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Kumeu trainer Roydon Downey loves his trotters and all twenty of his winners have been in that gait. It’s extra special to Downey that they are all from the Sanchiola bloodline which was developed by his late father Errol. “It’s a pretty good breed. The grandmother (Sanchiola) was a good mare and won fifteen in […]
Lincoln Farms harness racing trainers Ray Green and Nathan Delany are on a roll and with the quality bloodstock they have in their barn it’s likely to continue. Success is not new to senior partner Ray Green. He’s trained 429 winners on his own account, 80 with Robert Mitchell, 67 with Delany and one with […]
Lincoln La Moose will be out to continue his winning harness racing form tonight at Cambridge Raceway, following an impressive fresh-up victory at the venue just last week. The four-year-old son of Art Major, trained at Lincoln Farms in Pukekohe by Ray Green and Nathan Delany, returned to racing in fine style. He was given […]
Ray Green may be way past a normal retirement age but he is still looking for his next good horse. “That doesn’t stop,” says Green, who just three seasons ago completed a New Zealand Cup double with Copy That. The 79-year-old still trains at Pukekohe, these days with Nathan Delany, and while they may not […]
Last week New Zealand harness racing fans were treated to the first juvenile race of the 2025 season with the Ross Houghton trained Showmethetanlines (Downbytheseaside) putting his hand up as the most forward of the Canterbury two-year-old’s with his triumph at Addington Raceway. This Friday night at Alexandra Park, the North Island juveniles get their […]
The old harness racing firm of Ray Green and Blair Orange came to the fore at Addington today when the pair won the $40,000 Group Three TAB Junior Free For All with The Big Lebowski (Mach Three). From barrier four Orange eased The Big Lebowski into the race taking an early one one sit behind […]
SBSR breeders Mark and Debbie Smith of Shard Farm will be hoping for a change of luck when it comes to this year’s IRT New Zealand Cup as the couple have two horses they bred – Mach Shard and Dalton Shard, entered in the great race. Mach Shard has started twice in the 3200 metre […]
Northern trainer Zachary Butcher reports Mantra Blue (Sweet Lou) is three to four weeks away from trialing. The four year old harness racing mare had a Brisbane campaign on her radar but sickness threw those plans out the window. “I’m very happy with her. She’s had her problems but seems to be coming right. The […]
Pukekohe trainer Ray Green carts seven pacers to Alexandra Park tomorrow night for harness racing action which will start at 6.07pm. The Green machine will roll out its first runner in Race One when three year old Obadiah Dragon (Fear The Dragon) lines up from barrier one. He looked a bit unlucky at his last […]
Lincoln Farms harness racing trainer Ray Green has a strong presence at both Cambridge (Thursday) and Alexandra Park (Friday). The stable’s night gets off to a start with two runners in Race One; Major Achievement (Art Major) and Commander Lincoln (American Ideal). Major Achievement draws barrier three. He last raced in early December and has […]
In the next few weeks the connections of grand circuit harness racing stallion Copy That (American Ideal) should know whether or not the seven year old can return home to New Zealand and be put back into work. The dual New Zealand Cup winner last started at Alexandra Park in September, and it was after […]
Twenty three year old harness racing junior Nathan Delany has come full circle having worked at Lincoln Farms when he first got started and now back, working under the guidance of Ray Green. “It’s good to be back there,” he said. His family is heavily involved in the sport. His mother Judith works for Jeremy […]
For a horse staring down his shot at greatness “podgy” will seem an unflattering description of Copy That (American Ideal) ahead of his return to racing at Alexandra Park tonight (Sep. 14). But trainer Ray Green says not only is it accurate but he wouldn’t have it any other way. Copy That resumes against just […]
It was a dead heat, but the shared win by Leo Lincoln (Art Major) at Cambridge last night (Aug. 10) was enough to give northern harness racing horseman Andre Poutama his 300th winning drive. “Not bad for a guy that’s come out of the Manawatu” he said. In his early days Poutama worked for Greyhound […]
Trainer Ray Green has a surprise bonus for southern harness racing fans as he starts to plot Copy That’s (American Ideal) road to a record-equalling third New Zealand Cup. Because that road is going to run predominantly through the two big South Island lead-up races, setting up some mouth-watering clashes with Self Assured and Akuta. […]
Copy That (American Ideal) may be one of the great leaders in New Zealand harness racing history but trainer Ray Green is certain he doesn’t have to be in front to win Friday night’s $180,000 Trillian Trust Auckland Cup. The $2 million earner clashes with arch rival Self Assured in the wonderful race and usually, […]
The first million-dollar harness race in New Zealand since 2009 was won in spectacular fashion at Cambridge Raceway tonight (Apr. 14) with the Ray Green trained entire, Copy That (American Ideal), capturing the 2023 Race by Grins. Such was the dominance of the performance by the dual New Zealand cup winner; the country’s leading reinsman […]
Trainer Ray Green insists Copy That (American Ideal) is the horse to beat in Saturday week’s $500,000 Hunter Cup. Off the back of last night’s (Jan. 21) easy Ballarat Cup win, Green believes his stable star is in the best form of his harness racing career. “I think he’s the best he’s ever been,” he […]
Trainer Ray Green has two goals for today: a winning return for NZ Cup harness racing hero Copy That (American Ideal) and a couple of good meals. Green won’t be at Alexandra Park to see Copy That start a red-hot favourite ($1.55) in the Connell Contractors Mile as he is back in hospital after losing […]
Barry Lichter writes for Lincoln Farms that as much as harness racing trainer Ray Green would love to be at Alexandra Park on Friday night to see Copy That race he knows that wouldn’t be wise after being re-admitted to Middlemore Hospital yesterday afternoon. Green, 77, was feeling “pretty crook” yesterday prompting the district nurse to […]
Hot And Treacherous (Captaintreacherous) made it back into the harness racing winner’s circle for the first time this campaign at Alexandra Park on Friday (Nov. 18) but that pathway is about to get a lot steeper. Because in a surprise move, and bonus for the Alexandra Park Christmas carnival, dual New Zealand Cup winner Copy […]
Harness racing trainer Ray Green is happy to set Copy That (American Ideal) a mission impossible at Alexandra Park tonight (Oct. 20) for the bigger goal of defending his New Zealand Cup title. So punters shouldn’t be lulled into thinking the exceptional pacer can win tonight’s main pace by the fact champion driver Blair Orange […]
New Zealand harness racing trainer Ray Green will continue to monitor his star pacer Copy That (American Ideal) before a decision is made on his place in the Group 1 Pryde’s EasiFeed Victoria Cup later this week. The brilliant Kiwi suffered a minor bleed during Saturday night’s Smoken Up Sprint at Tabcorp Park Melton, but […]
Copy That’s (American Ideal) tilt at Melton success came up trumps in harness racing’s TAB Gammalite Free For All on a night when Pryde’s EasiFeed Victoria Cup intrigue only intensified. Trainer Ray Green received reward for taking the New Zealand Cup champ across the Tasman on Saturday night, with Copy That having stalked Bondi Lockdown […]
