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Quality owned Southland mare Braeview Kelly (Bettor’s Delight) has produced her first foal, a colt by Captaintreacherous. Raced by Paul and Mandy Pierce, Braeview Kelly won eighteen races, was second thirteen times and ran third seven times, banking $459,030. For most of her career she was trained in Australia by Jack Trainor where she won […]
Southern Bred Southern Reared horses were to the fore at Addington last night with Jumal (Downbytheseaside) continuing on his winning way and Tact Teva (Lather Up) making a winning return to the racetrack after last racing in October 2024. “He got kicked by a paddock mate and fractured the bone above his knee. It was […]
Southland owned pacer Tact McLeod (Sweet Lou) won’t run in this year’s IRT New Zealand Cup. “It’s nothing serious but serious enough to keep him out of the Cup. It’s a tendon issue right round the pastern at the bottom. He’s been on the water walker, has been treated and will start swimming shortly,” part […]
The Southland harness racing community celebrated its successes and achievements for the 2024 season last evening in Invercargill. Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous) was named Regent Car Courts Southland Horse of the Year. Captains Mistress won four of her eight starts for stakes of $209,515. Owned by Mick Boots and trained By Nathan Williamson, Captains Mistress’s wins […]
Harness racing pacer Tact McLeod (Sweet Lou) looked every bit an IRT New Zealand Cup contender when he ran down favourite Wag Star in the Fahey Fence Hire Handicap Pace at Addington last night. Caretaker trainer Mark Jones openly told media this week that he felt he’d been too easy on the five year old […]
“Mark looks after us very well so I’ll probably put him in his colours,” says Southland pacer Tact McLeod’s (Sweet Lou) current harness racing trainer Trevor Proctor. Tact McLeod has been domiciled at Mark Jones harness racing stables at Burnham in Canturbury, and the five year old gelding is being prepared by Jones for the […]
Tact McLeod (Sweet Lou) is back at Mark Jones Burnham harness racing stable after the early part of his preparation was done by his Winton trainer Trevor Proctor. As an R71 horse there are more opportunities for the five year old in Canterbury so Proctor took the gelding north last week. Proctor stated at the […]
There is plenty in Tact Teva’s (Lather Up) pedigree to suggest he’s a horse with a strong harness racing future. Not only is he the first winner in New Zealand by World Record holder Lather Up, he’s out of ten race winning mare Tact Hayley Jane which at stud has left Tact Tama, the winner […]
Despite having been domiciled at the Burnham barn of Canterbury trainer Mark Jones for some time now, Southland pacer Tact McLeod (Sweet Lou) would have felt right at home on a cold and wet winter night at Addington Raceway. The five-year-old gelding was having his first start in six weeks after suffering a minor setback […]
The Trevor Proctor trained Tact McLeod (Sweet Lou) is a horse going places and his win in the $25,000 Otautau Four Square Supermarket Wairio Cup today in only his ninth start, vindicates his harness racing trainer’s high opinion of him. “If he’s as good as I hope he will turn out to be, we might […]
Quality harness racing pacer Tact McLeod (Sweet Lou) is on the comeback and should be back at the races in the next couple of weeks. The four year old qualified by five lengths in December 2022 before winning his debut by five and a quarter lengths at the Wairio meeting in January 2023. He won […]
