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Although Republican Party’s (Bettor’s Delight) form on paper has tapered off, co-trainer Cran Dalgety says his seventh placing in last Friday’s Cambridge Flying Mile wasn’t as bad as it looked. “On Friday you look up the result and he ran seventh but he hasn’t run bad. He’s still run the times. It was a real […]
Excitement and anticipation is building for this Fridays $1,000,000 Sport Nation The Race and the $530,000 TAB Trot slot races at Cambridge. The wins by Gus and The Janitor last Friday amped up the chat and with the Australian heavy hitters arriving this week and the all important draws on Tuesday, it’s all ahead of […]
The fields for the two big slot races at Cambridge’s Night of Champions are all but finalised. The seven trotters in the $530,000 TAB Trot were confirmed late last month, as have nine of the 10 runners in the $1m The Race by Sport Nation. The only slot left is the one owned by Mark […]
CLASSY pacer Captains Knock (Captaintreacherous) will push ahead to the The Race at Cambridge next month after falling heartbreakingly short of a record $1 million bonus at Penrith last Friday night. The six-year-old missed banking the NSW Carnival of Cups bonus by a half-head when second and rundown late by the much-improved Ubetcha Tigerpie in […]
Big spending Australian Joshua Davine says he’s got four on his shortlist for the $1m The Race by betcha at Cambridge on April 4. Davine’s N40 Racing and the high profile Boys Get Paid have secured the 10th and last harness racing slot for the big pacing feature on Cambridge’s Night of Champions. Each slot […]
Those hoping for a twist in the tale of the $1 million Race by Grins got their wish when No Matter Wat (A Rocknroll Dance) was the surprise last invite on Tuesday. The New Zealand Oaks harness racing winner, who was barely out of maidens six months ago, has secured the last of the 10 […]
Just a few years ago Arna Donnelly couldn’t have believed she would be where she is now. Where that is is the leading trainer in the Waikato and with her stable harness racing star Kango (American Ideal) preparing to line up on her home track for $1 million in The Race by Grins. Kango became […]
New Zealand’s richest harness race will have some local flavour after the rapid rise of Cambridge pacer Nicholas Cage (Art Major). The four-year-old has earned a slot in the $1 million Race by Grins at Cambridge on April 14 courtesy of his all-the-way win at Alexandra Park on Friday in which he upset multiple group […]
Rock N Roll Doo (Rock N Roll Heaven) will not compete in this year’s $1million slot race in New Zealand, with owner Brendan James deciding a trip to the spelling paddock is the best option for his star harness racing pacer. The Victoria Cup winner had been secured by “Aussie Lads” to run in the […]
If New Zealand’s only $1 million harness racing event is anywhere as frenetic as the build-up it should be worth the wait. The Race by Grins will have its second running at Cambridge on April 14, with the prize money for the slot race rising by $100,000 after starting at $900,000 last season. The 2200m […]
Cambridge harness racing bosses are set to double down on the enormous success of The Race By Grins to create the richest night in New Zealand harness racing history. That should see a new slot race worth $500,000 or even $550,000 for trotters emerge to sit alongside the pacing race which is likely to increase […]
They might be out to crush each other ON the track but Australia’s ‘young gun’ harness racing drivers are happy to help each other out once the racing is over. Jack Trainor, for instance, is acting as ‘caretaker trainer’ for Majestic Cruiser before Cameron Hart arrives from Sydney to drive him in Thursday’s $NZ900,000 The […]
Champion harness racing trainer Mark Purdon concedes favourite Self Assured is going to need to produce the performance of his career to win the $900,000 The Race by Grins at Cambridge on Thursday night. But he takes comfort in knowing the superstar pacer is in the right form to do just that. The long-time favourite […]
Punters will get a mini preview of the Australian contenders for New Zealand’s richest harness race when they head for Tabcorp Park Menangle tonight. Alta Orlando and Stylish Memphis both begin their preparations for The Race, a $900,000 invite-only event at Cambridge on New Zealand’s North Island on April 14. Two of Australia’s leading young […]
Menangle Park-based harness racing horseman Jack Trainor is preparing for a trip “back home” to New Zealand, where he will campaign with Ladyship Mile winner Stylish Memphis. The talented mare is one of two New South Wales representatives that will contest the rich $900,000 slot race – known as “The Race” at Cambridge Paceway IN […]
The rise and rise of top young Aussie harness racing driver Jack Callaghan will continue in New Zealand next month. Callaghan, 20, was thrilled to learn one of his favourite pacers Alta Orlando had snared a spot in the inaugural $NZ900,000 The Race at Cambridge on April 14. It will be Callaghan’s first time driving […]
