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At Addington last night Scoundrel (Captaintreacherous) announced his arrival when he knocked off some better credentialed two year olds and Indulge Me (Downbytheseaside) got a well-deserved win in the Nevele R Fillies Series heat. In the fourth heat of the Woodland Stud Sires’ Stakes Series for two year olds the two favoured runners Tour Party […]
There’s no better way to advertise your breeding brand than having winners on the racetrack and the Southern Bred Southern Reared brand had them in spades last night. The southern group who breed and sell as a collective, last night recorded three winners at Alexandra Park and four at Addington. And there’s the promise of […]
Renegade (Captaintreacherous) showed plenty of ticker when winning last night’s feature pace at Addington. Driver Seth Hill got the six year old away well from the 25 metre handicap and chose to bide his time early in the piece, before taking the lead off Da Vinci. “He stepped him cleanly and did the right thing […]
Driving his first Group One winner tonight, young Canterbury driver Seth Hill demonstrated that harness racing in this country is in good hands. “It sounds pretty good. It’s an amazing feeling. It was awesome,” Hill said after winning the $100,000 G1 Pascoes the Jewellers Northern Oaks with Cath, (Sweet Lou) who is trained by his […]
After looking smart as an early two year old, Ukraine (Captain Crunch) was back in winning form at Oamaru yesterday for Woodend trainer Bob Butt. The gelding looked extremely promising as a young horse, winning his first start. He was then beaten by Rubira by a neck in the 2024 Kindergarten Stakes before running fifth […]
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 […]
Young harness racing driver Seth Hill will get a golden opportunity to impress his new boss at Addington tonight. Not that Bob Butt isn’t already impressed. Butt trains The Lazarus Effect (Lazarus), one of the more promising pacers in Canterbury and a $2.50 favourite for the IRT Thanks Bettors Delight Pace at Addington even though […]
Nineteen year old Seth Hill is one of the rising stars in this country’s junior driver ranks and with thirty wins on board and an association with very good pacer Arthur Selby, (Bettor’s Delight) there’s bound to be a few more before the season ends. Seth is the son of Swannanoa horseman Brendon Hill who […]
Quality trotting mare Princess Sadie (Muscle Mass) won her second race on the trot at Winton today, giving her the perfect start to her four year old season. In the $30,000 Diamond Creek Farm/SBSR Silk Road Southern Winter Trotters Series Final, Princess Sadie began well from the twenty metre mark and trucked along in fourth […]
Major Hipster (Art Major) who’s been with Woodend Beach harness racing trainer Matt Purvis for just six starts, achieved his second win for his new stable at the Banks Peninsula meeting today at Addington. Driver Seth Hill with a peach of a drive controlled the front and the four year old, too classy for the […]
‘Watch out for the Hill brothers’ could prove an important message for punters at Winton on Thursday. Max Hill links up with a handy book of four drives in his adopted home province, while younger brother Seth is on a southern raid, linking up with three solid chances. Big brother has landed the drive behind […]
In his breakout season Southland junior driver Hayden Douglas has chalked up twelve wins. Not bad for a driver with a fulltime job outside of the industry. Douglas who drives primarily for his father Jeremy is currently tied with Max Hill in the Southland Junior Drivers Premiership. Hill is having his own personal battle within […]
