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Quality trotting mare Eurostyle (Orlando Vici) has been retired. “We’re gutted. I brought her into her box one morning and her hind joint was swollen and she couldn’t put her leg on the ground. It’s turned out that she’s torn some ligaments. She’s sound now and at the stud, but she could easily damage it […]
Cran Dalgety says Republican Party (Bettor’s Delight) is ready to go. “He’s as fit as we can get him so it’s just about going to the races. It’s not a gimme because he’s got Marketplace and It’s Tough there. He’s going to have to work for his money now, but he’s not showing any seven […]
Southland pacer Dreams Are Free (Captaintreacherous) was too smart when winning the $20,000 Waitaki Hotel Kurow Cup at Oamaru today. Trainer driver Nathan Williamson got the entire away well from the 35 metre mark and he said, “He was quick into his gear and it certainly helps to make up a bit of the handicap […]
Anthony Butt has driven more than 1,600 winners in New Zealand. Simon Katz was his first, taking out the 1987 Dominion and a total of fifty seven of his wins have been at Group One level. Butt has won an amazing nine Dominion winners – eight trained by his brother Tim. The 60 year old […]
Debbie Lincoln (Lather Up) has been a silent achiever in the fillys and mares ranks and tonight at Addington in the $100,000 G1 Fahy Fence Hire NZ Breeders Stakes she proved she’s top shelf. Trained by Joshua Davine and expertly handled by Kimberly Butt the four year old was too strong for a very good […]
Eurostyle (Orlando Vici) was on her best behaviour tonight, impressively winning the $40,000 G3 Lamb and Haywood Trotters’ Classic at Addington. “I think she can foot it with the best trotters here when she’s right. She’s obviously been a headache (for her trainers) but when she’s on, she’s very good,” driver Kimberly Butt said. Father […]
t has been a rewarding week for popular Canterbury horsewoman Kim Butt. Because not only did she drive the first training win for close friend and stable supporter Joshua Davine at Addington on Friday night but she found out her legendary father Anthony Butt is returning home to the region. Butt rated Debbie Lincoln (Lather […]
She wasn’t sure if she’d won, but after some discussion among the drivers that featured in the finish of today’s $200,000 Group One Woodlands Stud Sires’ Stakes Two Year Old Final, Kim Butt got the call that she’d won her first Group One. “Three weeks ago I’d never have dreamt I’d be driving this horse. […]
Got The Chocolates (Art Major) once again turned the tables on arch rival Marketplace in today’s $30,000 Ashburton Three Year Old Showcase. Driver John Dunn didn’t have the lightning gate speed of Marketplace or Rubira but he mustered enough speed to get handy, albeit in the parked position. At the 600 metres Marketplace and Got […]
Shades Of Robyn (Sir Lincoln) caused a massive boil over in the Captain Crunch @ Alabar Mobile Pace at Addington yesterday. Trained at Dunsandel by Trevor Cross the five year old was 10/10 in the betting and paid $86.60 and $18.40. “I was quite shocked at the price. He’d been working well and he’d got […]
Major Doosie provided milestone harness racing wins for both driver Kimberley Butt and co-trainer Brent White by winning the Betavet Buildagut Mobile Trot (1980m) at Addington yesterday. Butt brought up her 200th driving win when the three-year-old Majestic Son gelding trotted to his third victory from 12 starts. It was also White’s 300th training success. […]
A trotting mare named after New Zealand galloping trainer Sheila Laxon, (Muscle Mass) won her first race at the Ashburton Harness Racing Club meeting today. The race was run in two divisions with five horses trotting away from the remainder of the field which never got close to the front bunch. With a lap to […]
Adele Jones has an eye for good bloodstock and her training partnership with her husband Derek has taken this harness racing couple on a journey with many successful highlights. Derek has been a farrier for all his adult life while Adele comes from an equestrian background. “I just pottered around, got young thoroughbreds off the […]
“It was just like a dream. Even now I don’t know whether it’s really sunk in. Every year the sales come round and you wish and dream that you can go and buy. I can’t believe I’ve been lucky enough that I can go and do it really,” Kimberly Butt said after she and her […]
When two year old filly One For Jay (Sweet Lou) won today’s $30,000 SBSR/Diamond Creek/Caduceus Three Year Old Fillies Sorority at the Wairio harness meeting she gained automatic entry into the $70,000 Caduceus Club Three Year Old Fillies Championship at Alexandra Park in March. Trained by Brent and Tim White, the levels of confidence that […]
Commander Ben (Art Major) appreciated the drop in class when he proved too classy for eight rivals in the Peter’s Genetics Roxburgh Cup at the annual Roxburgh harness racing meeting today. It was a race with a few lead changes, but driver Kimberly Butt expertly positioned Commander Ben in the right places to give him […]
Almighty (Father Patrick) provided a special moment for harness racing trainer/driver Kimberly Butt when the four year old mare won at Omakau today. Kimberly’s grandfather Dick Prendergast, a well respected trainer, particularly of trotters, passed away last week aged 93. “The win is right up there with the special wins I’ve had. Granddad was from […]
If The Dark Horse winner Eurostyle makes next months Renwick Farms Dominion Handicap, trainers Derek and Adele Jones will be looking for a change of luck. They trained Majestic Lavros which started in the 2022 Dominion won by Sundees Son, but he broke at the 700, finishing thirteenth. If Eurostyle’s usual driver Kim Butt takes […]
Yaldhurst trained trotting mare Eurostyle (Orlanda Vici) proved too good in the inaugural Group Three The Dark Horse at the Invercargill Harness Racing Club meeting at Ascot Park today. The five year old mare who’s trained by Derek and Adele Jones began well from the 10 metre mark and got into the outside running line […]
After waking up some with a few bruises and grazes, Kimberly Butt won’t be out of action for long following her harness racing race fall at Ashburton yesterday. “I’ll take the day off today but I’ll be back at work tomorrow (Tuesday),” she says. Butt was tipped from the sulky when Verlander “tapped a knee […]
Canterbury-based harness racing trainer-driver Kimberly Butt will get to experience a very different kind of race meeting when she competes at the acclaimed Vincent Delaney Memorial in England this weekend. Now in its 13th year, the VDM, as it’s known, has become a major international event, with thousands expected to swarm to Dunstall Park in […]
Part two of the Brent and Tim White harness racing story explores more about Tim who’s been training in partnership with his father since 2022. “I always loved them and had fantasy punts when I was a young fella. I lived with Granddad and he was a $2 each way man. I always sat at […]
Southland born Canterbury based reinsman Jonny Cox comes from a family steeped in harness racing history, with his grandfather Harry training 335 winners and his father John training one of New Zealand great trotters, David Moss. Cox, who now lives in Canterbury, created his own piece of history today when he drove his 700th winner […]
