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Wyndham trainer driver Craig Ferguson knows that unbeaten filly Imperious Girl (Imperial Count) will have to race against some serious horsepower in Friday night’s $60,000 Macca Lodge Sires’ Stakes Three Year Old Fillies Classique at Addington. “I’m as happy as I can be at home. She’s only had the one workout and we would have […]
It wasn’t the plan, but it didn’t matter as Lexicon (Muscle Mass) got a well-deserved maiden win at Addington last night for Woodend Beach trainer Bob Butt. “I wanted her to get a sit, but four (back on the) fence is niggly enough. So when Nathan (Nathan Williamson driving Kings Landing) was outside me I […]
After finishing fifth in the Lyell Creek Stakes in Auckland in March, the trainers of Bet N Win (What The Hill) decided something was not quite right with their star trotter, so he was unable to defend is Rowe Cup title. Remaining up north, he was sent to the Matamata Vet Clinic where he underwent […]
Two Year Old Master McGoogan’s (What The Hill) win last night at Addington further enhanced the fabulous harness racing record the progeny of Winnie McGoogan and her daughter Minnie McGoogen have as two year olds. The story began when Invercargill real estate agent Craig Heyrick bought Muscle Mass filly Winnie McGoogan at the 2015 National […]
Oamaru horseman Matty Williamson is well used of travelling and this weekend is no exception, with his team split between Addington tomorrow night and Ascot Park on Sunday. Three of his trotting team head to Christchurch for the Uncut Gems. Two start maiden trotter New Mexico (Creatine) lines up in the non-winners mobile trot (Race […]
Three times New Zealand Junior Driver Premiership winner Sarah O’Reilly took her first successful step into the training ranks today at Nelson when she trained and drove Bizza To’o (Muscle Mass) to win. “It was pretty cool because you put a lot of work into horses. I’ve had a few and it hasn’t worked out […]
Julie Maghzal has a lifetime of wonderful memories through her involvement in harness racing. When the Greg and Ben Hope trained Habibti Pat (Father Patrick) recently won the New Zealand Trotting Derby, it was her fiftieth win as an owner, many of them with her late husband Gaby. “We just thought the distance would suit […]
Wyndham horseman Craig Ferguson has some big assignments ahead of him, none bigger than the $500,000 The Velocity on Show Day, driving Marketplace. The Southland trainer has being travelling between Wyndham and Christchurch working Wag Star at Regan Todd’s property in addition to looking after his homebased team. On Sunday Ferguson will have a quieter […]
Wyndham trainer Craig Ferguson has found the key to three year old trotter Massive Merc, (Muscle Mass) and his connections were rewarded again today at the Tuapeka meeting when he stormed home to win by a nose. For punters it was a nervous watch with Massive Merc galloping after the tapes were released. “He trotted […]
It was a race packed full of drama from false start to finish and at the end of the $40,000 Group Three The Dark Horse, Princess Sadie (Muscle Mass) trained and driven by Matty Williamson got the call. As the large harness racing field assembled for the start, a number of the runners became fractious. […]
Most drivers would say drawing barrier four on the front line in a Group One race is not a bad marble. But John Dunn who drives Got The Chocolates (Art Major) for his father Robert and his wife Jenna is not so sure. “For him it’s just a draw. He shows no gate speed, is […]
This Sunday one of the feature races on the Oamaru harness racing card is the $40,000 Group Three Jasmyn’s Gift Fillies and Mares Stakes. The race is named after Jasmyn’s Gift which was bred by Phil and Bev Williamson and she was named after their daughter Jasmyn. Phil trained her to win seventeen races and […]
The Darren DeFilippi Memorial on Friday night at Addington is a race all junior drivers in the South Island aspire to win and it carries special significance for Oamaru horseman Matthew Williamson. “It’s got a terrific history and a great stake this year. It’s a very sought after race so it’s cool to have one […]
Brad Williamson is taking a team of six to Ascot Park on Sunday and all have good winning chances. Williamson has three runners in Race Five, the $15,000 Gold Chip Final over 2700 metres. The talented To The Moon And Back (One Over Da Moon) starts from the unruly. His three starts have exposed his […]
Oamaru horseman Matty Williamson thinks his quality trotting filly Princess Sadie (Muscle Mass) is ready for a forward showing at the Forbury Park TC meeting at Wyndham on Thursday. “She’s got a bit stronger to look at so we’re hoping that’ll portray on the track. She’s definitely a lot heavier and a bigger horse,” Williamson […]
While most were expecting To The Moon And Back to win the first race at Ascot Park today it was first starter and stablemate Muscle Mist (Muscle Mass) that came away with a convincing win. “She’s been trialling up well lately. Dad (Phil) drove her for me at Ashburton last week and he was happy […]
Nicky Chilcott has three runners for tomorrow’s Waikato Bay of Plenty Harness Racing meeting on her home track at Cambridge. Showtym Girl (Sweet Lou) takes her place in Race One and looks like the stable’s best chance. Seven year old trotter Stash The Cash (Muscle Hill) wears the stable colour in Race Four. He heads […]
A trotting mare named after New Zealand galloping trainer Sheila Laxon, (Muscle Mass) won her first race at the Ashburton Harness Racing Club meeting today. The race was run in two divisions with five horses trotting away from the remainder of the field which never got close to the front bunch. With a lap to […]
Adele Jones has an eye for good bloodstock and her training partnership with her husband Derek has taken this harness racing couple on a journey with many successful highlights. Derek has been a farrier for all his adult life while Adele comes from an equestrian background. “I just pottered around, got young thoroughbreds off the […]
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 […]
Southland harness racing trainer Gay McClymont had a night she’ll never forget at Addington last night, winning two races and in a career highlight achieving a Group Two win with her six year old mare Rata (Muscle Mass). In the $60,000 Continental Event Hire Grand Duchess Mares Handicap, driver Jonny Cox got Rata away safely […]
Plainville, MA — A fairly rare situation occurred at Plainridge Park on Monday (Oct. 21) afternoon when a pair of harness racing full brothers, Sea Can (Muscle Mass) and Cruising Tom (Muscle Mass), finished first and second respectively in the $25,000 Winners-Over trotting feature. Snowpiercer (Brett Beckwith) battled Sidd Finch (Drew Campbell) for the lead […]
A pair of Muscle Mass harness racing progeny were the two six-figure purchases of the second and final day of the London Classic Yearling Sale on Wednesday (Oct. 19) at the Western Fair Agriplex in London, Ont. Steve Colvin bought Masstercraft, hip 118, for $110,000. The colt, consigned by Dean and Ashley Wilson, is out […]
Trois-Rivieres, QC – With sunny skies and 70 degrees, the conditions were perfect at the Hippodrome 3R Friday (Sept. 2) for harness racing horses that like being on the front-end. Such was the case in both co-feature races and in five of the ten races on the card. The 6th race Preferred Trot saw Brady Bunch […]
