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A new ownership group is bringing fresh energy to Cambridge Raceway, as the Taylor Street Syndicate begins to make its mark on the track. The Taylor Street Syndicate, established by Cambridge Raceway, was created with the goal of offering everyday people the opportunity to experience the thrill of harness racing ownership. Launched through the popular […]
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 […]
Forgotten grey trotter The Moonstone (Monkey Bones) is close to resuming for Cambridge trainer Nicky Chilcott. After winning her first two starts as a two year old and rounding out that season with two seconds, she was put aside. But as a three year old her form deserted her and at her last start at […]
Champion harness racing trainer Mark Purdon saddled up his first galloping winner at Ellerslie today. Buster Shaw in the hands of Jasmine Fawcett took out the first race for Purdon, whose horses prior to today’s win had recorded a second and two thirds at the races. Edendale breeders Alex and Karen Milne have had a […]
Cambridge harness racing trainer Nicky Chilcott has six runners engaged at tonight’s meeting including two newcomers to the stable from the South Island who start fresh up off the back of workout wins. Showtym (Sweet Lou) has her first start for Chilcott in race three, the Tote Burger Open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Mobile Pace over […]
Cambridge trainer Nicky Chilcott has rounded out the year’s final Trot into Tuesday harness racing meeting at her home track with a winning training double. “It was a great night, I was rapt with the horses and a few of their owners were on course to enjoy it which was awesome,” said Chilcott. Chilcott’s first […]
Cambridge based harness racing trainer Nicky Chilcott has three runners engaged at tonight’s meeting and she’s hopeful all are place chances at least on their home track. The first runner, in Race 3, the Friday Steak Night At The Clubhouse Mobile Pace (2700 metres), is It’s Nae Or Never (Art Major). The well-bred three-year-old filly, […]
Cambridge harness racing trainer Nicky Chilcott has said her goodbyes to her best trotter Sacred Mountain (Muscle Hill). “She left at 4 o’clock this morning (Wednesday) for Melbourne. We just couldn’t keep racing her off 50 metres. It’s just too tough. She’s a quality mare and you’ll break their heart,” Chilcott said. Sacred Mountain began […]
Hometown harness racing trainer Nicky Chilcott has a sizable team entered for Cambridge tomorrow night. Four of her seven runners; Says Who, Messenger Buoy, Vincents Girl and Ocean Belle are owned by Taranaki breeders Alan and Lyn Messenger. Says Who (He’s Watching) starts the night for Nicky in Race Two. The four year old debutant […]
The upcoming National Weanling Sale at Karaka marks the end of an era as vendors for well-known breeders Graham and Judy Bowen. The pair who have been breeding standardbreds for nearly twenty years under their Brogden Lodge banner, are set to swap the horse float for the campervan as retirement awaits. “My Dad was a harness trainer […]
Village Rebel (Raging Bull) may be the best horse in Nicky Chilcott’s harness racing stable but he isn’t that keen on proving it. The under-rated pacer returns against two of his own stablemates in the strongest race of the Cambridge meeting on Thursday night, part of a nine-strong team for local trainer Chilcott. All three […]
Twenty three year old Leah Hibell is into her third season of harness racing driving. From just ninety seven drives the Cambridge based junior driver has driven six winners and has been placed a further thirty times. Leah grew up in Whakatane, was educated at Edgecumbe College and was involved with horses from a young […]
There’ll be plenty of inter-stable rivalry at Cambridge tonight (Jul. 6), with three different harness racing trainers lining up three runners in their respective races. Nicky Chilcott has the most at the meeting with six runners, including three – Alwaysbelove (Always B Miki), Vincents Girl (Vincent), and Messenger Buoy (Sunshine Beach) – in Race 2, […]
Grey harness racing filly The Moonstone (Monkey Bones) is spelling at the moment and Cambridge trainer Nicky Chilcott says the exciting trotter will be back in the barn at the end of the month. The two year old is not paid up for any Sires Stakes races and racing wise there’s not a lot on […]
Nominations for the annual Norwood Rural Sports Awards close today, and harness racing will be represented by four of its best. The awards, which celebrate the best of rural sport – from shearing and woolhandling to timbersports and dog trials – will be held at the Awapuni racecourse on Friday, March 10 during the New […]
