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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 […]
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The Night of Champions will be held at Cambridge this Friday night. The two feature races on the card are the $530,000 TAB Trot and the $1,000,000 The Race by Sport Nation Mobile Pace – both slot races. This will be the third year the TAB Trot has been held and since its inception Australian […]
Rakaia trainer Warren Stapleton takes five horses down State Highway One today for the Oamaru meeting. Most interest will centre around Take The Miki (Always B Miki) who last raced more than three years ago. In Race Two he lines up Icy Stars (Downbytheseaside) who last started at Methven in early October where she finished […]
It’s 1,211 days since Take The Miki (Always B Miki) last raced – a long time between drinks. But tomorrow the giant gelding will make a comeback at Oamaru for Rakaia trainer Warren Stapleton. Take The Miki showed plenty of talent as a three year old for trainers Steven Reid and Simon McMullan and he […]
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 […]
The special leg paint Rakaia harness racing trainer Warren Stapleton uses is doing wonders for Wild Willow (Art Major) who won yesterday’s Placemakers Oamaru Cup. “It’s a liquid that I paint on. I just add ingredients to what I call a base paint. It doesn’t hurt the horse. One ingredient comes from China and I […]
At “nearly 80” Mid Canterbury harness racing trainer Warren Stapleton is undergoing something of a renaissance. With a reputation for taking on horses that need “fixing” he has assembled a good team around him including some recent additions from the two of the most successful stables in the country. “I’m pretty selective with what I […]
Rakaia trainer Warren Stapleton has three harness racing chances at good odds today at Addington. In race 1, the Betavet Prepare, He’s Santas Excuse ($21.00FF) will line up for just the second time for Stapleton after things went awry last week. “He was hitting the wheels last week. So we are expecting a more improved […]
Rakaia harness racing trainer Warren Stapleton is hoping for a bit more luck on the second day of the Wyndham Harness Racing Club’s meeting at Cromwell tomorrow. Portelli (Majestic Son) gets a chance to redeem in Race One after breaking and finishing second last on Friday. Tane JJ (Highview Tommy) was unlucky on Friday and […]
Rising Country Cup pacer Lester (Bettor’s Delight) looks to be ideally placed for the $20,000 Akaroa Cup on the grass at Motukarara on Saturday. Trained by Warren Stapleton, from just ten starts Lester has won four times including once on the grass. At his last start at Timaru he broke briefly at the start and […]
