On North American harness racing tracks it’s all about speed over a mile trip, in Australia it’s a mix of both standing start and mobile features across a range of track sizes, in New Zealand it could be about an extreme two-mile contest or a grass track race featuring non-race winners and in Europe the […]
“He’s a beast. What a thrill. It might be too early to say but that might be my biggest thrill in harness racing,” Zachary Butcher told Trackside viewers after Merlin (Art Major) showed all his courage to win the $1,000,000 Listed The Race By Grin at Cambridge tonight. Early in the race Merlin sat parked, […]
Gifted Victorian harness racing star Rock N Roll Doo (Rock N Roll Heaven) is out of the $NZ1m Race By Grins at Cambridge next Friday. But there is a silver lining to the heartbreak for owner Brendan James, trainer Mick Stanley and caretaker trainer Cran Dalgety. Rock N Roll Doo is staying in NZ for […]
There’s a lot to take from last night’s McMillan Equine Feeds Pacers Flying Mile at the Cambridge harness racing meeting with unlucky runs all over the show. But without doubt Merlin (Art Major) was a deserved winner. “Yeah, super effort. 1-52 round Cambridge, parked from a wide enough draw, he was working to get there […]
Former Southland Boy’s High School student Adam Sanderson who’s now carving out a successful harness racing career in Brisbane, heads back to New Zealand next week to drive Speak The Truth (Bettor’s Delight) in New Zealand’s richest race, the $1,000,000 The Race By Grins at Cambridge. Sanderson attended Southland Boys High School in Invercargill in […]