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Thirty year old Kim Blakemore is taking a break from harness racing for now as she focuses on being a new Mum to her ten week old daughter. Despite the excitement of having a new baby, her enthusiasm for breeding horses albeit on a small scale, has not diminished. She’s currently breeding from Love Yourself, […]
With twelve runners, Burnham trainer Bruce Negus will be the busiest trainer at tomorrow’s Waikouaiti Trotting Club meeting on the grass at Oamaru. Race One: Foveaux Gambler (Betting Line). “He’s been a consistently good horse when he’s been right. He went through a flat patch for a long time and I’m not a hundred percent […]
Ashburton harness racing trainer John Morrison reckons Heaven’s Mark (Rock N Roll Heaven) starting in Race Twelve, will be his best chance at Roxburgh tomorrow. “It’s one of those races. It’s an even field. Bowlem Over has been going pretty good and Robin’s (Swain) team always goes good at Roxburgh. With her draw I’ll just […]
The quest of Burnham trainer Bruce Negus to have good numbers in the Harness 5000 races in Ashburton next month continues at Oamaru tomorrow. “It’s a great concept and it’s encouraging the studs not to put their fees up,” Negus said. With thirty six winners so far this season he’s also closing in on his […]
Shades Of Robyn (Sir Lincoln) caused a massive boil over in the Captain Crunch @ Alabar Mobile Pace at Addington yesterday. Trained at Dunsandel by Trevor Cross the five year old was 10/10 in the betting and paid $86.60 and $18.40. “I was quite shocked at the price. He’d been working well and he’d got […]
On a horse named after her, Winton based junior harness racing driver Natasha Kyle won her first race on her home track this afternoon. “Very exciting. She’s always been a good horse, and I was just hoping for some luck today,” Natasha said after she drove Tashs Bad Girl (Sir Lincoln) trained by her father […]
Kyle Cameron might not have the glamour horse flesh of some of his Canterbury contemporaries, but he is having himself a harness racing season to remember in 2022. The Fernside horseman scored himself a winning double as a driver over the weekend to take his tally to 15 wins for the season, matching last year’s […]
