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Well this was a crazy weekend for Princeton Athletics.

Woodend Beach harness racing trainers, Greg and Nina Hope combined for a second consecutive Group Two Anzac Cup with a dominant victory by Muscle Mountain (Muscle Hill) in tonight's G2 $53,700 trotting feature at Alexandra Park. The training partnership had won the race last year with a surprise victory for Eurokash (Love You), with Muscle

While the harness racing connections of the Australian pacers may have been left rueing a gold old dose of the 'visitors draws' at the barrier reveal for Cambridge Raceway's Night of Champions, the same couldn't be said for their trotting counterparts. With the Brent Lilley trained ex-pat kiwi Queen Elida being the exception as the

Last season’s two year old trotting filly of the year Empire City, (Volstead) returns to the harness racing track tomorrow night at Addington looking to carry on where she finished. “She seems good and I’m very happy with her. We’re straight into the hot stuff but’s that’s the way of it. She’ll be hard to

Having reached his 500 win milestone last month, Canterbury harness racing driver Robbie Close is now starting to head for the next 500. At Wyndham last week he drove two winners - Insarchatwist (A Rocknroll Dance) for Ricky Gutsell and Herb (Downbytheseaside) for Regan Todd. Robbie was born in South Auckland and got his start

Easter Saturday sees a return of Premiere harness racing at Addington Raceway on Saturday afternoon with the Group One $110,000 Fred Shaw Memorial New Zealand Trotting Championships headlining a strong 11 race programme. The Greg & Nina Hope trained superstar, Muscle Mountain (Muscle Hill), is looking to etch his name in the record books and

Welcome into our Speed In The Breed article. A look into the successful families represented at the trails and workouts. If you look into the sales catalogue or those that find fame out on the track in the features races you’re likely to find that many of the champions of today come from great families

As comeback drives go this one is about as good as it gets. Natalie Rasmussen, one of the most feared harness racing drivers in New Zealand harness racing, returns to the race night sulky at Addington on Friday night after almost six months away and you can expect a winning return. Rasmussen will partner Oscar

Winton horsewoman, Michelle Caig, has been in the harness racing industry for twenty eight years and was initially introduced to the sales through plaiting horses for the late Paul Browman. At this year’s sale she’ll present the last of the progeny of her broodmare gem, Sun Mist. The first mare Michelle ever bought was Mitequila,

Beaudiene Breeding, a name synonymous with harness racing excellence in Australasia will have a select number of colts on offer at the NZB Standardbred Sales to be held in Christchurch next month. The brand is owned by Dave and Dawn Kennedy from Bayswater in Southland and they’ve had a lifetime involvement in breeding and racing standardbreds.