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When you carry a name like Lomu the expectations are high and that legendary name sits firmly on the rump of Franco Lomu (Bettor’s Delight). The Regan Todd trained three year old is certainly heading in the right direction and his win last night at Addington was his third in just a handful of starts. […]
They’ve been at it all season, Marketplace and Got The Chocolates and tonight in the $300,000 Group One Garrards New Zealand Pacing Derby it was no different. Got The Chocolates had beaten his arch rival in their last two starts. However tonight belonged to Marketplace (Bettor’s Delight). He led and parked Got The Chocolates and […]
Trainer Tyler Dewe and stable driver Mark Hurrell have finally worked out how best to handle Share A Dream (Art Major). Today from a second line draw Hurrell dropped the five year old back, settling last. He got a nice drag into the race on the back of Magic Sign and Hurrell brought the gelding […]
When Ocean Eyes (Father Patrick) won at Alexandra Park on the 23rd May in the hands of Zachary Butcher, she brought Glenys and Phil Kennard’s wins tally to 700. Their first was Idle Bromac at Ashburton in May 1987 trained and driven by Robert Dunn. The Kennards were then part of the Blue Blood No […]
Having won four Southern Supremacy Stakes between 2005 and 2016, Mark Purdon’s name returned to the winners list today with Five Crowns (Bettor’s Delight) when he impressively won the forty second addition of the Alabar sponsored Group Two feature in the hands of Blair Orange. Orange ensured that the three year old was ready to […]
It was all about Marketplace (Bettor’s Delight) at Alexandra Park tonight. “That was amazing. He’s an absolute machine. He had to do it pretty tough tonight, had to earn it and it was a super run,” driver Craig Ferguson said after Marketplace blitzed a very good field in the $100,000 Group One Woodlands Stud Northern […]
Two absolute harness racing stars shone tonight on NZB Standardbred Harness Millions Night at Alexandra Park. Stella Rouge (Bettor’s Delight) showed her staying qualities when she outmuscled Arafura to win by a nose in the $150,000 Listed NZB Standardbred Harness Million Three Year Old Fillies Final. It was a heady drive by reinsman Tim Williams […]
Young Clevedon harness racing trainer Matty White was having a few days off in the Hawkes Bay when I called him after his busy time at the recently held NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales. It’s been a great week for the horseman. He’s purchased three yearlings on his own account and has had some high profile […]
The future of harness racing is dependent on initiatives and people to drive racehorses, and one such initiator and driver is twenty five year old George Breckon. George is the son of Ken and Karen Breckon of Breckon Farms and he’s dead set keen on getting young people into a sport that he has a […]
