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Kumeu trainer Roydon Downey loves his trotters and all twenty of his winners have been in that gait. It’s extra special to Downey that they are all from the Sanchiola bloodline which was developed by his late father Errol. “It’s a pretty good breed. The grandmother (Sanchiola) was a good mare and won fifteen in […]
Southland trained Bring On The Muscle (Majestic Son) made a stunning return to the races last night at Addington when he overcame a 45-metre handicap to beat a handy harness racing field of R46 and faster trotters. After a safe beginning, driver Matty Williamson settled the gelding at the tail of the field as Port […]
Despite uncertain times, Paul Howlett, Canterbury blacksmith, breeder and owner, remains positive about harness racing’s future. “I leave it to the people that get paid well. I just worry about putting shoes on horses and getting young people into the game. I just love going to the races with my mates and having a few […]
West Melton trainer Ken Barron bookended the card at Addington last night with two sons of Always B Miki, both driven by Blair Orange. Ringleader won the first race easily despite starting off the unruly mark. “He caused a false start last week which is unusual for him because he’s never done a thing wrong […]
Hazel van Opzeeland has raced a lot of horses, many at the highest level. But she got a good amount of pleasure watching Gottagoodfeeling (Vincent) whom she bred, win the $40,000 Group Three Miki’s Deal Southern Two Year Old Fillies Classic at Winton yesterday. Gottagoodfeeling was pushed out early by driver Carter Dalgety before he […]
Gottagoodfeeling did what few two year old fillies can do – she travelled from Canterbury to Southland the day before her first start and win. “It was a big, long trip for her. Interislander (Transport) said there would be quite a few stops and it could be a ten hour trip. I rang Clark (brother) […]
Julie Maghzal has a lifetime of wonderful memories through her involvement in harness racing. When the Greg and Ben Hope trained Habibti Pat (Father Patrick) recently won the New Zealand Trotting Derby, it was her fiftieth win as an owner, many of them with her late husband Gaby. “We just thought the distance would suit […]
Although the winners keep coming for West Melton trainer Ken Barron, he freely admits his training days are coming to an end. Barron has been involved in harness racing for close on four decades, training close to seven hundred and fifty horses and driving over a thousand winners. He began his working life as an […]
This afternoon (31 Jan) at Addington Raceway, harness racing fans will be treated to the first juvenile race of the new season when half a dozen two-year-old pacers greet the starters gate to open their careers in the SBSR White Stables 2yo Mobile Pace. The six horse field in the sixth race on the programme […]
Harness racing driver Blair Orange put on a set of colours as an undergarment yesterday at the Young Quinn Raceway at Wyndham to keep warm on what was a bitterly cold day. The distinct stars and stripes set he used to ward off the cold would have been worn by Ken Barron who trained and […]
Barron gets 700 When Cee Who’s Bettor (Bettor’s Delight) won at Addington last night it was former Southlander Ken Barron’s 700th training win. He’s trained 511 under his own name, 90 in partnership with his brother Tony and 99 with John Lischner. Ken’s first winner was Tintern Vesper (Deal Direct) with Lischner at Addington in […]
West Melton trainer Ken Barron will be looking for ‘winter rewards’ from his team of six at harness racing headquarters Addington, tomorrow night (Thursday 27th July). The night is peppered with $20,000 Winter Reward races so there are plenty of incentives to have the team primed. The Barron runner Toby Tom B (Highview Tommy) got […]
