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Robert and Jenna Dunn have five runners at Addington tomorrow night, led by Malakai in the Garrards Horse and Hound National Handicap. Listen to what John Dunn has to say about each Diamond Racing runner. Race Two: Hoof It Hagrid (Andover Hall) – driver John Dunn – 10 metres Unruly _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Race Three: Seeking […]
There are two trotting races Canterbury harness racing horseman Ben Hope has been hanging out to win, and when he won the $200,000 G1 Reharvest Rowe Cup at Alexandra Park tonight it became one down, one to go. Hope secured the perfect trip with Mr Love (Love You) whom he also trains with his father […]
So often the bridesmaid, yesterday Mr Love (Love You) stepped out of the shadow of his more illustrious stablemate Muscle Mountain to win the $40,000 Group Three Brendan Franks Farrier David Moss Stakes at Ascot Park. “I think the handicap at the end probably told. It’s a windy blustery old day and it’s damn hard […]
Most drivers would say drawing barrier four on the front line in a Group One race is not a bad marble. But John Dunn who drives Got The Chocolates (Art Major) for his father Robert and his wife Jenna is not so sure. “For him it’s just a draw. He shows no gate speed, is […]
Branxholme trainer driver Alister Black drove his first winner in over nine years when he reined home Donttellarty (Love You) to win on debut at Winton today. Black who still holds a graduation license is rarely seen in the cart on race days, preferring to concentrate on training. After beginning well, Donttellarty trailed favourite Majestic […]
Alister Black travels to Winton tomorrow with four runners for the local meeting on the Central Southland Raceway. In Race One first starter Donttellarty (Love You) runs for Black. How did he get his name? “A standing joke when we had Wai Key Wee (trotter) and he was going pretty good, was that I used […]
Oamaru trainer Phil Williamson ticked off another milestone at Addington last night when Love N The Port (Love You) became his 800th winner. LOVE N THE PORT REPLAY “It’s a good number no doubt, but I don’t think about it (milestones) too much,” Williamson said. 780 of his successes have been with trotters and many […]
Classy filly Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous) has arrived safely at Grant Dixon’s Brisbane stables. “I had a report from Grant and she arrived in great order,” said the filly’s New Zealand trainer Nathan Williamson. On the back of her win in the Group One New Zealand Sires’ Stakes Three Year Old Fillies Final at Alexandra Park, […]
Last month’s Rowe Cup in which Queen Elida (Love You) finished third, proved to be her last race. The champion trotting mare has now quietly slipped out of the racing spotlight. The New Zealand bred mare carved out a great career in Australia, competing at the highest level. This season Queen Elida became the richest […]
Champion harness racing trainer Mark Purdon saddled up his first galloping winner at Ellerslie today. Buster Shaw in the hands of Jasmine Fawcett took out the first race for Purdon, whose horses prior to today’s win had recorded a second and two thirds at the races. Edendale breeders Alex and Karen Milne have had a […]
The two promising trotting sisters, Empire City (Volstead) and Atlantic City (Volstead) are back in work with Oamaru harness racing trainer Phil Williamson. Empire City won four of her eleven starts last season including the G2 Sires’ Stakes Three Year Old Fillies Classique, G2 Sires’ Stakes Three Year Old Trotters Championship and the G3 Northern […]
The champion French racehorse and sire Love You and Ballarat breeder Pat Driscoll stole the harness racing show from a breeding standpoint at the all trotting meeting at Melton last Saturday. Love You, who had nine runners on Team Teal Night, sired the winners of three of the four feature events in Keayang Chucky (Australasian […]
The difference between winning and losing in harness racing can often come from a split second judgement (or lack thereof). In tonight’s inaugural running of the Golden Gait Series at Alexandra Park, we bore witness to that very fact in the first race on the $1million ten race programme with Cyrstal Hackett producing a peach […]
Tamahere harness racing trainer Sean McCaffrey reckons he’s got trotting mare Con Grazia Love (Love You) back in a good place, having experienced a horror year last season. After winning the Group One New Zealand Trotting Oaks in November 2022 it took her nineteen months to win another race. “We had a nightmare of a […]
A decision to buy a trotting mare ten years ago continues to pay dividends for former Southland harness racing trainer Tony Barron and Southland dairy farmer Gordon McKenzie. After Queen Kenny (Monarchy) ran second at Wyndham on debut in February 2014 for Oamaru trainer Phil Williamson, Barron and McKenzie were able to purchase the royally […]
Progeny of the Haras Des Trotteurs’ stallions Orlando Vici and Love You occupied the first three positions on the harness racing points table for the Brisbane Inter Dominion after the final round heats on December 9. Just Believe (by Orlando Vici), who is undefeated in the series, collected a maximum 44 points, three more than […]
Offspring of legendary harness racing sires scored today (Dec. 7) at Paris-Vincennes. In the Prix Jean Boillereau (purse 90,000€, 2100 meters autostart, 15 European 5–10-year-old starters) the impressive fast-closing Glamorous Rain (5g Muscle Hill-Savvy Yankee-Balanced Image) scored handily at 16/1 odds timed in 1.11.4kr. Alexandre Abrivard teamed this mare for trainer Daniel Reden and owner […]
Harness racing horses sired the Haras Des Trotteurs’ stallions Orlando Vici and Love You occupy three of the top four positions on the Inter Dominion leaderboard after the second round heats on Tuesday (December 5). The Orlando Vici pair Just Believe, the reigning Interdom champion, and Ollivici NZ, who have won both their heats, are […]
In the world of harness racing, few in Australasia know how to get a trotter peaking for a big day like New Zealand’s leading trainer of square gaiters, Phil Williamson. Much had been made of his two-pronged attack for the $40,000 G3 Worthy Queen with last year’s winner, Majestic Man (Majestic Son), looming as the […]
Champion Love You mare Queen Elida achieved yet another milestone in a brilliant harness racing career when she established a new seasonal stake earnings record for an Australian trotting mare of $316,450 following her race record-breaking win in the Maori Miss Free-for-all at Melton on Friday night (October 20). It was her eighth win on […]
Champion sire Love You landed another feature double at the all-trotting meeting at Melton on Friday night (October 6). Queen Elida, Australia’s richest trotting mare, sat parked throughout before reeling off a 55.5 seconds last 800 metres in downing a top field in the George Gath and extending her winning sequence to six. She has […]
What a great weekend for sires on the Haras Des Trotteurs roster! Queen Elida NZ (Love You) and Ollivici NZ (Orlando Vici) started the ball rolling by running 1-2 in the Group 2 $50,000 Australasian Trotting Championship at Melton on Saturday night (Sep 02). It was Queen Elida’s fourth win on end and her 26th […]
The Australian and New Zealand bred progeny of champion French harness racing sire Love You have added $1,711,962 to his booty this year. To the end of August Love You’s stock have earned $929,866 in Australia and a further $782,096 in NZ. He has vaulted into second position on the sires’ premiership in both countries. […]
Champion French stallion Love You, whose semen is available in Australasia from Haras Des Trotteurs’ stud in Victoria, has jumped to outright second position on both the Australian and New Zealand harness racing sires’ lists this season. The biggest contributor to Love You’s tally this year is bonny mare Queen Elida NZ ($186,490), the recent […]
