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The first New Zealand harness racing crop of trotting sensation What The Hill were to the fore on Thursday night (May 25.) Addington Raceway with a brace of winners on the ten race programme. The countries leading sire of three-year-old trotters extended his lead with exciting prospects, Krackaling and What The Belle delivering on their […]
North American harness racing reaches a tipping point this weekend with the Breeders Crown finals set to be contested at Woodbine Mohawk Park. They don’t say it “all it comes down to the Breeders Crown” for nothing! The first of the two-day feature carnival begins Friday (Oct. 28) with the two-year-old pacers and trotters of […]
As another year is fast coming to an end, M T Stables Ontario Inc is transforming into a prominent harness racing entity not only in North America, but also in New Zealand and Australia. Owner Mike Tanev owns many horses in North America which race under M T Stables Ontario Inc and Mike Tanev in […]
Few horses sum up the changing nature of New Zealand harness racing more than Darling Me, who should continue her huge season at Addington tonight. The daughter of champion mare Adore Me will start a warm favourite in the mares’ Uncut Gem, one of three races that dominate tonight’s meeting and give horses who have […]
There is certainly a delicious irony in Harness Racing Australia having chosen EUREKA as the name of their indulgent Slot Race! History tells us that back in 1854 miners of the Victorian Gold Fields of Ballarat entered into a prolonged period of ‘civil disobedience’ brought on by the Colonial Authority levying Miners’ Licences; and today […]
Legend has it that 2,000 years ago Archimedes ran through the streets of Syracuse shouting “Eureka” …. meaning “I have found it” (from the Greek εuρηκα). A great thinker, and mathematician, Archimedes believed he had discovered a means of differentiating gold from silver using the displacement of water. And today we have the great thinkers […]
After a strong and successful Australian and New Zealand Yearling Sales, these harness racing mares are now available for purchase and delivery as their foals have just been weaned and retained. Their progeny have all been racing extremely well over the last few weeks. A rare opportunity for an elite broodmare investment Here […]
Champion harness racing trainer Mark Purdon concedes favourite Self Assured is going to need to produce the performance of his career to win the $900,000 The Race by Grins at Cambridge on Thursday night. But he takes comfort in knowing the superstar pacer is in the right form to do just that. The long-time favourite […]
The American-bred, European trained harness racing trotter Volstead has the biggest draft of 17 at the Nutrien Equine Standardbred Yearling Sale at Oaklands Junction this Sunday the 2nd of April. The Cantab Hall horse has seven colts including progeny of the fine race mares Courcheval (Lot 146), Cyclone Jeter NZ (Lot 149), One Yankee Hall […]
Why do we keep destroying our harness racing Industry in New Zealand by allowing ridiculous standing starts, especially in maiden trot fields? What century are we in? Who is our handicapper? This is the 21st Century and we are supposed to put on an exciting, modern and fair race for all to enjoy. The handicapper […]
A second Hall of Fame horseman has endorsed restoration of freeze brands as a mandatory part of registration of all US Standardbreds. Following Dave Palone’s endorsement of brands last month, David Miller, with nearly 14,000 wins and over $240 million in purses, has teamed up with his daughter Devan to give a video endorsement of […]
A trotting sire in hot demand with Australasian breeders in the 2021-22 season was the son of Muscle Hill in What The Hill. This sire has taken the market by storm, being a fresh semen sire has aided his popularity, but it is also hard to knock his harness racing pedigree and racetrack credentials. What […]
With the harness racing yearling sales just four weeks away in New Zealand, Harnesslink is going to profile some of the stallions represented throughout the New Zealand National Standardbred Yearling Sales of 2022. First up is the impressive North American sire sensation, Always B Miki, who has 38 yearlings in this year’s round of New […]
With the harness racing yearling sales just a few weeks away in New Zealand, Harnesslink is profiling some of the stallions represented throughout the New Zealand National Standardbred Yearling Sales of 2022. Today it is the turn of the champion pacer Sweet Lou. Here is a little history on his racing career. Bred by Birnam Wood […]
With the harness racing yearling sales just a few weeks away in New Zealand, Harnesslink is profiling some of the stallions represented throughout the New Zealand National Standardbred Yearling Sales of 2022. Today it is the turn of champion racehorse Lazarus with his first yearlings to be sold in New Zealand. Only ten are for sale at […]
It was a near perfect day at Methven on Sunday for harness racing trainers Amanda and Steve Telfer. They took just two runners to the grass track meeting and came home with a win and runner-up result courtesy of Aardie’s Express and Mr Perfect respectively. Aardie’s Express was having her first start in the South Island […]
A look back at the super star harness racing horse and stallion Christian Cullen while in retirement at “The Hotel” described as the best equine retirement home in New Zealand, Dancingonmoonlight Farm in Christchurch. Christian Cullen was foaled in November 1994 and was bred by Paul Bielby and purchased by Ian Dobson. Christian Cullen stormed […]
“I’ve got very mixed feelings but, in the end, it was too much money to turn down.” This is the way Southland harness racing owner Lester Smith described his feelings after the sale of quality colt Duke Of Cornwall was confirmed today. The colt has been purchased by American owner Richard Poillucci who’s procured many […]
Harness racing’s Auckland Trotting Club’s first ever AGM under Covid Level restrictions went very well on Wednesday 15 December 2021. Despite the various Covid requirements, all the attending members were able to gather in one place and hear the Board deal with a number of pressing issues for the membership. The evening took over 3.5 […]
The Auckland Trotting Club was in such dire financial strife it was secretly negotiating to sell its land on Green Lane Rd more than three months before it sought approval from its harness racing members. When the ATC’s board put a motion to the annual general meeting on October 21, 2020, authorising it and a […]
The Auckland Trotting Club will continue legal action to try to recover some of the $100 million lost in the building of its apartment complex. But when the harness racing club finally reveals details of its long-running dispute with construction company Canam at next Wednesday’s annual general meeting, president Rod Croon will be assuring members […]
Claims of broken contracts and secrecy over land sales by the debt-laden harness racing Auckland Trotting Club have surfaced as former MP Gilbert Myles attempts to oust sitting president Rod Croon. Myles and his supporters are railing against the ATC’s moves to sell off the Franklin Park training centre and a parcel of land fronting […]
Star Yabby Dam Farms harness racing Quaker Jet mare Im Ready Jet became the first ever triple Australian Breeders Crown age-group winner in either pacing or trotting following her crushing victory in the 4YO Trotting Mares Breeders Crown Championship at Melton recently. There are six Breeders Crown Trotters double champions, all of them colts or […]
