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Oamaru trotting filly Becky’s Girl (Majestic Son) upstaged some more favoured runners to narrowly win the $60,000 Group Two Macca Lodge Sires’ Stakes Three Year Old Fillies Classique at Addington tonight. After the early rush, driver Matty Williamson made sure he got Becky’s Girl on the back of the favourite Duchess Maria, driven by his […]
For a young man, Northern Southland harness racing breeder Paul Hailes has a bit of skin in the game. “I was never pushed into it, but I always had a bit of a fascination with the breeding side of it when I was younger. I lost interest when I went away to boarding school but […]
Winton breeder Chelsea Faithful (SBSR) has plenty to juggle across a day. Working for Branxholme trainer Nathan Williamson in the morning, she also trains her own small team. And in addition she has two brood mares to manage. “It’s worked for the last eight years, but it’s hard work. At the moment I’ve got too […]
The wet old day at Ascot Park today was of no disadvantage to Delphyne (Sundon) who pushed off the gate early, avoided any backwash and led all the way to the finish line. At the line the three year filly who’s trained by Brent McIntyre had half a length to spare on Jaccka Ace, with […]
Talent and natural improvement can combine to propel the team from Macca Lodge into the winner’s circle at Ascot Park on Sunday. Trainer Brent McIntyre and stable foreman Carl Hanna will line up Hazel Grace and Delphyne after the pair produced nice fresh up efforts at Winton a fortnight ago. Hazel Grace stepped up sharply […]
Hayden and Amanda Cullen look to have another nice three year old in their Rolleston barn, judging by the way Secret Wish (Better’s Wish) won at Oamaru today. The Cullens had a dominant group of three year old fillies last season with Arafura, General Jen and Winelight. In today’s Macca Lodge/Nevele R Stud Southern Oaks […]
Anita Mary’s (Fear The Dragon) win at Ascot Park today was extra special for Northern Southland owner Paul Hailes, as the three year old filly is named after his late mother. In the 2200 metre race driver Brent Barclay from a wide draw, stayed out of the early action and slotted the three year old […]
There’s an element of excitement at Southland’s breeding nursery Macca Lodge. As the North American stakes season starts to ramp up two stallions on the Macca Lodge roster, Perfect Sting and Six Pack, are delivering top end results. Headlining the Macca Lodge front page is Nordic Catcher, a three year old son of Six Pack […]
The Ashburton Trotting Club will host a new Harness 5000 series in December of this year and qualifying races for the series will get underway next month. Harness 5000 targets horses sired by New Zealand based stallions that stand for $5,000 or less and it will culminate in a $720,000 race day at Ashburton Raceway […]
Southern harness racing nursery Macca Lodge has twelve weanlings earmarked for this month’s NZB Standardbred National Standardbred Weanling Sale at Karaka. The weanlings will leave Macca Lodge for the 1,500 kilometre trip on Saturday morning and arrive in Auckland on Monday. “We took some up a couple of years ago and the trip went well. […]
The progeny of trotting stallion Father Patrick are enjoying a golden run at the moment. His stock has won 33 races so far this season with Meant To Be and Duchess Maria leading the way. Meant To Be has won a Listed and two Group One races while Duchess Maria’s three wins have been at […]
Canterbury harness racing trainer Brad Mowbray got so nervous before the $60,000 Group Two Nevele R/Macca Lodge Southern Oaks Final at Ascot Park today that he couldn’t watch as his filly Delightful Peg (Bettor’s Delight) dented some reputations. “I heard bits of the commentary and I was quite liking what I was hearing. I’m not […]
The tenth running of Southern Harness Racing’s Diamonds Day will be held at Ascot Park on Sunday. And it’s ten years since the Club initiated running the Southland Oaks, the Southern Supremacy Stakes, the Southern Country Cups Final and the newly minted Diamond Creek Farm Two Year Old Classic all on one day. This is […]
In the next three weeks Southern Harness Racing is ramping up with high stakes meetings at the Central Southland Raceway at Winton on Thursday and then Diamonds Day at Ascot Park ten days later. The Winton card features the Group Two $70,000 Entain Two Year Old Fillies Mobile Pace, a new feature on the southern […]
Stonewall Stud pays substantial money at the Sales in order to buy good quality stock and they’re keen to target juvenile racing. There’s no doubt then that Sonofamistery’s (Sweet Lou) win today in the time honoured $60,000 Group Two Macca Lodge Kindergarten Stakes at Wyndham was a satisfying one for Steve and Amanda Telfer, the […]
This year’s Southern Harness Racing’s Diamond Day on April 27th will have some noticeable changes. Firstly, the Southern Oaks and the Southern Supremacy will be shortened to 2200 metres from the previous 2700 metres. “The horses are now bred to go a bit faster and the numbers (for both finals) haven’t been huge so we […]
Macca Lodge, located in the Riversdale district of Northern Southland, has significantly influenced New Zealand’s harness racing industry as a premier nursery for Standardbred talent in the Deep South. Since taking over in 2008, Brent and Sheree McIntyre, and later joined by their son Caine have only furthered the reputation of the 600-acre stud farms […]
Branxholme harness racing trainer Nathan Williamson takes a team of six to Ascot Park tomorrow for Northern Southland Cup Day. Two maiden runners, Two-Sweet DJ (Sweet Lou) and Sweet Sue (Sweet Lou) will run in Race Two. Sweet DJ is drawn to get a soft trip which should suit the four year old mare. Sweet […]
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 Phil Williamson trained Atlantic City (Volstead) was green but courageous in the $45,000 Group Three Macca Lodge Sires’ Stakes Two Year Old Fillies Classique at harness racing’s HQ Addington last night. In the small field, driver Brad Williamson took Atlantic City to the top where she set a solid pace but the filly was […]
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 […]
With a gluttony of superstar trotting blood available to down under breeders, it’s easy for a stallion to be criminally overlooked as the term spoilt for choice would be an understatement in the upcoming season. This year’s studbook features roughly one trotting stallion (45) for every 14 trotting mares (loosely 600) being bred! With that […]
With Addington form on the board, Aretha (Fear The Dragon) was always going to be hard to beat at the Gore Harness Racing meeting today. In today’s two year old feature on a rain affected track driver Jonny Cox settled Aretha off the pace early before looping the field, and she went down to the […]
Northern Southland harness racing stud and stable Macca Lodge take four runners to the Gore meeting tomorrow and all have some good performances in their formline. In Race Two trainer Brent McIntyre presents two runners, Atalanta (Lather Up) and Aretha (Fear The Dragon). Maiden pacer Cranachan (Sweet Lou) raced wide and faded at his last […]
