherous) in the Taranaki Steelformers Stratford Cup was a good tonic for Cambridge trainer Ben Butcher who’s been absent from raceday driving for five months whilst recovering from a head injury. The 2100 metre stand was a messy affair and on the second attempt to dispatch the large field, Red […]
Taranaki harness racing enthusiast, Costa Ellis, got the shock of his life when attending a formal function for his professional trade last Thursday night when his sweepstake ticket was pulled as one of the eight lucky participants with a chance to win $50,000. Only hours earlier had Ellis learned he was one of the ten […]
At face value Sunday’s Alabar Hawera Cup has a feel of deja vu about it. All but one of the 12-strong harness racing field are backing up from Friday’s Stratford Cup where the Matt Purvis trained Smoke On The Water (Art Major) was a dominant winner. However, Sunday’s feature may pan out differently with runners […]
Southern harness racing raider Smoke On The Water (Art Major) claimed the 2024 Taranaki Steelformers Stratford Cup at Hawera for Canterbury-based trainer Matt Purvis. “We’re stoked with him and we couldn’t have asked for a better drive,” says Purvis. “This was what we came for and it’s great when your plans work out and you […]
The Hawera Harness Racing Club will once again celebrate another weekend of harness racing as one of the last bastions of the sport in the Taranaki region. The two day meeting beginning tomorrow (2nd Feb) and culminating on Sunday (4th Feb) has been fabulously supported with 117 runners on the eleven race programme for the […]
