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Netherlands harness racing driver Jaap van Rijn made every post a winner at Winton today, taking out three of the four heats of the World Drivers Championships. He got the party started when he led and won with the Matt Brinsdon trained Sheeza Vinny (Vincent) in the Vetsouth Equine WDC25 Heat 16. SHEEZA VINNY REPLAY […]
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 […]
Blair “The Postman” Orange has gone where only three other New Zealand Harness Racing drivers have gone and has joined the elite 3,000 club. Having carved out a wonderful career over twenty nine years, Orange is only the fourth driver to have driven 3,000 winners in this country. The others are Tony Herlihy, Maurice McKendry […]
At start three, four year old menace Always A Menace (Always B Miki) has continued the great harness racing record held by her mother Phantom Menace with a win at Cromwell today. Driver Blair Orange settled the four year old well off the pace set by favourite Janaka’s Delight. At the 1200 metre mark Orange […]
Buffy Northstain (Majestic Son) kept Sam Thornley’s Junior Drivers Premiership hopes alive when she won the Ward and Sinclair Limited Trot at Gore today. Trained by Bruce Negus, the six year old mare got back in the running and stormed home late to beat Tinkerbelle. The win was Buffy Northstain’s twelfth and puts Thornley on […]
