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Over the years, New Zealand has been blessed with some very good two year old trotters, and although traditionally the stakes for these harness racing juveniles have been well behind their pacing counterparts, there’s now a pathway to head down and some good stake money to be won for two year old square gaiters. New

Pukekohe horsewoman Clare McGowan travelled the world with Olympians and their horses before emigrating to New Zealand. Here she continued her practice as a horse physiotherapist and ultimately ventured into harness racing. Animal wellbeing, meeting and marrying her husband Dave and the way in which a pony helped a young boy regain his speech which

Junior harness racing driver Crystal Hackett is a star on the rise. The nineteen year old has come a long way in a short time and is currently third equal with Ben Hope, in the New Zealand Junior Drivers Premiership. In only her third season of driving she is honing in on her fiftieth winning

The Robbie Holmes trained runner Light Of Da Moon (One Over Da Moon) won the coveted Darren DeFilippi Memorial for junior harness racing drivers at Addington tonight. Driver Sam Thornley settled Light Of Da Moon midfield after beginning well from the twenty metre mark, the pair getting a nice drag into the race when Gift

Oamaru trainer Matthew Williamson heads north tomorrow night (Jul. 7) with a team of five for harness racing action at Addington Raceway. In the first race, seven race winner Boarding Call (American Ideal) draws barrier two and this looks like a winnable race for her. “It’s a very nice race for her and she drops

Harness racing trainer Craig Ferguson has decided to hand the reins of grey trotter Smokin Bandar (Monkey Bones) to Jack Trainor for Saturday’s Trotting Championship Heat at Albion Park. “It’s a lot different over here with the stand starts. I think he’s going to be better suited with someone that knows their system. Jack is

The lightly raced Majestic Love (Love You) impressively won her fourth start for harness racing Griffins Syndicate at Invercargill today. “She trotted away nicely. Then the tempo came out of the race a bit so I decided to get around and put her in the race. She clicked up and showed a nice turn of

Parents usually want their children to be pedant at very young age. From studies to social interactions, they want their kids to be thorough formalist. A woman has shared a school form of her daughter where she answered few questions related to her 4-year-old son Ilya.

January 6, 2021 On Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, Robert “Bob” A. Waegele Sr., devoted husband, father and grandfather, passed away peacefully in his home at the age of 76.  Bob was born March 30, 1944, in National Park, N.J.  He was born of humble roots and held many jobs early in life - a Mr. Softee ice cream truck driver, a vacuum salesman, a Mullica Hill Volunteer Fire Fighter and many others.  In 1963 at the age of 19, Bob began working at the General Motors assembly plant in Newp...