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“It’s going to be harder this week. Being 2700 metres, I was hoping to drive him a bit quieter, but with the draw, it’s forced my hand and I’m just going to have to go forward,” said the driver of The Lazarus Effect (Lazarus) Bob Butt, when assessing his chances in tomorrow’s G1 $100,000 Dawson […]
Harness racing bosses have had to scramble to save one of New Zealand’s iconic races from being abandoned this Friday. The $100,000 Dawson Harford New Zealand Messenger was in danger of being canned right up the nomination deadline on Monday after drawing only four initial entries. The first three home in both the Taylor Mile […]
With the leaves retreating from the boughs of trees and the temperature taking a dive you could be mistaken for thinking high-class racing is also preparing for an early hibernation – that’s certainly not the case with May being a month of some great feature harness racing. Here we look into the exciting few weeks […]
Taylor Mile winner Akuta (Better’s Delight) is going to be allowed to miss the Group 1 Messenger at Alexandra Park this Friday even though there is nothing wrong with the harness racing star four-year-old. Akuta grabbed his brave stablemate Self Assured and impressive Victorian pacer Better Eclipse in the last stride of the $90,000 Mile […]
