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A surprise driving decision will see two new combinations at the top of the market in tonight’s $100,000 Fahey Fence Hire Breeders Stakes (8.05pm) at Addington. Champion horseman Blair Orange produced a stunning drive to get General Jen home from five back on the markers in the Garrards Mares Championship two weeks ago, the lead-up […]
The Oamaru harness race track was super hot today and in both of the age group features, track and New Zealand records were broken. In the Diamond Creek/SBSR Juvenile Stakes, Incentivise (Bettor’s Delight) killed his rivals with a dominant one and a quarter length victory. “His work had been pretty awesome going into today, but […]
Hayden Cullen isn’t sure the bookies have got tonight’s feature race market at Addington right. Because the Canterbury harness racing trainer and his wife Amanda train both the favourites and he says there is little between the pair. The Cullens prepare Hadron Collider (R7, No.7) and Trump Card (No.2) who dominate the market for the […]
An even crop of two year old harness racing fillies will line up tomorrow for their first big target of the season. The $200,000 Group One Dunstan Sires’ Stakes Two Year Old Fillies Final at Addington should finalise the pecking order for the $100,000 Ace Of Diamonds on the same course at the end of […]
Nine males and one female will take their place in ‘The Velocity’ on a super harness racing card at Addington Raceway and the action promises to be super charged too. The $500,000 Listed – Hill, Lee and Scott ‘The Velocity’ Three Year Old Pacers Slot Race has drawn a quality lineup with the only filly […]
At this time of the harness racing season the best shine. And that was evident today at Kaikoura when the country’s leading reinsman Blair Orange was able to read the early part of two feature races and go on to win both. Mystic Max (Vintage Mystic) driven by Orange became the third trotter to win […]
After securing one of the most satisfying wins of his harness racing career, Hayden Cullen can cap an outstanding weekend at Oamaru on Sunday. The trainer heads south hot on the heels of producing Winelight to win the $150,000 NZB Standardbred Harness Million Two-Year-Old Fillies Final at Addington on Friday night. While no stranger to […]
The $100,000 Group One Canprint Flying Stakes which received twenty five nominations, has been whittled down to fourteen starters and will see the return of the classy harness racing pacer Chase A Dream (Captaintreacherous). Trained by Mark and Nathan Purdon, the three year old comes into the race in a fresh state after having two […]
$700,000 across twelve races is up for grabs tomorrow night at Addington. There are two feature harness racing contests for two year olds; the $150,000 Listed NZB Standardbred Harness Million Two Year Old Fillies Pace and the $200,000 Listed NZB Standardbred Harness Million Two Year Old Colts and Geldings Pace. West Melton trainer Hayden Cullen […]
The unbeaten Cocktails And Caviar (Bettor’s Delight) which hasn’t raced since April is still recuperating from a knee injury which halted his promising harness racing season. He still has another six weeks in the paddock. Trained by Steve and Amanda Telfer the three year old gelding has won both of his starts at Addington. The […]
There are strong fields across the whole harness racing card at Addington tomorrow night and West Melton trainer Hayden Cullen who’s been experiencing a golden run, has some strong candidates for the eleven race card. Quality trotter Major Cyclone (Father Patrick) takes the next step up after impressively winning at his last start and the […]
Hayden Cullen’s initial disappointment with Trump Card’s (Rock N Roll Heaven) harness racing draw for the $50,000 Woodlands Stud Sires’ Stakes Harness 7000 at Addington tonight didn’t last long. A quick piece of video research has the Canterbury trainer thinking one on the second line might work out perfectly for his three-year-old. He won twice […]
Canterbury trainer Hayden Cullen is about to unleash his harness racing A team at the races, led by We Walk By Faith (Bettor’s Delight). The three year old gelding is a new addition to the barn. He last started in the G1 Sires Stakes Final in May, running second to Chase A Dream. “He had […]
The Hayden Cullen trained Major Cyclone (Father Patrick) skipped a harness racing grade last night at Addington when as a three start maiden he took on horses like The Bloss, (the winner of seventeen) and won. “I thought he could win two or three races easy enough. They’ve got no maiden races carded at Addington […]
2024 is certainly a season of change for harness racing with All Stars Racing announcing Blair Orange will be their number one driver for the future. Orange has driven full time for the stable in the past and he’s already driven 396 winners for Mark Purdon and his various training partnerships. The first winner for […]
Justcallmemiki (Always B Miki) with his impressive win last night at Addington continues the rising success of West Melton harness racing trainer Hayden Cullen. The win was Cullen’s eighth of the season from just thirty starters. Driver Blair Orange took the three year old to the top and got away with some cheap sectionals before […]
Tomorrow afternoon (April 7) will see the annual Cheviot Harness Racing Club meeting hosted by Addington Raceway, headlined by the 56th edition of the G3 $40,000 Cobbity Equine Farm Leonard Memorial for juvenile fillies. The feature event on the eleven race programme has drawn a small but select field of seven talented two-year-old’s of the […]
West Melton horseman Hayden Cullen scored a harness racing double at Addington tonight. General Jen (Captaintreacherous) only qualified at Ashburton eight days ago but carried strong support tonight on debut. In the hands of Blair Orange tonight he held on to beat favourite Forever Dream (Downbytheseaside) by half a head. “When I took her to […]
The next phase of Hayden Cullen’s training career is building momentum and he hopes that continues at Addington’s twilight harness racing meeting today. Cullen and wife Amanda reset their business after leaving the All Stars and then Team Telfer but have good numbers around them now. “When I went out on my own there was […]
Indiana Arden (Panspacificflight) gave West Melton trainer Hayden Cullen another harness racing success at Ashburton on Saturday, hot on the heels of Wish Me Luck’s win at Addington a week ago. Similar to Wish Me Luck, yesterday’s victory of Indiana Arden came after a long lay off from the track having not raced since November […]
Comebacks don’t come much better than Wish Me Luck’s (Vincent) impressive return to harness racing at Addington on Friday night. After a massive break away from the track of more than 15 months, the pacer burst back into the winner’s circle by more than 10 lengths for trainer Hayden Cullen. While similar periods away from […]
Hayden Cullen insists he is right up for the challenge of his latest harness racing venture. Just last weekend, Cullen and wife Amanda officially announced the start of their new training enterprise at West Melton. The Group 1 winning horseman recently left his position as a co-trainer at Stonewall Stud not knowing exactly where his […]
Exciting pacer Franco Indie (Always B Miki) has returned from a spell, is back in work and is looking a picture at the Mark Purdon and Hayden Cullen harness racing stables in Rolleston. Regular driver Natalie Rasmussen has been doing a lot of work with the speedy gelding and thinks he has strengthened from his […]
New Zealand’s greatest harness racing trainer Mark Purdon is making an earlier than expected return to training and says his shock sabbatical from racing has him refreshed for the next phase of his career. Purdon will on October 1 officially return to the training ranks he took a step away from on New Year’s Day […]
