CHRISTEN ME RACING AT YONKERS FOR NEW BARN Former Kentuckiana Lodge dual Australasian Grand Circuit champion Christen Me has had a stable change in North America. The Christian Cullen-Splendid Dreams gelding moved stables after finishing fourth in the $75,000 Franklin Consolation at Pocono last weekend. Christen Me, even through he was race-timed in 1:49.4 (10ths)…
DetailsLIGHTNING RAIDER SHOWS AMAZING LONGEVITY IN NORTH AMERICA Lightning Raider, winner of the 2010 Gr. 2 Pelorus 4YO Classic at Blenheim, for the Cran Dalgety stable, is still winning races in North America. He notched his 51st career win from 232 lifetime starts, when he won a $5600 pace at Buffalo, New York, last weekend…
DetailsDEBNITA ROSE STRIKES PURPLE PATCH OF WINTER FORM Debnita Rose, who has hit a purple patch of winter form with a winning double in her latest racing, is to fly the Kentuckiana Lodge flag for the next two months. The free-running Debnita Rose has been too big and too strong on the front-end in her…
DetailsNZ HARNESS NEWS, June 11, 2018 PASSING OF BILL ROBERTS Bill Roberts passed away in Christchurch Hospital over the weekend shortly after the final whistle was blown on his beloved All Blacks’ win over France at Eden Park. He was 73 and had been in ill health for the last month after a heart operation…
DetailsNZ HARNESS NEWS, June 2, 2018 PAT’S DELIGHT GETS DESERVED GROUP 1 SUCCESS There were jubilant scenes, the likes of which haven’t been seen for a long time, if ever, on a New Zealand harness racing track, when Pat’s Delight took out the final race of the day at the Harness Jewels in Cambridge on…
DetailsNZ HARNESS NEWS, May 31, 2018 BONNIE JOAN HAVING LAST RACE ON SATURDAY The curtain will come down on the racing career of classy mare Bonnie Joan at the Harness Jewels in Cambridge on Saturday. Her Central Otago co-breeder and co-owner, Father Dan Cummings, says she will return home to Tuapeka Lodge in Lawrence next…
DetailsRAUKAPUKA RULER WILL RETURN NEXT SEASON A decision on when former Northern Derby winner Raukapuka Ruler will return to work could be answered on July 1. “He’s having a month out and we will reassess how he looks on July 1,” said trainer Cran Dalgety. “We had a meeting with the syndicate four days ago…
DetailsEXTREME STRIDE & BUZINGA JOIN SEVEN-STRONG JEWELS TEAM FOR STABLE Extreme Stride and Buzinga, the lightly-raced respective Addington and Oamaru winners for the Cran Dalgety stable over the weekend, will now be Harness Jewels-bound for Cambridge. Kentuckiana Lodge trainer Cran Dalgety has confirmed a seven-strong contingent will represent the stable at Cambridge on Saturday week.…
DetailsBETTOR MOVE IT LEAVES LISTED 2YO WINNER Last Friday’s feature race double at Auckland and Addington didn’t provide Kentuckiana Lodge with a win but they have a connection to the Listed $146,250 PGG Wrightson NZ Yearling Sales 2YO Fillies Final winner, Havtime. Chrissie Dalgety, wife of trainer Cran Dalgety, co-bred Havtime with partners, Margaret and…
DetailsBUZINGA FIRST-UP WINNER FOR SAFEDRA Invercargill debut 2YO filly winner Buzinga stormed home from the fourth line on Saturday, April 5, to provide 2013 Southland Oaks-winning dam Safedra with her first winner. Buzinga is the first to race for Safedra (Mach Three-Sparks A Flyin), a well-performed half-sister to Diomedes (1:57.5, 12 wins & $87,994), Empyrean (1:56.2,…
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