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Given the right trip, Bettor’s Anvil (Bettor’s Delight) is lethal. And he proved it again tonight in winning the G2 $60,000 Lamb & Haywood ‘Canterbury Classic.’ As the race unfolded The Lazarus Effect, It’s Tough, Republican Party and Franco Sinatra took turns in front while Bettors Anvil’ s driver Tim Williams got on the back […]
Steve and Amanda Telfer take a powerful team of pacers to Addington tomorrow night with Bettor’s Anvil in the Chairmans Handicap, their headline act. Hear Amanda’s views on Stonewell’s eight runners. Race One: Stella Rouge (Bettor’s Delight) – driver Tim Williams – FR5 Race Three: Tactacool (Lazarus) – driver Tim Williams – FR1 […]
Tim Williams hopes leading Waitaki Hotel Kurow Cup will only be off a 35m handicap on Sunday. The Steve and Amanda Telfer-trained pacer shares the back mark in the 2600m with key rival and fellow favourite Dreams Are Free. J T Boe strode to an easy win in his last start but that came from behind the […]
Steve and Amanda Telfer’s thoughts of winning another Trainers Premiership might have diminished a bit, but in winning three races over two venues last night, there’s still a glimmer of hope they could get there. The Telfers are twenty five wins adrift of Premiership leaders Robert and Jenna Dunn. “They’ve got a bit of a […]
Riley Harrison admits that harness racing wasn’t on her radar at all as a young person. Nor was she aware that her distant relative Kelvin Harrison was a famed standardbred trainer in America. “I’ve only just found out this stuff since I’ve been in harness racing,” she said. After finishing high school at Rangi Ruru, […]
It’s been quite a week for Canterbury based junior driver Nikata Burton. She hasn’t driven a lot of trotters and her first win with Kairaki Spur (What The Hill) in the $25,000 Darren DeFilippi Memorial for junior drivers at Addington last night was a nice way to get started. “It was a bit of a […]
The Steve and Amanda Telfer trained Iron Brigade (Art Major) has done most of his racing from the Stonewall Stud northern barn in Auckland but since he’s been based at their Canterbury harness racing stable he’s gone to another level. The five year old came south in March and since then he’s won three races […]
Life initially wasn’t easy for Oscar Bonavena (Majestic Son) and if it wasn’t for the intervention of Charlotte Williamson he may not have survived, let alone go on to become a harness racing millionaire. Oscar’s mother Now’s The Moment was owned by Charlotte’s father John Purvis and was grazing at home. “When I found him […]
Steve and Amanda Telfer will be hoping to retain their good record in the Southern Belle Speed Series when the line up two runners in Sunday’s $40,000 final at Winton. The stable has won the mares’ feature three times – Darling Me in 2022, Sweet Diamond 2024 and Seaside Rose last year. This year they’ll […]
While Cambridge takes centre stage, and rightly so, with its Night of Champions, Addington has a must see Friday night harness racing blockbuster on as well. Two of the country’s buzz pacers Jumal (Downbytheseaside) and Got The Chocolates (Art Major) will clash for the first time in Race 7, the Shenan de Silva at Corcoran […]
Although Stonewall are big buyers at the yearling sales they are particularly happy when one of their homebreds wins. Crimson Tide (Downbytheseaside) kept the homebred flag flying with his win at Motukarara last Sunday. CRIMSON TIDE REPLAY “Jill (Stockman) likes her homebreds. They put a lot of effort into the breeding side of it. We […]
Get Seaside Lucky (Downbytheseaside) stamped himself as a strong winning prospect for April’s G2 Southern Supremacy Stakes Final when he took out the first heat of the series at Winton today. Driver Tim Williams took the Steve and Amanda Telfer trained gelding forward early, before handing up to favourite Stumblin In. “I wouldn’t have been […]
Double Jeopardy, (Captaintreacherous) in the hands of harness racing driver Tim Williams was too good in the $25,000 Peter’s Genetics Roxburgh Cup, today’s feature pace at Roxburgh. After a solid start Williams got Double Jeopardy into the one one and mastered pacemaker Always Dreaming in the home straight, to win by two and a half […]
Harness racing trainer Amanda Telfer is confident her eight runners will perform well at tomorrow’s Invercargill Cup Day at Ascot Park. She and her brother Steve have starters spread across the twelve race programme, including the $100,000 Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup, the Group One feature. Sandy Shore (Sunshine Beach) starts in the Diamond Creek […]
The win today in the Icon Interior Construction Forbury Pacing Cup by Rock Or Bust (Rocknroll Hanover) cemented his place at the top of the harness racing leaderboard in the Four Year Old Entires and Geldings Harness 5000 at Ashburton in a fortnight. “He’ll go there before he does anything else because we only have […]
Canterbury driver Tim Williams, the man affectionately named ‘Turtle’ became the 29th driver in New Zealand to drive 1000 winners when he reined home Transonic (Bettor’s Delight) to win by three and a half lengths at Ashburton today. TRANSONIC REPLAY “To do it on him made it a bit more special. It’s taken so long […]
Just days after Blair Orange cracked 3000 New Zealand winners, Tim Williams is on the verge of a big harness racing milestone himself. They are currently one-two in the drivers’ premiership for 2025 with Williams heading to Ashburton today one win away from his 1000th driving success. “Hopefully it comes soon,” Williams says. Williams is […]
The Dominion Trot is a race trainer Kevin Townley would love to win and after Father Time’s (Father Patrick) win in today’s $60,000 Group Three The White Murph South Bay Trotters Cup, he now has to decide whether to start him in next week’s feature or wait another year. “It’ll be up to Kev whether […]
Once driver Tim Williams took quality trotting filly Ya Rite Darl (What The Hill) to the front, the writing was on the wall for her four rivals in today’s $25,000 Aldebaran Zeus Southern Trotting Oaks at Ascot Park. “There was a bit of pressure to get round and get the job done when you’re that […]
Racing at Addington last night went up another notch as the stars of the sport began to shine. Oscar Bonavena (Majestic Son) took another step toward the Dominion Trot when he won last night’s $40,000 Group Three ITM Ordeal Cup. OSCAR BONAVENA REPLAY “He was unlucky in Brisbane. He got the perfect run tonight and […]
With eighteen runners spread across three venues, Steve and Amanda Telfer look very likely to reach 100 winners in the next three days. The bulk of the Stonewall runners are at Auckland on Friday night with nine, while the brother and sister training partnership have five at Addington and four at Cambridge. Stonewall principal Steve […]
When Ocean Eyes (Father Patrick) won at Alexandra Park on the 23rd May in the hands of Zachary Butcher, she brought Glenys and Phil Kennard’s wins tally to 700. Their first was Idle Bromac at Ashburton in May 1987 trained and driven by Robert Dunn. The Kennards were then part of the Blue Blood No […]
Allamericanplayer’s (Bettor’s Delight) win in the Rakaia Seed Cleaning New Zealand Sapling Stakes at Ashburton today was a special one for Stewie Corps, one of the colt’s owners. “Stewie lives in Christchurch. He’s had a tough time and is undergoing a lot of cancer treatment. Every time he came out of chemo he bought another […]
The Steve and Amanda Telfer trained Bar Louie (Sweet Lou) showed he was enjoying racing in the south when he won the Rural Business Accountants Three Year Old Champion Stakes at Ashburton today. Driver Tim Williams settled Bar Louie back in the outside running line before forging to the front with 900 metres to run. […]
