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Champion horseman Tony Herlihy is in for a very interesting 30 minutes tonight. Because even our most successful ever driver would rarely have enjoyed the Inter Island interest he has between 9pm and 9.30pm tonight. Herlihy will be at Addington where he partners Lucky Luka (R10, No.10), who he also trains, in the $200,000 NZB […]
Driver Tony Herlihy knew Belle Biddy (Bettor’s Delight) had the horsepower to lead early and outstay her ten rivals in the $100,000 Group One Caduceus Club Two Year Old Fillies Classic at Alexandra Park tonight. “I wasn’t sure how much gate speed she had but she’s learning all the time and she’s quite strong with […]
Youneverknow (What The Hill) could be the right horse at the right time to be one of the big movers of our spring trotting ranks. And that could start at Alexandra Park tonight even though champion horseman Tony Herlihy warns the harness racing four-year-old might be half a run away from his peak. Youneverknow will […]
For a thirty year old, Nick Coxon has packed in a fair bit. The Palmerston North, born Hamilton Boy’s High educated Coxon represented New Zealand in the 2013 Australian Youth Golf Olympic Festival in Sydney. He’s won numerous amateur golf events and he turned professional in 2018. After touring American as a pro, Nick now […]
Champion horseman Tony Herlihy’s well-oiled trotting production line might need to go up a cog if he is to keep producing winners at Alexandra Park tonight. Herlihy is our most successful horseman of either code having driven 3746 winners in New Zealand and plenty more at Group 1 level in Australia. As great as he […]
Lucky Luka, a two-year-old colt bred, raised and sold by Breckon Farms, completed back-to-back successes when he came from near last to score at Alexandra Park on Friday (June 26). LUCKY LUKA REPLAY Given a sweet trip by Tony Herlihy, the Bettor’s Delight colt was tipped three-wide approaching the home turn and unleashed a paralysing […]
Youneverknow’s victory at Cambridge Raceway on Friday night had an extra layer of significance. Affectionately known as “Max”, the talented trotter has long been a favourite of driver Holly Moralde Sands, and the win in the Joan Grice 100th Birthday Celebration Handicap Trot carried extra meaning given the horse’s deep connection to the late Susan […]
Tony Herlihy is confident harness racing punters who take the red hot odds on offer for Our Col (Father Patrick) tonight will get to see the best of the exciting trotting filly. The big girl is $1.50 to win the Woodlands Stud Northern Trotting Oaks at Alexandra Park (6.25pm) even after she was allowed to […]
Waiuku harness racing trainer Michelle Wallis admits the buildup for her trotter Hillbilly Blues (What The Hill) hasn’t been ideal going into tonight’s Reharvest Rowe Cup. “He was crook last time, we got him scoped after he raced and he had a respiratory infection. We’ve treated him for that, he’s working good enough and seems […]
In the hands of his trainer Tony Herlihy, the talented two year old Off Shore got his first win on the board at Cambridge tonight when he led and won with plenty in hand, the $25,000 Dinny Johnstone Two Year Old Mobile Pace. “He’s still on a learning curve and the guys have been patient […]
Harness racing made a successful return to the far north today with the Auckland Trotting Club hosting a meeting at Ruakaka – the first for eleven years. “They seemed to have a good crowd on course which is nice. It was a case of turning up not knowing what to expect, but it looks like […]
Unbeaten this campaign, Doo You Want Me (Captain Crunch) faces his toughest assignment to date when he steps into free-for-all company in tonight’s Group 2 Waikato Pacers Flying Mile (8.31pm) at Cambridge Raceway. The son of Captain Crunch has been faultless through four starts this preparation, quickly working his way through the grades and now […]
Tony Herlihy doesn’t usually talk about young horses the way he does about Our Col. Which suggests she only needs to behave to be the bet of the night at Alexandra Park tonight. The three-year-old trotting filly returns against older race hardened rivals in a 2200m standing start, the sort of mental challenge which would […]
Rising trotting star Hillbilly Blues (What The Hill) has strong southern roots. Trained by Michelle Wallis and Bernie Hackett, the twenty three start trotting novice has now won nine races, and his last four in a row. Two of those four wins have been black type – the G1 National Trot and the G3 Cambridge […]
Hillbilly Blues (What The Hill) rise to stardom continued with a narrow win over his stablemate Belle Neige in the $40,000 G3 Cambridge Trotters Flying Stakes at Cambridge tonight. Driver Tony Herihy took the five year old to the top early, before handing up to Oscar Bonavena. Halfway down the straight Belle Neige who had […]
Hillbilly Blues’ (What The Hill) win in the Group One National Trot at Alexandra Park tonight signals the arrival of a new potential open class trotting star. “He’s a super horse and it was another great drive by Tony,” said Michelle Wallis who co-trains with her husband Bernie Hackett. When the mobile let the field […]
When you think of trotting in the north you instantly think of Michelle Wallis and Bernie Hackett. The couple who currently lead the New Zealand Trotters Trainers Premiership operate out of their stable in Waiuku, utilising the beach nearby. Michelle is a Hamilton girl and was always going to get into the harness industry. “Dad […]
The harness racing season may be getting close to a winter wind down but our greatest ever driver is just getting warmed up. After a frantic last two months many of the code’s biggest names are enjoying their winter break and racing in the north is returning to something resembling normal. And Tony Herlihy is […]
Arafura (Sweet Lou) continued to climb up the ranking in the highly contested three year old fillies age group when she easily won the $100,000 Group One Pascoe The Jewellers Northern Oaks at Alexandra Park tonight. ARAFURA REPLAY And the win added to the excellent results achieved recently by her West Melton trainers Hayden and […]
The future of harness racing is dependent on initiatives and people to drive racehorses, and one such initiator and driver is twenty five year old George Breckon. George is the son of Ken and Karen Breckon of Breckon Farms and he’s dead set keen on getting young people into a sport that he has a […]
One of the great trotters of recent years Bolt For Brilliance (Muscle Hill) has been retired, leaving harness racing fans wondering what might have been. Trainer Tony Herlihy made the decision on Tuesday after veterinary examinations suggested the breathing issues that had been bothering Bolt For Brilliance for much of the last year were not […]
One of the forgotten heroes of New Zealand harness racing is back at work for what his trainer admits could be his last campaign. Wonderful trotter Bolt For Brilliance (Muscle Hill) has ridden a brutal racing rollercoaster since he demolished the likes of Sundees Son in the Rowe Cup two years ago, a victory that […]
Northern harness racing reinsman Tony Cameron scored the biggest win of his career when the Tony Herlihy trained Inasinglemoment (What The Hill) proved too good in the $110,000 Group One Breckon Farms Northern Trotting Derby at Alexandra Park tonight. “She’s got a fair bit of speed this girl. We got a good run tonight and […]
Is Bolt For Brilliance (Muscle Hill) ready for harness racing’s biggest trotting challenge? This is the question on punters minds leading into the Group One Renwick Farms Dominion Handicap tomorrow. Two weeks ago after giving the small field a thirty metre head start on a testing track, the six year old gelding ran third, three […]
