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Shard Farm have been a staple of the Standardbred National Yearling Sale for the last 25 years, but they are changing tack this year and will offer their first draft of harness racing weanlings at the NZB Standardbred National Online Weanling Sale on standardbred.gavelhouse.com. Farm principals Debbie and Mark Smith are currently in a transitional phase, with […]
Southern Bred Southern Reared Marble Arch (Always B Miki) looks a strong candidate for the Group Two Alabar Southern Supremacy Stakes Final in a fortnight, after winning the fourth harness racing heat of the series at Winton yesterday. Driver Carter Dalegty eased Marble Arch out of the gate and once the early pace was dialled […]
This time last year saw the biggest upset in the history of the Taylor Mile, when aged harness racing pacer Mach Shard (Mach Three) won the Group One Taylor Mile against all odds. He ran the trip in 1-53.9, paying $155.20 and beating the likes of Don’t Stop Dreaming and Merlin. And to prove it […]
Two open class pacers – Macandrew Aviator (Panspacificflight) and The Big Lebowski (Mach Three) have returned to the south. After campaigning in Canterbury for Stephen Boyd, Macandrew Aviator is now in the care of Ascot Park trainer Jeremy Douglas. The eight year old last started in the Hannon Memorial in September, finishing third behind Republican […]
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 […]
Successful vendors Mark and Debbie Smith of Shard Farm in Southland are presenting another strong draft of sixteen potential harness racing champions at this month’s NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales in Christchurch. The SBSR breeders have a mixture of stock from their own mares p3lus some quality outside yearlings, led by a full brother to multiple […]
New Zealand bred and owned pacer Mach Shard (Mach Three) is back in Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan’s Clevedon harness racing barn. “He’s been back for about four weeks. We gave him a couple of weeks off when he got back so he’s just jogging at the moment and seems pretty happy,” Barry Purdon said. […]
Southern Bred Southern Reared once again has strong numbers and top end quality catalogued for the NZB Standardbred New Zealand National Standardbred Yearling Sale in Christchurch in February. Fifty seven yearlings have been entered by the group over the two days – February 20th and 21st with Debbie and Mark Smith of Shard Farm and […]
