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In the Lincoln Farms Here For The Horse Mobile Pace at Cambridge tonight, northern junior driver Crystal Hackett achieved her 200th win driving the Andrew and Lyn Neal trained Merie Mary (Bettor’s Delight). MERIE MARY REPLAY Crystal told me earlier this week, “I was sitting on 198 for three weeks and I finally got up […]
Harness Racing New Zealand (HRNZ) has announced a proposal to acquire the assets of Waikato Bay of Plenty Harness Racing Inc, including Cambridge Raceway, protecting the continuity of racing and training at Cambridge while retaining strategic options for the future. The proposal follows several years of work between HRNZ and Waikato Bay of Plenty Harness […]
“It’s simply amazing what he can do, how strong he is, how much he wants to win and how he just keeps powering up.” This was trainer driver Grant Dixon’s reaction to his champion pacer Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) winning the $1,000,000 Listed The Race by Sport Nation at Cambridge tonight. Most pre-race predictions […]
Champion Australian trotting mare Keayang Zahara (Volstead) may be the best trotter this country has ever seen and she demonstrated just that in winning tonight’s $530,000 Listed TAB Trot at Cambridge. “We did a little bit out of the gate and I knew it was going to be tactical. Pete (Peter McMullen driving Gus) rolled […]
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 […]
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 […]
Chaos reined in last night’s $60,000 Group Two Waikato Trotters Flying Mile but out the other side, Gus (Majestic Son) showed what a classy trotter he is to get over adversity, make up a huge stretch of ground, and win the feature. The race was blown wide open early when two of the favoured runners […]
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 […]
Aged trotting mare Ruby Ridge (Majestic Son) will have her one hundredth and last start at the Waikato/BOP Harness meeting tomorrow night at Cambridge. She races in the Betavet Buildagut Handicap Trot over 2200 metres and will run from a 35 metre handicap. “It’s never easy at Cambridge off a mark, especially over 2200 metres. […]
Nicky Chilcott has three runners for tomorrow’s Waikato Bay of Plenty Harness Racing meeting on her home track at Cambridge. Showtym Girl (Sweet Lou) takes her place in Race One and looks like the stable’s best chance. Seven year old trotter Stash The Cash (Muscle Hill) wears the stable colour in Race Four. He heads […]
Champion harness racing trainer Mark Purdon saddled up his first galloping winner at Ellerslie today. Buster Shaw in the hands of Jasmine Fawcett took out the first race for Purdon, whose horses prior to today’s win had recorded a second and two thirds at the races. Edendale breeders Alex and Karen Milne have had a […]
It’s been a long time coming but New Zealand finally saw Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) deliver a champion performance on this side of the Tasman and what a treat it was. In the Listed $1,000,000 The Race by betcha the Aussie super star was driven with a lot of intent. He was left three […]
The post-race interviews summed up how special the win by Arcee Phoenix (Trixton) was in the Listed $600,000 The TAB Trot at Cambridge tonight. As sometimes happens in big money races, the script got completely ripped up as both I’m Ready Jet and Oscar Bonavena broke in the score up. “It wasn’t ideal. The ones […]
Canterbury harness racing driver Bob Butt reckons he’s got a couple of options when leaving the mobile with Bet N Win (What The Hill) in tomorrow night’s $600,000 The TAB Trot at Cambridge. Bet N Win has drawn the inside of the second row with all his opposition in front of him. Butt says without […]
In her final push to drive 100 winners in a season, Sam Ottley heads to the Cambridge harness racing meeting tomorrow afternoon to drive a handful of Arna Donnelly runners. “I had to twist her arm a bit. If you get that close you might as well have a crack. To get her 800 is […]
Hometown harness racing trainer Nicky Chilcott has a sizable team entered for Cambridge tomorrow night. Four of her seven runners; Says Who, Messenger Buoy, Vincents Girl and Ocean Belle are owned by Taranaki breeders Alan and Lyn Messenger. Says Who (He’s Watching) starts the night for Nicky in Race Two. The four year old debutant […]
At the Waikato Bay of Plenty harness racing meeting last night young Cambridge horseman Zev Meredith recorded his first training win with Boss Kenny (Majestic Son). Meredith stepped the seven year old away nicely and he led for the entire trip, holding on to beat Taylad To Use (Used To Me) by three quarters of […]
Cambridge trainer Arna Donnelly will line up three runners for Thursday at her local track before heading up the road to Auckland on Friday for premier harness racing, with her two big guns Kango (American Ideal) and Jolimont (Sweet Lou). Arna’s night at Cambridge starts in Race Three with the consistent trotter Keep It Classy […]
Lincoln Farms harness racing trainer Ray Green has a strong presence at both Cambridge (Thursday) and Alexandra Park (Friday). The stable’s night gets off to a start with two runners in Race One; Major Achievement (Art Major) and Commander Lincoln (American Ideal). Major Achievement draws barrier three. He last raced in early December and has […]
“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, […]
Last night’s Cambridge Trotters Flying Mile wasn’t the ideal pipe opener for next week’s Tab Trot. The harness racing contest only attracted five runners but the finish was a small sample of the great Anzac rivalry. And when reinforcements arrive next week and the draws are allocated to the eight runners the match ups will […]
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 […]
