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Three good trotters, three very different challenges. That is the situation leading trainers of square-gaiters Michelle Wallis and Bernie Hackett find themselves in as their split their resources between both Alexandra Park and Addington tonight. Hillbilly Blues makes his Addington debut looking for some hard racing to reach the fitness level needed for races ahead […]
In the Lincoln Farms Here For The Horse Mobile Pace at Cambridge tonight, northern junior driver Crystal Hackett achieved her 200th win driving the Andrew and Lyn Neal trained Merie Mary (Bettor’s Delight). MERIE MARY REPLAY Crystal told me earlier this week, “I was sitting on 198 for three weeks and I finally got up […]
Waiuku harness racing trainer Michelle Wallis admits the buildup for her trotter Hillbilly Blues (What The Hill) hasn’t been ideal going into tonight’s Reharvest Rowe Cup. “He was crook last time, we got him scoped after he raced and he had a respiratory infection. We’ve treated him for that, he’s working good enough and seems […]
Rising trotting star Hillbilly Blues (What The Hill) has strong southern roots. Trained by Michelle Wallis and Bernie Hackett, the twenty three start trotting novice has now won nine races, and his last four in a row. Two of those four wins have been black type – the G1 National Trot and the G3 Cambridge […]
Hillbilly Blues (What The Hill) rise to stardom continued with a narrow win over his stablemate Belle Neige in the $40,000 G3 Cambridge Trotters Flying Stakes at Cambridge tonight. Driver Tony Herihy took the five year old to the top early, before handing up to Oscar Bonavena. Halfway down the straight Belle Neige who had […]
Hillbilly Blues’ (What The Hill) win in the Group One National Trot at Alexandra Park tonight signals the arrival of a new potential open class trotting star. “He’s a super horse and it was another great drive by Tony,” said Michelle Wallis who co-trains with her husband Bernie Hackett. When the mobile let the field […]
The trainer who could dominate tonight’s Group 1 Trot at Alexandra Park has a surprise for punters. Because Michelle Wallis says the pecking order for the four reps she and husband Bernie Hackett take to the $100,000 TAB Queen of Diamonds may have changed in the last week, even if the bookies don’t think so. […]
The North Island’s leading harness racing stable is starting to look south. Husband and wife team Michelle Wallis and Bernie Hackett brought up their 400th win together with a double at Alexandra Park last night. They are also 10 wins clear of Ray Green and Nathan Delany on the North Island trainer’s premiership. They have […]
When you think of trotting in the north you instantly think of Michelle Wallis and Bernie Hackett. The couple who currently lead the New Zealand Trotters Trainers Premiership operate out of their stable in Waiuku, utilising the beach nearby. Michelle is a Hamilton girl and was always going to get into the harness industry. “Dad […]
The dream harness racing run of Janet and Peter Argus and their extraordinary broodmare, Liberty City (The Pres), was further embellished last night at Alexandra Park with success in the G3 Northern Breeders Trotting Stakes. Most trotting enthusiasts are familiar with the deeds of the full sisters, Empire & Atlantic City, with the former being […]
Michelle Wallis says the Golden Gait series is a winner even before the first race has been run. Wallis and husband Bernie Hackett will have a remarkable 18 harness racing starters on the first ever Golden Gait Finals night, where horses who have competed in enough qualifying races at Alexandra Park get to run for […]
The Waiuku based training partnership of Michelle Wallis and Bernie Hackett have a strong harness racing line up of four runners in the $35,000 NZ Staff – Northern Metro Series Trotters Final at Alexandra Park tonight. “They’re all well heading into tonight’s race although we’ll need some luck to go our way” says Wallis. Starting […]
Trainer Michelle Wallis admits she and her new Australian trotters are still learning about each other. But she is confident one of them can make a winning New Zealand harness racing debut at Alexandra Park tonight. Wallis and husband Bernie Hackett have been sent a varied bunch of trotters from major Australian owner Pat Driscoll, […]
