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Steve and Amanda Telfer take a powerful team of pacers to Addington tomorrow night with Bettor’s Anvil in the Chairmans Handicap, their headline act. Hear Amanda’s views on Stonewell’s eight runners. Race One: Stella Rouge (Bettor’s Delight) – driver Tim Williams – FR5 Race Three: Tactacool (Lazarus) – driver Tim Williams – FR1 […]
Deserved win might be an overused term in harness racing but it surely applies to Danger Zone’s (Lazarus) victory at Winton. The pacer delivered a freshly made thrill for his owners and trainers Richard and Fiona Stevens when scoring for driver Blair Orange. The victory came in a race the Stevens sponsored, the Subway Winton […]
Woodend Beach trainer Bob Butt takes six horses to Addington tomorrow night with stable star The Lazarus Effect the standout in the Avon City Ford New Brighton Cup. Hear his take on each of his runners. Race One: Lean On Me (Captaintreacherous) – driver Bob Butt – FR2 Race Three: Always A Playa (Always B […]
The rankings for the New Zealand Trotting Cup and the Renwick Farms Dominion Trot have had a minor re-jig following last Friday night’s harness racing action at Addington Raceway. The Lazarus Effect (Lazarus) sealed his spot in the Cup on Tuesday, November 10 with his win in the first of the automatic qualifiers, the Allied […]
“Perfect. It just worked out like a trial. Hopefully he’ll keep improving off that,” trainer driver Bob Butt said after The Lazarus Effect (Lazarus) won last night’s Allied Security Maurice Holmes Vase at Addington, earning himself an automatic entry into the New Zealand Cup. The five year old who has a big following, began superfast […]
The Lazarus Effect (Lazarus) will be one of the first of the South Island’s main chances to start a fresh campaign towards the New Zealand Cup. The gelding last raced in the Group One New Zealand Messenger in May, finishing second behind Got The Chocolates. “He stayed up in Auckland and only had a month […]
The Kiwis may be covering themselves in gold in Scotland currently in the Commonwealth Games, but there’s another New Zealand connection claiming glory in that part of the world that you may not have heard of. Lazarus two-year-old filly, Queenstown, was a Group One winner of the Blossom Kelly at York Raceway in England last […]
There’s no better way to advertise your breeding brand than having winners on the racetrack and the Southern Bred Southern Reared brand had them in spades last night. The southern group who breed and sell as a collective, last night recorded three winners at Alexandra Park and four at Addington. And there’s the promise of […]
Tisbury trainer Kirstin Green has ten runners for Ascot Park tomorrow. Race One: Geraldine Clowers (Creatine) – driver Kirstin Green (UR2) Race Three: Mea (Captain Crunch) – driver Kirstin Green (F2) Race Three: Ithinkwerealonenow (Art Major) – driver Olivia Thomas (J) (SR1) Race Four: Major Burns (Art Major) – driver Blair Orange (F8) Race Five: […]
Oamaru horseman Matty Williamson is well used of travelling and this weekend is no exception, with his team split between Addington tomorrow night and Ascot Park on Sunday. Three of his trotting team head to Christchurch for the Uncut Gems. Two start maiden trotter New Mexico (Creatine) lines up in the non-winners mobile trot (Race […]
“It’s going to be harder this week. Being 2700 metres, I was hoping to drive him a bit quieter, but with the draw, it’s forced my hand and I’m just going to have to go forward,” said the driver of The Lazarus Effect (Lazarus) Bob Butt, when assessing his chances in tomorrow’s G1 $100,000 Dawson […]
We wouldn’t see a better drive than the one Bob Butt produced tonight at Alexandra Park when he reined The Lazarus Effect (Lazarus) to win the G1 $100,000 Dawson Harford Taylor Mile. Doo You Want Me and driver Tony Herlihy blasted the gate early with Sooner The Better up to challenge. Butt and The Lazarus […]
There’ll be many eyes on The Lazarus Effect (Lazarus) and Got The Chocolates (Art Major) as they take on a handful of hardened free for allers, including Australian champion Swayzee, in the Taylor Mile at Alexandra Park on Friday. “It’s a very good field. It’s one of those races that any horse in the field […]
Two year olds take the spotlight tomorrow night at Alexandra Park in Auckland with heats of the Breckon Farms Young Guns for two year old colts and geldings and the Gallagher Insurance Young Guns for two year old fillies being run. Clevedon trainers Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan have hands to play in both races. […]
It was a weekend to remember for Lazarus, as his progeny continue to make their mark on the track with feature wins in New Zealand and Australia. From just two starters at Geraldine, he produced two winners. The Lazarus Effect showed his versatility and pure grit by leading throughout to win his first grass track […]
We’ve known The Lazarus Effect (Lazarus) is a rising star, but today he confirmed it when he demonstrated a will to win and a toughness that points to him being a genuine Cup chance next year. However his next test in the $100,000 Group One Ascot Park Invercargill Cup at Ascot Park in a fortnight […]
There is nothing in particular in the pedigree of New Zealand-bred two-year-old Patriarch (Lazarus) to suggest he is a pacer out of the box and destined to be a star. But the powerfully-built colt gives every indication that he is set for stardom after winning effortlessly at his first two appearances in Australia. He was […]
Just how good is The Lazarus Effect (Lazarus)? It seems we will find out the answer in Friday’s $125,000 Group 1 Christian Cullen at Addington. The Bob Butt-trained pacer has created a lot of buzz with seven wins from 10 harness racing starts and now takes on a star studded line-up that includes recently crowned […]
Show Day dishes up another day of high end harness racing with some horses backing up but others with fresh legs likely to add spice to the thirteen race programme. Both Woodend Beach trainer Bob Butt and Southern horseman Nathan Williamson bring their best horses to the meeting with Bob gearing up The Lazarus Effect […]
When Australian driver Luke McCarthy takes the reins on Kingman (Always B Miki) in Tuesday’s IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup it’ll be his third drive in the great race. His first drive was on Washakie in 2009 which finished fourteenth and his second on For A Reason which ran third in 2014. He might not […]
Former Victorian pacer Nathan Street faded to finish ninth behind Copy Cat Queen at his WA debut last week but he looks poised to bounce back and notch his first win in the State when he begins from the No. 1 barrier in the $23,000 Barbagallo Jaguar Land Rover Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park […]
The Lazarus Effect (Lazarus) showed once again how good he is when he demolished a tidy field in the $50,000 Listed NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales Age Group Classic at Kaikoura today. After beginning well, trainer driver Bob Butt took the four year old straight to the top and he didn’t allow any possible challengers to […]
The Wyndham HRC will make a decision on Monday as to whether they’ll race on their home course or elsewhere on Sunday 16th November. Their main grandstand was damaged in the recent high winds in the province, and the Club is expected to announce their decision on Tuesday. Trees next to the float entrance were […]
Voukefalas may not be a name we have heard of much in New Zealand, but in North America he is a horse that has captured the imagination of the harness racing world, and the hearts of those closest to him. The son of Lazarus is a home bred stallion, that in itself is rare stateside, […]
