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Bits and Bridles-Don’t Stop Dreaming sold!!

Confederate (Bettor’s Delight) has been sold and will race in America. He was purchased as a yearling for $240,000 at the NZB Standardbred Sales and was raced for a group…

Purdon and Arafura show their class

With 400 metres to run, most were giving Arafura (Sweet Lou) no chance of winning the $225,000 Group One Tennant Engineering New Zealand Pacing Oaks, but under a masterful drive…

Ashburton undercard in review

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…

Akuta and I Dream Of Jeannie double down

Both Akuta (Bettor’s Delight) and I Dream Of Jeannie (Pegasus Spur) won their respective feature harness races at Oamaru today. Akuta sat parked in today’s pacing feature the $40,000 Group…

Purdon and Williamson ponder Cup time

Nathan Williamson’s thoughts about a possible winning time in this year’s New Zealand Cup are interesting and bound to generate debate. The two Australians, Swayzee and Leap To Fame are…

Purdons happy with the champ’s prep ahead of return

Trainer Mark Purdon and most punters want the same thing from Akuta’s (Bettor’s Delight) comeback at Alexandra Park tonight. They probably just want it delivered in different ways. The one-time…

Rubira runs them ragged in Queensland Derby

Classy New Zealand gelding Rubira (Always B Miki) made amends for his failure in the Rising Sun when he convincingly outpointed his harness racing opponents in The $150,000 Group 1…

Inter Dominion legend backs Brisbane series home

Inter Dominion legend Mark Purdon has backed the popular concept to rise back to its former glory ahead of the grand final occasion on Saturday evening at Albion Park. The…

Cullen stocks on the rise

Hayden and Amanda Cullen’s harness racing stable has moved. Purdon Racing have vacated their Rolleston barn to head north, and the Cullens have relocated to the stable where they both…

Kennards hit 700

When Ocean Eyes (Father Patrick) won at Alexandra Park on the 23rd May in the hands of Zachary Butcher, she brought Glenys and Phil Kennard’s wins tally to 700. Their…

Chase A Dream scratched from his Aussie trip

Chase A Dream’s (Captaintreacherous) Queensland harness racing campaign and any hope of a stud career are both over before they began. The exceptional but erratic four-year-old was pulled out of…

Harness trial tomorrow has ID2025 implications

New Zealand’s chances of having a serious Inter Dominion pacing contender this winter could be finalised at a quiet Pukekohe harness racing trial meeting on Tuesday. That is if any…