
If there’s one horse that epitomises what this Sundays’ Harness 5000 at Ashburton is all about, its Rachmaninov (Diedre Don). Harness 5000 is a chance for not so expensively bred…

Alan Beecroft has been the real journeyman and on Sunday at Kaikoura, Royal Diedre (Royal Aspirations) provided the Weedon based trainer with his second winner. Alan was introduced to harness…

Veteran trainer Fred Fletcher and junior reinsman Sam Thornley combined to win last night’s Darren DeFilippi Memorial at Addington with Royal Gypsy (Royal Aspirations). After a perfect start Thornley made…

“I probably will have a couple of beers on the way home I think (laugher),” Oamaru trainer Kaleb Bublitz said after he trained his first winner The Merc, (Royal Aspirations)…

Royal Aspirations has become the latest trotting sire to join the $1m club. And for a New Zealand harness racing stallion that’s a pretty rare feat. Last weekend when KD…