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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 […]
Donna’s Boy (Pegasus Spur) looks to be one of a group of emerging talented trotters. The Bob Butt trained squaregaiter headed into last night’s trotting feature at Addington in a fresh state, having last raced at Ashburton in December. He had just two trials under his belt, but that didn’t matter. “I knew he had […]
The Night of Champions will be held at Cambridge this Friday night. The two feature races on the card are the $530,000 TAB Trot and the $1,000,000 The Race by Sport Nation Mobile Pace – both slot races. This will be the third year the TAB Trot has been held and since its inception Australian […]
Oamaru horseman Matty Williamson takes a select team of five to the Winton harness racing meeting tomorrow. In Race Three he has two first starters – New Mexico (Creatine) and Blarney Stone (Wishing Stone). New Mexico has had four trials, winning her last two. “She’s had a good grounding at the trials. She’s a filly […]
The dream run of trotting mare I Dream Of Jeannie continued at Ashburton today when she won the $60,000 Listed McKain Quality Construction Mobile Trot. Trained by Robert and Jenna Dunn the win was her third in a row and her seventeenth in a 101 start career. Her first twelve harness racing wins were for […]
Most horsemen would agree a mare in foal can take her form to a new level and it appears the case with eight year old I Dream Of Jeannie (Pegasus Spur) who took out the $20,000 Fresh Choice Geraldine Trotters Cup at Orari today. “You’d have to say that after her last two runs,” driver […]
Seth Hill drove his first Group winner on Friday when Cath (Sweet Lou) trained by his father Brendon, won the $50,000 ‘Betavet’ Millwood Nike Fillies Classic at Addington. Hill is in only his third season of driving and has now won forty seven races – thirty five of them this season. Last Friday from barrier […]
After winning his first Group race with Princess Sadie on Thursday, Oamaru horseman Matty Williamson will be looking for some hometown success when he lines up six runners at the Oamaru Harness Racing Clubs meeting on Sunday. In Race One, first start Top Draw (Sweet Lou) dons the colours. The colt is out of the […]
The running of the Worthy Queen Handicap Trot last Friday night at Addington further highlighted the marvellous achievements of Pegasus Spur across Australasia. Runner up to winner Mighty Logan, I Dream Of Jeannie is one of the few Pegasus Spurs still racing, while third placegetter Muscle Mountain is out of a Pegasus Spur mare. Pegasus […]
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 […]
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 […]
Leading Southland trainer, Brett Gray, is no stranger to coming north to Addington Raceway and upsetting the locals on harness racing’s biggest stage. It was only a couple of months ago when Gray unleashed the impressive Always B Miki juvenile, Always Ticking to win the G3 $25,000 Leonard Memorial at headquarters, and tomorrow night (May […]
It was great to see the harness racing trotting mares racing against each other at Oamaru today. A fairer match compared to the usual reality of being beaten up by the boys (male trotters). A near capacity field highlighted the success of this concept and the Sam Smolenski trained I Dream Of Jeannie (Pegasus Spur) […]
Kyle Cameron might not have the glamour horse flesh of some of his Canterbury contemporaries, but he is having himself a harness racing season to remember in 2022. The Fernside horseman scored himself a winning double as a driver over the weekend to take his tally to 15 wins for the season, matching last year’s […]
