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There’s no better advertisement for the NZB Standardbred Weanling Sales at Karaka than Burnham harness racing trainer Bruce Negus and it was in evidence yesterday at Rangiora. Both of his winners Monkee Major (Art Major) and Hoppy’s Smile (Vincent) were bought cheaply from the Alabar draft at the 2022 and 2023 Sales. In her race, […]
Misty Blue (Sweet Lou) purchased by Bruce Negus at the 2021 NZB Standardbred Weanling Sales for just $3,000 took her earnings past $87,000 when she won the Rangiora Equine Services Amberly Cup at Rangiora today. In today’s $25,000 feature Hacksaw Ridge led with Audacity taking the trail and Misty Blue and driver Sheree Tomlinson three […]
A rare double at Blenheim on Friday made up part of an almost certainly unique harness racing treble in the space of 24 hours. When Sheree Tomlinson won the Marlborough Cup Prelude on Misty Blue it was already a big family moment as the pacer is trained by her grandfather Ken Ford and Sheree’s mother […]
Mother’s Day is of course an opportunity to say thank you to those nearest and dearest to us all. Harness racing has many mothers who are involved in the sport in many different capacities. Today we look at one of those Mums whose own daughters are carrying on the family tradition. 2025 marks the first […]
The harness racing Ford – Tomlinson families have enjoyed success over the past few months. Amanda Tomlinson and her father Ken Ford trained his 200th winner when Misty Blue won at Banks Peninsula on 16th February. Then eleven days later at Winton, Amanda’s youngest daughter Kerryn trained her first winner Dare Devil, which she part […]
After achieving win number 300 in the sulky at Westport on Friday, in-form Canterbury driver Sheree Tomlinson will be looking for more harness racing success at Reefton today. Tomlinson drove a double on Friday, bringing up her milestone win on a horse she also part owns in Rosary, trained by Ken Ford and Amanda Tomlinson. […]
Canterbury reinswoman Sheree Tomlinson will provide harness racing punters with a lot of value to follow at today’s Banks Peninsula meeting at Motukarara with strong top three and four chances. Tomlinson has nine drives across the 11-race programme. Tomlinson will drive Dance With The Boss ($4.80FF) in Race 1, the NZB Airfreight Mobile Pace over […]
Yaldhurst trainer Peter Shennan has been in the harness racing game for a long time and today he trained his third winner when Hanoi Franco (Tintin In America) took out the first race at Methven. “It was good to be shaking hands with guys I hadn’t seen for a long time,” Shennan said after the […]
A half brother to open class pacer Beach Ball will be among Sheree Tomlinson’s five harness racing drives at Addington today. The winner of 17 races this season so far, Tomlinson looks to have a number of good drives, with Bannockburn the last of them in race 7 (4.00pm). Kicking off Tomlinson’s day in race […]
What a week or so it’s been for Team Tomlinson as part of Team Teal. The annual fund-raiser for ovarian cancer research started on February 1 and goes through to mid March with money raised every time a female harness racing driver (and her teal pants) wins a race. Money is raised through Harness Racing […]
Sheree Tomlinson has one of the leading contenders in the Team Teal Challenge among her strong book of harness racing drives at Rangiora on Saturday (Feb. 18). Tomlinson teams up with the Bob Butt trained Brando (Bettor’s Delight) in the teal event. The pacer impressed in two starts at Nelson recently when winning and running […]
Sheree Tomlinson knows Sunday’s (Jan. 22) harness racing meeting at Blenheim is going to be a tough act to follow. On Friday (Jan. 20) on the grass at Waterlea, Tomlinson produced a personal best four winners, bookending the programme with Brian Beatt (Majestic Son), paying $31.70 in the first, and favourite Whats Wanted (Creatine) in […]
