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Given the right trip, Bettor’s Anvil (Bettor’s Delight) is lethal. And he proved it again tonight in winning the G2 $60,000 Lamb & Haywood ‘Canterbury Classic.’ As the race unfolded The Lazarus Effect, It’s Tough, Republican Party and Franco Sinatra took turns in front while Bettors Anvil’ s driver Tim Williams got on the back […]
Tact Teva headlines Steve and Amanda Telfer’s team heading to Timaru on Sunday. Stonewall Stud line up three runners at the back end of the programme, with all three looking like strong winning chances. Co-trainer Amanda Telfer suggests their best chance will be Tact Teva ($2.40FF) in the day’s feature, Race 7, the Tyre General […]
Steve and Amanda Telfer take a powerful team of pacers to Addington tomorrow night with Bettor’s Anvil in the Chairmans Handicap, their headline act. Hear Amanda’s views on Stonewell’s eight runners. Race One: Stella Rouge (Bettor’s Delight) – driver Tim Williams – FR5 Race Three: Tactacool (Lazarus) – driver Tim Williams – FR1 […]
The win by Ride The Waves (Downbytheseaside) in the Woodlands Stud North Island Silk Road Series Final at Alexandra Park last Friday night further highlights the wonderful bloodline Southern breeder and horse hotelier Diane Cournane has developed over a long period of time. “I think she’s a very good progressive filly by the looks of […]
Steve and Amanda Telfer’s thoughts of winning another Trainers Premiership might have diminished a bit, but in winning three races over two venues last night, there’s still a glimmer of hope they could get there. The Telfers are twenty five wins adrift of Premiership leaders Robert and Jenna Dunn. “They’ve got a bit of a […]
It’s been quite a week for Canterbury based junior driver Nikata Burton. She hasn’t driven a lot of trotters and her first win with Kairaki Spur (What The Hill) in the $25,000 Darren DeFilippi Memorial for junior drivers at Addington last night was a nice way to get started. “It was a bit of a […]
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 […]
Anthony Butt has driven more than 1,600 winners in New Zealand. Simon Katz was his first, taking out the 1987 Dominion and a total of fifty seven of his wins have been at Group One level. Butt has won an amazing nine Dominion winners – eight trained by his brother Tim. The 60 year old […]
The Steve and Amanda Telfer trained Iron Brigade (Art Major) has done most of his racing from the Stonewall Stud northern barn in Auckland but since he’s been based at their Canterbury harness racing stable he’s gone to another level. The five year old came south in March and since then he’s won three races […]
Steve and Amanda Telfer will be hoping to retain their good record in the Southern Belle Speed Series when the line up two runners in Sunday’s $40,000 final at Winton. The stable has won the mares’ feature three times – Darling Me in 2022, Sweet Diamond 2024 and Seaside Rose last year. This year they’ll […]
The Night of Champions will be held at Cambridge this Friday night. The two feature races on the card are the $530,000 TAB Trot and the $1,000,000 The Race by Sport Nation Mobile Pace – both slot races. This will be the third year the TAB Trot has been held and since its inception Australian […]
Although Stonewall are big buyers at the yearling sales they are particularly happy when one of their homebreds wins. Crimson Tide (Downbytheseaside) kept the homebred flag flying with his win at Motukarara last Sunday. CRIMSON TIDE REPLAY “Jill (Stockman) likes her homebreds. They put a lot of effort into the breeding side of it. We […]
Get Seaside Lucky (Downbytheseaside) stamped himself as a strong winning prospect for April’s G2 Southern Supremacy Stakes Final when he took out the first heat of the series at Winton today. Driver Tim Williams took the Steve and Amanda Telfer trained gelding forward early, before handing up to favourite Stumblin In. “I wouldn’t have been […]
Stumpy Blackler (Bettor’s Delight) triggered some great memories when he won his maiden race at Cromwell today. Driver Nikita Burton took the Steve and Amanda Telfer three year old straight to the front and although he had to absorb some midrace pressure, he was too good, winning by three and a half lengths. STUMPY BLACKLER […]
Double Jeopardy, (Captaintreacherous) in the hands of harness racing driver Tim Williams was too good in the $25,000 Peter’s Genetics Roxburgh Cup, today’s feature pace at Roxburgh. After a solid start Williams got Double Jeopardy into the one one and mastered pacemaker Always Dreaming in the home straight, to win by two and a half […]
Steve and Amanda Telfer will be bringing strong numbers south for the Invercargill Cup meeting in eleven days. Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup prospect Alta Meteor will head the team with Sonofamistery, Bettor’s Anvil, Always B Magic and JT Boe also pencilled in to head south. Meanwhile Amanda reports Ohoka Connor (Sunshine Beach) is back […]
The win today in the Icon Interior Construction Forbury Pacing Cup by Rock Or Bust (Rocknroll Hanover) cemented his place at the top of the harness racing leaderboard in the Four Year Old Entires and Geldings Harness 5000 at Ashburton in a fortnight. “He’ll go there before he does anything else because we only have […]
Canterbury driver Tim Williams, the man affectionately named ‘Turtle’ became the 29th driver in New Zealand to drive 1000 winners when he reined home Transonic (Bettor’s Delight) to win by three and a half lengths at Ashburton today. TRANSONIC REPLAY “To do it on him made it a bit more special. It’s taken so long […]
Built For Glory (Bettor’s Delight) trained by Steve and Amanda Telfer seems to have benefited from being gelded. “He got gelded this time in so he’s changed a lot. With him being a gelding he’s not so heavy. He travelled down with two fillies and didn’t seem to care,” said stable junior driver Nikita Burton […]
Racing at Addington last night went up another notch as the stars of the sport began to shine. Oscar Bonavena (Majestic Son) took another step toward the Dominion Trot when he won last night’s $40,000 Group Three ITM Ordeal Cup. OSCAR BONAVENA REPLAY “He was unlucky in Brisbane. He got the perfect run tonight and […]
The country’s leading trainers Steve and Amanda Telfer of Stonewall Stud are about to add more horsepower to their South Island operation. At least six horses currently based in their North Island barn will head south later this month. Allamericanplayer, Utah Blaze, Graphite, JT Boe, Joca’s Hill and Ride The Waves will either fly south […]
Southern Bred Southern Reared horses were to the fore at Addington last night with Jumal (Downbytheseaside) continuing on his winning way and Tact Teva (Lather Up) making a winning return to the racetrack after last racing in October 2024. “He got kicked by a paddock mate and fractured the bone above his knee. It was […]
Although he was made hot favourite after winning his last three races, the Steve and Amanda Telfer trained Bar Louie (Sweet Lou) was racing some high grade talent in today’s Kurow Hotel Kurow – Kurow Cup at Oamaru. Through the first part of the race Bar Louie and driver Tim Williams were caught three wide […]
With eighteen runners spread across three venues, Steve and Amanda Telfer look very likely to reach 100 winners in the next three days. The bulk of the Stonewall runners are at Auckland on Friday night with nine, while the brother and sister training partnership have five at Addington and four at Cambridge. Stonewall principal Steve […]
