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Merlin (Art Major) returned to his winning ways in the 100th running of the Kaikoura Cup today. The five year old entire hadn’t had a win since Show Day last year when he won the NZ FFA. Not that it worried his trainers Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan who were building with the long game […]
A lot of ducking and diving took place on the front line at the beginning of the Group Two Alabar Kaikoura Cup today and the Regan Todd trained harness racing pacer Mo’unga (Bettors Delight) was one of the benefactors. From barrier four Kango cut across a number of horses on his outside, affecting Merlin and […]
Wag Star (Sweet Lou) has two Cups on his radar and tomorrow’s Alabar Kaikoura Cup will be the decider as to whether the Wyndham trained harness racing gelding will start in the IRT New Zealand Cup on Tuesday of next week. “If he manages to get a spot in the Cup we’ll certainly go. It’ll […]
After a busy few driving days Sam Ottley fronts up at the coastal South Bay Racecourse for the Kaikoura harness racing meeting tomorrow with a good book of drives. Dawn To Dark (Sweet Lou) faces a small field of six two year olds in Race Two, over 1900 metres. He faded late on debut at […]
After another dominating win in the G2 Kaikoura Cup, Akuta (Bettor’s Delight) has been shortened to $1.90 in the betting market by the TAB for the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup on harness racing’s big day at Addington in fifteen days time. “We were a bit slow away again but he was able to get […]
Northern harness racing pacer Old Town Road (Bettor’s Delight) is good at something he probably has no right to be good at. Whether that is enough to win today’s $60,000 Alabar Kaikoura Cup could come down to the manners and tactics of his key rivals. Today’s 2400m standing start feature looms as a huge pointer […]
Anything Goes (American Ideal) is primed to go one better in the $50,000 Listed NZB Standardbred Sales Series Aged Classic (2400m) at Kaikoura on Monday. The All Stars pacers is set to start the hot favourite for the lucrative feature on a huge day of harness racing at Kaikoura. Anything Goes will take top billing into […]
Three southern bred pacers have previously won the Kaikoura Cup, but the Group Three harness racing feature has never been won by a pacer trained in the south. Trusty Scott (1987), Smiling Shard (2010 and 2011) and Arden Rooney (2014 and 2015), all bred south of the Waitaki have won the Cup but were trained […]
Harness racing’s Trainer’s Premiership leaders Steve and Amanda Telfer head to Kaikoura on Monday (Oct. 31) with four genuine chances. Cloudy Bay (Bettor’s Delight) faces a small even field and through the preferential barrier system draws the outside of the front row in Race Six. “1900 metres, drawn eight around Kaikoura is going to be […]
In the past year the annual Kaikoura harness racing meeting has gone full circle. Twelve months ago Covid restrictions forced its relocation to Addington. It was a one-day closed meeting, with no crowds. Now it’s back at South Bay as a two-day event, on Sunday Oct. 30 and Monday Oct. 31, with hopes that upwards […]
