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Steven Reid has known it for a while, but for the first time live on television tonight he said Jumal (Downbytheseaside-SBSR) is the best horse he’s ever trained. “I’m not taking anything away from any other horse, but I think he’s the best horse I’ve trained,” he said. The three year old, helped by an […]
It’s an ominous warning, but Rangiora trainer Steven Reid thinks Jumal (Downbytheseaside) is a whole lot better since he was last raced in May. “To me he feels like a good 20 to 25% better than he was last time, especially mentally,” he said. The highly talented colt lines up in Friday’s Wai Eyre ‘Lazarus […]
Steven Reid trained Nelle Keenan (Downbytheseaside) put her name up in lights at Ashburton today when she broke a New Zealand record in the $40,000 Group Three Helen Pope Memorial. After sitting back early, driver Ricky May send her forward at the 1250 metre mark to lead and there she stayed, showing plenty of determination […]
A happy and relieved trainer Steven Reid is evident in the post-race photos after his star three year old Jumal (Downbytheseaside) won the $200,000 Group One Garrards Sires’ Stakes Final at Addington last night. “I had a feeling he’d do that tonight so that’s why I was happy,” Reid said after Jumal won the age […]
Rangiora trainer Steven Reid will be looking for further harness racing success today after Jumal’s winning return to Addington on Friday night as he chases glory in the Anne Thompson Memorial maiden series finals at Rangiora. Reid has a runner in each of the $24,250 finals, both with excellent cases to make. Race 5 sees […]
Jumal (Downbytheseaside) got back into the winning groove when he dominated from the top to win the $200,000 G1 Woodlands Stud Northern Derby at Alexandra Park tonight. Trained by Steven Reid, the super talented three year old was made a hot favourite as soon as the draws came out and he lobbed barrier one. “We […]
Jumal (Downbytheseaside) will be driven by Blair Orange who replaces his usual driver Sam Ottley, for his upcoming tilt at the Northern Derby. “I have talked to her about it. She’s been super professional. I’m still going to support her but just not with him at the minute,” said trainer Steven Reid. Jumal had a […]
Two Group Two features for three year olds will be centre stage at Alexandra Park on Friday night. The Alabar Classic (formally Elsu Classic) sees the Auckland debut of star three year old Jumal (Downbytheseaside). “I’ve done a lot of work with him the Auckland way and I’m feeling pretty confident about it. He’s actually […]
Steven Reid has been training horses for more than three decades. And he reckons Jumal (Downbytheseaside) is potentially the best of them all. “I feel a bit sad for Gold Ace for saying that, because he won pretty much every (feature) race, bar the Great Northern Derby. He was a pretty phenomenal young horse. I’ve […]
This is the campaign in which Bazooka (Bettor’s Delight) needs to stand up but trainer Steven Reid isn’t entirely sure tonight’s main pace at Addington will be the moment it happens. Bazooka resumes after a month away in the Touchdown Rentals Pace (8.55pm) in which he faces barrier 9 in the 1980m mobile but meets […]
It’s 1,211 days since Take The Miki (Always B Miki) last raced – a long time between drinks. But tomorrow the giant gelding will make a comeback at Oamaru for Rakaia trainer Warren Stapleton. Take The Miki showed plenty of talent as a three year old for trainers Steven Reid and Simon McMullan and he […]
Fifty seven year old northern horseman Peter Ferguson doesn’t chase the drives these days but has no plans on giving driving away. “I’m happy driving for the stables I’m driving for. In the North Island pretty much all of the main stables have got their own drivers so there are not as many drives going […]
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 […]
Trainer Steven Reid almost doesn’t want to use the big “J word” when assessing the chances of debutante filly Smackdown (Downbytheseaside) at Addington tonight. But as is always the case Reid can’t help but be honest and frank about the recent stunning trial winner. “When she was coming up earlier in the season I thought […]
Rangiora harness racing trainer Steven Reid thinks Jumal (Downbytheseaside) could potentially be the best juvenile pacer he’s trained. “Monkey King never raced as a two year old because he used to get on his knees and jump out of his gear. Bailey (Bailey’s Dream) was right up there as a juvenile and Gold Ace was […]
A member of New Zealand’s greatest harness racing family Les Purdon, passed away peacefully last week in Auckland. He was 83. Les was the youngest son of Hugh Purdon and like his brothers Roy, Sandy, Foster and Joe, he trained horses. For a number of years he worked for Hugh, and in 1958 he obtained […]
Steven Reid isn’t doubting Next Level’s (Bettor’s Delight) class when he resumes at Addington tonight but he admits he isn’t so sure about his harness racing preparation. The smart four-year-old is a $2 favourite in the SBSR Tuapeka Lodge/Russell Nevill Mobile Pace at a meeting that will start earlier than scheduled so it can finish […]
Nothing But You (Captaintreacherous) will notice a sharp rise in class at Addington Raceway this Friday night after giving trainer Steven Reid his 1100th harness racing winner at Motukarara on Sunday. “It’s good to get it but I wasn’t even aware of it! My partner Bella said to me when she won that it was […]
Outstanding New Zealand harness racing filly Coastal Babe (Downbytheseaside) showed her class leading all the way in the Group 1 $200,000 Pryde’s Easifeed Victoria Pacers Oaks at Melton. Confidently driven by in form James Herbertson, Coastal Babe won the early battle for the lead from other Heat winner Aardie B Miki. Showsome Joy settled behind […]
New Zealand-trainer Steven Reid has left Coastal Babe (Downbytheseaside) in the very capable hands of superior harness racing trainers Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin ahead of Saturday night’s second heat of the Pryde’s Easifeed Victoria Oaks. “She (Coastal Babe) is currently at Emma Stewart’s and all I have heard is that she has settled in […]
Trainer Steven Reid has no concerns handing the reins on his stable harness racing star to a junior driver who has never sat behind her at Alexandra Park tonight. The Pukekohe trainer has managed to sneak his Group 1 winning filly Coastal Babe (Downbytheseaside) into the Hydroflow Mobile Pace tonight by using claiming junior driver […]
Pukekohe harness racing trainer Steven Reid knows that Coastal Babe (Downbytheseaside) will need to lift tomorrow night when she races in the $100,000 Group Two Caduceus Club Three Year Old Fillies Ladyship Stakes in Auckland and he’s hoping she can. “I’m hopeful that she’s a lot sharper than she was in the Harness Million, and […]
Once the barrier draws were allocated, Coastal Babe (Downbytheseaside) was going to be hard to beat in tonight’s (Feb. 16) NZB Standardbred Harness Million for Three Year Old harness racing fillies. Regular pilot Matthew White took the three year old straight to the top from barrier two and she was never pressured by any of […]
Steven Reid produced two stunning back to back harness racing winners at Cambridge on Friday night but had an even better horse to look forward to on Saturday. The Pukekohe trainer finally got the best out of former smart age group pacer Lou Baby (Sweet Lou) when he demolished a lower grade field by 17 […]
