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While star million dollar pacer Merlin (Art Major) struts his stuff on the big harness racing stage, his older brother Durrant continues to graft away in the south, shaping his own legacy and closing in on $100,000 in stakes. Durrant was bred by Todd and Fleur Anderson under the Taffy brand and is out of […]
When North Canterbury horsewoman, Laura Smith, walks a yearling into the ring, there’s a high chance smart harness racing judges have it circled in their books. Smith has been preparing yearlings for the Christchurch sales for around 15 years now, and her steady rise to being the four time leading consignor in the South Island […]
The New Zealand harness racing sales head to Christchurch tomorrow with around 200 yearlings set to go under the hammer at the latest instalment of the NZB Standardbred sales. For Todd and Fleur Anderson of Winton, the 2025 edition comes on the back of having recently been crowned Breeder of the Year at the HRNZ […]
Harness racing breeders Todd and Fleur Anderson experienced a career high recently at Show Day in Christchurch, when Merlin (Art Major) and Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous) who are both out of their mare Imaginary Bet, won Group One races. “I was there with a mate. The other two favoured ones had drawn the front line and Captains […]
Two New Zealand records were broken on the superfast Ashburton harness racing circuit yesterday. The Robert and Jenna Dunn trained Got The Chocolates (Art Major) time of 1-58.1 surpassed Franco Indie’s track and New Zealand record. Dreams Are Free (Captaintreacherous) won the Sophomore in 1-59.8, also a new track, race and New Zealand record. The […]
The owners of Pinseeker (Downbytheseaside) which had a good win at Addington on Saturday confirmed after the race they’d purchased a harness racing yearling at the NZB Standardbred Christchurch Sales in February. Pinseeker’s trainer Jonny Cox purchased a Tall Dark Stranger colt named Olympian for $70,000 post sale on behalf of Iain Wilson, Peter Brinsdon, […]
