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After a couple of below par performances Penelope Lane (Volstead) bounced back into winning form in the Group Three The Dark Horse at Ascot Park today. The win made up for her disappointing run in The Jasmyn’s Gift at Oamaru last month. “She was disappointing at Oamaru but she was found to be a bit […]
The Craig Ferguson trained Nek Delight (Bettor’s Delight) won her first race in nearly a year when she took out yesterday’s $25,000 Diamond Creek/SBSR Robin Dundee Crown at Ascot Park. “She was just going through the motions and we were just about to sack her. We took her to Oamaru and what happened was the […]
So often the bridesmaid, yesterday Mr Love (Love You) stepped out of the shadow of his more illustrious stablemate Muscle Mountain to win the $40,000 Group Three Brendan Franks Farrier David Moss Stakes at Ascot Park. “I think the handicap at the end probably told. It’s a windy blustery old day and it’s damn hard […]
Harness racing trainer Amanda Telfer is confident her eight runners will perform well at tomorrow’s Invercargill Cup Day at Ascot Park. She and her brother Steve have starters spread across the twelve race programme, including the $100,000 Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup, the Group One feature. Sandy Shore (Sunshine Beach) starts in the Diamond Creek […]
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 […]
The Invercargill Harness Racing Club will host the 79th running of the Invercargill Cup on Sunday 19th December. We reminisce a final time prior to this year’s race. The Tough Nut’s (Oblivion II) win in the 2000 Invercargill Cup was special on a number of fronts. His winning time of 4-00.1 was a new race, […]
On Sunday 19th December the Invercargill Harness Racing Club will host the 79th running of the Invercargill Cup. We look back at a past winner. The 1984 edition of the Cup was taken out by local pacer Skipem (Nordel Skipper) trained by Allan ‘Stumpy’ Blackler. In the hands of Alex Milne, the five year old […]
The win by the Craig Ferguson trained Saucy Delight (Bettor’s Delight) at Ascot Park today was Bev Williamson’s 100th winner as an owner. SAUCY DELIGHT REPLAY Her first was Iona Whiz at Winton in December 1997. Her biggest winners have been Jasmyn’s Gift (17), Aroha Kenny (7), Dwindle Star (7) and Dwindle Mist (6). Bev […]
Murray Brown and Beaudiene Bad Babe are each to be honoured at the Invercargill Cup meeting in December. Brown, a successful and popular harness racing figure in the south passed away last month and the Invercargill HRC of which he was a committee member for thirty one years have decided to name a race after […]
Republican Party’s (Bettor’s Delight) win in the Group One Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup on Friday was Winton harness racing breeders John and Katrina Price’s second Group One winner. Their first was with Republican Party, the mother of Democrat Party ten years ago in the Alabar Sires’ Stakes Three Year Old Fillies Championship Final at […]
The well-bred Magician (Captaintreacherous) put in a gutsy effort to win the $30,000 SBSR Sires’ Stakes Southern Solstice at the Invercargill Harness Racing Club meeting today. Driver Carter Dalgety took the three year old to the front from barrier eight and although the trailing horse Secret Agent Man got past him, he kicked back to […]
Canterbury harness racing trainer Cran Dalgety was determined to find a horse that could run in today’s $30,000 Canada Stakes at Ascot Park. The race is named after the late Canada Broad, the daughter of Southern Harness General Manager Jason Broad. Canada sadly lost her life to cancer in July 2024. Jason and Cran Dalgety […]
On his first visit to the south Muscle Mountain (Muscle Hill) delivered, impressively winning the $50,000 Group Three Brendan Franks Farrier David Moss Stakes at the Invercargill Harness Racing Club meeting today. Starting off 30 metres, driver Ben Hope soon had the giant trotter in stride, but some way off the pace. Inside the last […]
Harness racing driver Carter Dalgety won his first Group One in December 2022 when Krug won the first ever $100,000 Group One Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup. He repeated the success today at the Invercargill HRC meeting at Ascot Park with Republican Party (Bettor’s Delight), which is trained by his parents Cran and Chrissie Dalgety. […]
Branxholme harness racing trainer Nathan Williamson brings a potent team to Ascot Park tomorrow for the Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup Day. Two year old colt Always Dreaming (Bettor’s Delight) gets his chance to add to his winning tally in Race One in what should be winnable race for him. Maiden three year old filly […]
When harness racing gelding Prince Rashad (Rashad) won the 50th running of the Invercargill Cup in 1997, he became the third pacer to win the race twice, joining Laser Lad and Blossom Lady. The eight year old chestnut was owned by his trainer Austin Stack, his wife Miriam and her father Lex Thomas. After starting […]
One of the feature races on Cup Day at Invercargill is the Robin Dundee Crown which was first raced for in 1990. The race was initially funded by a series of trotting quizzes hosted throughout the province which were sponsored by DB Draught. The money raised through quiz entry and raffles paid for a portion […]
Laser Lad (Noodlum) trained by Peter Jones, won the first of his two Invercargill Cups in October 1986 when as a four year old he took out the 40th running of the Southland harness racing feature. Laser Lad was bred by Robert Cameron who sold him for $30,000 as an early two year old to […]
Class prevailed when Seacracka, (Downbytheseaside) despite having been off the scene for more than a year, impressively won at the Oamaru harness meeting yesterday. Driver Carter Dalgety settled the four year old mare back to the rear before in a lightning move, he circled the field at the 1200 metre peg. After hitting the front, […]
