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Bannockburn (Locharburn) dished up too much class for his rivals at Oamaru today, easily winning the Hireworx Oamaru Handicap Pace. After a messy start driver Henry Sail settled Bannockburn four back in the inside before heading to the front with 1800 metres to run. Although there were challenges at the top of the straight, the […]
Progeny of harness racing stallion Locharburn are starting to come on stream. Amberley trainer Kevin Chapman qualified two three year olds by the Christian Cullen sire at Rangiora on Tuesday. Bannockburn and Lochdarragh got their tickets well under the qualifying standard. As a racehorse Locharburn won fourteen races including the G1 New Zealand Derby and […]
New Zealand harness racing’s most improved pacer last year in the Open Class ranks was undoubtedly the Kevin Chapman-trained Beach Ball (Somebeachsomewhere). The now five-year-old entire fulfilled the enormous potential he had always shown his trainer and the general public, showcased by his two Group One placings over Cup Week and his Group Three Summer […]
“I think he’ll go pretty good, and I still think he’s coming on,” harness racing trainer Kevin Chapman said when talking about the chances of Beach Ball (Somebeachsomewhere) on Friday night (Mar. 31) at Addington. Last season he was one of the top twelve three-year-old pacers. He finished third, behind Akuta, and just half a […]
