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Mor Moonlight (One Over Da Moon) showed plenty of guts and determination when she won the Majestic Son At Alabar Mobile Trot at Invercargill today. By the end of the 2200 metre trip she was starting to tie up, but bravely kept her gait to win by a length and a half from Mumsdawitch. MOR […]
Mataura trainer Lyndon Bond is doing a great job with trotter Bullit Train (What The Hill). The six year old has been in the Bond stable since May after racing for most of his career for Ashburton trainer Terry McMillan. Bond now shares in the ownership of the gelding with McMillan and Patina Gaugler and […]
The Jonny Cox trained trotter He Aint No Devil (What The Hill) cleared maiden harness racing company today at Winton in colours that have been in the Cox family for over eighty years. “It’s pretty special wearing those colours. We chuck them on a trotter every now and then. It always nice to win at […]
Junior driver Carter Dalgety produced a masterly drive to gets Rondo Trouble (Superfast Stuart) home in the Regent Car Court Trot at Winton today. After a swift beginning Dalgety took the five year old gelding straight to the top and dictated the terms. He won by a length and a half from Kairo. “Carter got […]
The Jamie Gameson trained Showcase (Vincent) is a regular visitor to the south and when she heads to Southland she heads to Mataura trainer Lyndon Bond. “Jamie has entrusted me with his horse and I feel privileged that way. The breed gets better with age. The owners are quite hard case fellas so it’s real […]
Southland horseman Nathan Williamson is in for a busy few days with nine drives at Winton tomorrow and a big assignment at The Creek at Albion Park in Brisbane on Saturday. At the Winton meeting he links up with the Stephen Balloch trained Sebastian Stark (Sebastian K) in Race One. “He’s got good ability this […]
16 year old Southland Kidz Katz driver Millie Bond is off to Brisbane as New Zealand’s sole representative in the Kidz Kartz/Pony Trot Interdominions. “Kidz Kartz Southland nominated me. There were a few nominated from Auckland and up Canterbury way. We got the call last Thursday while I was at the races to say I’d […]
After racing at Ashburton yesterday Southland harness racing trainers Nathan Williamson, Jeremy Douglas and Lyndon Bond will be back in action at Invercargill today (Monday). Williamson lines up Aroha Kenny (Love You) in the Diamond Creek/SBSR/NSTC Silk Road Trotters Series. “I’m quite happy with her. I was going to take her up to the Heather […]
Southland harness racing trainers Jeremy Douglas, Chelsea Faithful, Peter Hunter, Lyndon Bond and Nathan Williamson will trek north to Ashburton for Sunday with hopes of snaring a victory or two and hopes of continuing the great run southern stables have had in the last month. Douglas lines up Ten Da Touch (Downbytheseaside) in the first […]
The Regan Todd trained Betterthancash (Art Major) is proving to be a great harness money maker for his connections. His win in the $25,000 Hunter Family Handicap at Wyndham yesterday was his fifth in just nineteen starts and took his earnings to close to $70,000. Driver Robbie Close got the four year old away well […]
There were only four harness races on the dual code card at Wingatui today and female drivers wearing Team Teal colours won them all. A great way to finish the fundraiser for Ovarian Cancer and cap off the Southern Harness portion of the appeal. Don’t Look Kobe (Majestic Son) got things off to a perfect […]
The Southland harness racing community celebrated its successes and achievements for the 2024 season last evening in Invercargill. Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous) was named Regent Car Courts Southland Horse of the Year. Captains Mistress won four of her eight starts for stakes of $209,515. Owned by Mick Boots and trained By Nathan Williamson, Captains Mistress’s wins […]
It was third time lucky for the Lyndon Bond trained harness racing pacer Step It Up A Notch (Rock N Roll Heaven) in today’s $30,000 Macca Lodge ‘Trained South Of The Waitaki’ Mobile Pace at Addington. The gelding finished ninth in the 2022 edition and fifth last year, so the win was well deserved. The […]
The relationship between the Bond and Bradford harness racing families goes a long way back and today the memories were rekindled when Stella Bay (Majestic Son) won at Ascot Park. Trainer Lyndon Bond’s father Jimmy trained horses for Murray Bradford in the 1970s when Bond senior trained Sly Dancer. She only raced once but […]
At the recent Forbury Park Trotting Club meeting held at Wyndham in New Zealand, I spotted a horse cover that was 2,000 kilometres from home. The cover for the 1990 Bankstown City Council Four Year Old Cup was won by Almeta Boy (Inner Circle) and was being worn by one of Mataura trainer Lyndon Bond’s […]
Lyndon Bond hopes he can produce a special win at Winton as harness racing resumes in Southland today. The Bond stable is a family operation with Lyndon’s wife Aimee and daughter Millie contributing to the team’s great results in recent seasons. Recently the family suffered the loss of Aimee’s father Colin Argyle, whose funeral was […]
“Everyone is just over the moon,” said Mataura harness racing trainer Lyndon Bond after Del’s Creation (Creation) won at Winton today (Jun. 29). The five year old mare is owned by Lyndon, his wife Aimee, Haig McGorlick, Tony Stratford, Jen Sheridan, Cliff Woods and breeder Ian Hunter. “That’s what it all about. People that love […]
Lyndon Bond rolls out four runners for the Invercargill Harness Racing Club’s meeting at Ascot Park on Monday. The well-bred Del’s Creation (Creatine) made a mistake at Winton at her last start but will get a chance to redeem herself in Race One over 2700 metres. Stella Bay (Majestic Son) showed improvement at her last […]
After a very good second in the Winton Cup, harness racing gelding Wag Star (Sweet Lou) will head to Addington for his next start. The four year old trained by Craig Ferguson is earmarked for the $40,000 Listed Betavet Uncut Gems on Friday 3rd May. Impressive trotting qualifier Stella Bay (Majestic Son) is the first […]
