ART UNION CLAIMED FOR $5000 BY JOHN HAY Ashburton trainer John Hay won an 18-entry ballot for $200,000 winner Art Union, at Addington on Thursday night. The ballot was conducted by Chief Stipendiary Steward Nick Ydgren with the No 18 ballot number being pulled from the hat. The single Hay entry was allocated the winning…
DetailsSECRET TROTTER ARRIVES IN AUCKLAND A secret rating 99 trotter flew in from Sydney for the Auckland premier meeting last week, but he can’t race until he contests an offical trial at Alexandra Park on Sunday. Expatriate “Kiwi” Murray Howard arrived on Sunday to team up with his Group Three Bulli Cup-winning trotter Benchmark, who…
DetailsFIZZING DELIVERS IN 1:55.2 MILE RATE FOR OVERDUE MAIDEN WIN Fizzing, having his ninth start, showed how good you have to be with a 1:55.2 mile rate over 1950m to notch that elusive maiden win on Friday, November 1. The Addington racing pattern has changed to the point where Fizzing had ran his last 800m…
DetailsBONNIE JOAN AND BETTOR JOY FOR AUCKLAND Kentuckiana Lodge trainer Cran Dalgety has confirmed speedy mare Bonnie Joan, and last season’s Auckland Group race winning filly, Bettor Joy, for the Auckland premier carnival in December. Both Bonnie Joan and Bettor Joy performed up to expectations at the Rangiora trials on Wednesday. Bettor Joy, driven by…
DetailsBONNIE JOAN FOR AUCKLAND QUEEN OF HEARTS West Melton trainer Cran Dalgety will be Auckland-bound with speedy pacing mare Bonnie Joan next month after running her rivals ragged in the Listed $40,000 Nevele R Southern Mares Classic at Addington on Friday. Bonnie Joan will target the Gr. 3 $30,000 Caduceus Club Northern Breeders Stakes on…
DetailsPAT’S DELIGHT UNABLE TO MATCH PEG RUNNERS Pat’s Delight, the Kentuckiana Lodge hope for the $170,000 NRM Sires Stakes Final at Addington on Tuesday, was given every chance by Dexter Dunn, finishing sixth-equal, but the effort deserved slightly better. Dexter, with a one out trail early, anticipated getting shuffled as the three wide train loomed…
DetailsCHEVRON EXPRESS RETIRED, BEING BRED WITH LOVE YOU Chevron Express, last season’s New Zealand Three-Year-Old Trotting Filly of the Year, has become a broodmare at four. The daughter of Muscle Mass and Kathy Galleon remained in Victoria for a couple of starts after running third in the Gr. 1 Australasian Breeders Crown 3YO Fillies Trot…
DetailsANTHONY BUTT RETURNING FOR CUP DAY Three-time New Zealand Cup-winning driver Anthony Butt is returning from Australia for New Zealand Cup Day at Addington on Tuesday. Anthony Butt, who has had 30 New Zealand Cups since 1985 and has won 1609 NZ races, is in his fourth season since relocating to Victoria. He has surpassed…
DetailsCRAN HAPPY WITH TEAM AFTER CUP TRIALS Kentuckiana Lodge trainer Cran Dalgety was happy with his runners after the Addington Cup trials on Wednesday, which included a good final trial by NRM Sires Stakes contender, Pat’s Delight. The Bettor’s Delight colt settled fourth and closed well wide with earplugs intact in the rating 77 and…
DetailsNZ HARNESS NEWS November 7 STABLEMATES BACK IN ACTION Cran Dalgety’s classy young pacers Raukapuka Ruler and Master Moonlite are resuming at the Cup Trials on Wednesday but they won’t be sighted at Addington next week. They will mostly be using the month of November to prepare for suitable features next month, which for Master…
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