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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

Canterbury harness racing trainer Paul Nairn looks to have uncovered another smart trotter in Head Em Up (Waterloo Sunset). On Friday night at Addington after breaking at the start of his race, the two year old had to sit parked until he eventually got cover inside the last 800 metres. Nairn got him running three

Oamaru horseman Matty Williamson has certainly made his mark in the New Zealand harness racing driving ranks having driven more than eleven hundred winners. But his career ambitions don’t end there, as he has his sights firmly set on success as a trainer as well. Williamson is a born and bred North Otago boy with

Star trotter Bolt For Brilliance (Muscle Hill) is back in work for northern harness racing trainer Tony Herlihy. “He’s been back for six to seven weeks and everything is a 100% at this stage, so we’ll keep our fingers crossed,” he said. The gelding last raced at Geelong on the 3rd of December finishing second

Racing: Copy That out to copy that 27 Apr, 2021 09:23 AM 3 minutes to read Copy That winning at Alexandra Park 23 April 2021. Photo / Trish Dunell NZ Herald At first glance the three favourites for the glamour races of Rowe Cup night at Alexandra Park appear to have been handed the perfect draws to continue their dominance of the carnival. But when it comes to trotters Sundees Son and Five Wise Men those looks may be deceiving. Copy That in the Taylor Mile, Sundees Son in the Anzac Cup and Fiv...

Pacifico Dream is top three-year-old A top colt in Victoria this season – he has won eight races and been twice placed in 14 starts for $137,630 – is Pacifico Dream, a close relative of Guaranteed. He gave a taste of his class with a dominant win in the Group 3 VHRC Caduceus 3YO Cup at Melton last Saturday. Earlier in the season he won the VHRC Sires Classic at Melton and the Central Victorian Pacing Championship at Wedderburn. Pacifico Dream has a background of blood to back up his claims ...

Trish Dunell photo Two of Alexandra Park’s long lost sons could dominate the open class features at tonight’s premier meeting but that may have to do that the hard way. Sundees Son (R4, No.6) and Spankem (R7, No.8) share the quite incredible record of both having not raced at Alexandra Park since May 3 last year when they each won Group One races. When Sundees Son blew away his Rowe Cup trotting rivals that night and Spankem held Turn It Up at bay in the Messenger it would seem extremely un...