EXTREME 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,…
DetailsHALF-BROTHER TO KING OF SWING QUALIFIES AT RANGIORA Extreme Stride, a richly-bred Bettor’s Delight gelding owned by big Sydney industry investors, Emilio and Mary Rosati, is set to make a late play for the New Zealand Sires Stakes Series and other late juvenile features. “We gelded him late so we lost a bit of time,…
DetailsBETTOR JOY JUSTIFIES FAVOURITISM IN ADDINGTON NEVELE R HEAT Smart three-year-old Bettor Joy again showed her class and in the process provided catch-driver, Sam Ottley, with a bonus feature win in the Nevele R Fillies Heat at Addington on Friday, April 20. With Dexter Dunn unable to attend due to Auckland’s Alexandra Park premier meeting…
DetailsKING OF SWING’S HALF-BROTHER TO QUALIFY NEXT WEEK Extreme Stride, an unqualified half-brother by champion sire Bettor’s Delight to Australasian Breeders Crown 2YO boy champion and WA Derby winner King Of Swing (1:55.1, eight wins from 15 starts for $357,251), is moving in the right direction. The second foal from former top filly Twist And…
DetailsNZ HARNESS NEWS, April 6, 2018 McGRATH’S DREAM BECOMES REALITY IN EPIC NZ DERBY BATTLE Nigel McGrath has kept his cards pretty close to his chest for most of his harness racing career, but for as long as he’s been able to, he’s been touting Sheriff as a horse who could win the New Zealand…
DetailsLONDON DELIGHT EXTENDS CRAN’S RECORD WITH ARMALIGHT FAMILY London Delight, the latest Kentuckiana Lodge maiden winner at Motukarara on Monday, April 2, belongs to a family that has been good for trainer Cran Dalgety. The 3YO daughter of champion sire Bettor’s Delight is the second to race and second winner from Arma Nightingale (Christian Cullen-Berkleigh…
DetailsBETTOR JOY BOUNCES BACK WITH FORBURY NEVELE R HEAT WIN Kentuckiana Lodge trainer Cran Dalgety could breath a sigh of relief after Bettor Joy’s gritty Nevele R Fillies Heat win at Forbury on Thursday night. Cran felt the smart filly had bounced back after a slight viral bug was found to have affected her performance…
DetailsHUNDIE DELIVERS AS SHORT-PRICED FAVOURITE AT WAIMATE The drums were beating for Hundie at Waimate on Sunday after his luckless showing at Addington a week previously, and he duly delivered for his army of supporters. Although only a neck separated $1.80 favourite Hundie and experienced eight-win south pacer Groomsman at the finish, Hundie held the…
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