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In the hands of his trainer Tony Herlihy, the talented two year old Off Shore got his first win on the board at Cambridge tonight when he led and won with plenty in hand, the $25,000 Dinny Johnstone Two Year Old Mobile Pace. “He’s still on a learning curve and the guys have been patient […]
It’s not a busy night by his usual standards but Maurice McKendry reckons he has four harness racing runners who can all figure prominently at Cambridge tonight. Two of McKendry’s drives for the night are for Pukekohe-based trainer Ray Green, the first of those being Leo Lincoln (Art Major) in Race 2, the NZB Airfreight […]
A Bledisloe Cup of harness racing’s been confirmed for Methven next month. Four trans-Tasman driving greats – Ricky May, Maurice McKendry, Greg Sugars and Chris Alford – will battle it out in the Anzac 18,000+ series – at Mt Harding on April 14. “I would have thought it was 100-to-one the chances of getting the […]
It looked a lot like the old days at the finish of the Franklin Country Cup at Alexandra Park on Thursday night minus one key ingredient. Free beer. The $25,000 standing start was taken out by the Maurice McKendry-trained and driven Miki Shan (Always B Miki), beating his old mate and harness racing sparring partner […]
Maurice McKendry has more than one advantage heading into the Three Wise Men series at Methven on Sunday. McKendry, Tony Herlihy and Ricky May make up the trio dubbed the Three Wise Men of New Zealand harness racing who will go head-to-head in a six-race driving series. Born and raised in Methven, McKendry started his […]
by Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk The 3000 club is about to go head to head. Only Tony Herlihy, Maurice McKendry and Ricky May have reined more than 3000 winners in this country and now the Methven Trotting Club is going to bring the three legends of the track together. On January 30th next […]
Champion reinsman Maurice McKendry is taking a positive attitude to being involved in one of New Zealand harness racing’s strangest games of musical sulkies. Because at Alexandra Park tonight it is his turn to again take New Zealand Cup winner Copy That (American Ideal) for a spin when the hometown hero returns after his great […]
