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Hacksaw Ridge wins gong

By The Raceway at the Western Fair District ·

Two horses named after movies quinellaed today’s $25,000 Shannon Farm Cromwell Cup at the Wyndham HRC meeting at Cromwell. At the finish Hacksaw Ridge (A Rocknroll Dance) held on by half a length to beat fast finishing The Big Lebowski, with a brave Tempo Warrior a length and a half back in third. HACKSAW RIDGE […]

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Gutsell targets Coast double

By Mike Love ·

Wyndham harness racing trainer Ricky Gutsell will be clocking up the kilometres with his team over the next five days starting with Hacksaw Ridge today at Westport for the Frank Dooley Memorial Pulse Energy Westport Cup over 3200m. Three days later Insarchatwist and Still Rockin will head to the Banks Peninsula’s December 29 meeting for […]

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Gutsell’s grass track specialists return

By Jonny Turner ·

There’s one factor punters don’t have to worry about leading into Wingatui’s Christmas on the grass meeting on Sunday. The grass track prowess of Ricky Gutsell’s brother and sister act of Hacksaw Ridge, Still Rockin, Insarchatwist and Baltic Star simply cannot be questioned. The quartet can be unofficially labelled southern harness racing’s first family of […]

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Gutsell has entire team for hometown meet

By Adam Hamilton ·

Wyndham trainer Ricky Gutsell will have his entire team at tomorrow’s Wyndham HRC meeting at the Young Quinn Raceway and uniquely, all four of his runners are out the same mare Insar. Thirty four start maiden Baltic Star (Always B Miki) fronts up in the first. “She keeps on finding an excuse. She’s got all […]

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Gutsell hopes for class on grass

By Terry Gange ·

Wyndham horseman Ricky Gutsell takes all of his racing team north tomorrow for the Forbury Park harness racing meeting on the grass at Wingatui. Baltic Star (Always B Miki) lines up in Race Two. The four year old mare gets an outside draw but that doesn’t seem to matter on the big Wingatui circuit. The […]

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Hacksaw Ridge ready to cut loose in Riverton Cup

By Harnesslink ·

Four harness racing siblings will be heading to Riverton on Sunday for the return to grass racing. The four are out of broodmare Insar, owned by Wyndham trainer Ricky Gutsell and will be starting at the Riverton Trotting Club meeting. In Race One Baltic Star (Always B Miki) commences the stable’s run. This eight start […]

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Ricky Gutsell - from running to racehorses

By Frank Fraas ·

Southland harness racing trainer Ricky Gutsell had a breakout season last year, winning eight races and driving his first winner. The sixty one year old is based in Wyndham on a 10 acre block just across from Gordon and Colin Lee. “When they’re not looking, I sneak across and use their track,” he said tongue […]

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Southern Snippets

By Harnesslink ·

Wyndham harness racing driver Ricky Gutsell recorded his first win as a driver at yesterday’s Winton meeting when Still Rockin (A Rocknroll Dance) held out a late challenge from Joes Rock to win by half a length. The win was Gutsell’s twenty fifth as a trainer. Yaldhurst trainer Regan Todd has confirmed three year old […]

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Gutsell trio out to improve tidy grass track records

By Harnesslink ·

The best possible conditions await siblings – by A Rocknroll Dance from the broodmare gem Insar – Insarchatwist, Hacksaw Ridge and Still Rockin at Gore’s grass track harness racing meeting on Sunday (Feb. 19).  The Ricky Gutsell trained trio will attempt to build on their impressive records on turf when stepping out at the big Gore […]

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