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As far as harness racing contests go, tonight's inaugural $600,000 TAB Trot Slot bared semblance to that of a Bledisloe Cup clash with a trans-Tasman showdown for the ages. The four Victorian square gaiters, spearheaded by a phenomenal victory by Just Believe (Orlando Vici) and Greg Sugars, gave it to their New Zealand counterparts with

The punting purists have a long cold winter ahead with grass track harness racing coming to a close for another term this afternoon at Motukarara Raceway. The Banks Peninsula Club put forth another stellar surface on a chilly autumn Canterbury day, and the racing as we have come to expect was exciting and offered more

The best trotting genetics from across the harness racing globe will greet buyers at the 2024 National Yearling Sale in Auckland and Christchurch, with NZB Standardbred offering another quality catalogue filled with the progeny of square gaiting stars from both hemispheres. 16 trotting yearlings will be offered at the Karaka Sale Centre on Sunday 18

Almost four years to the day when Oscar Bonavena (Majestic Son) first contested Australasian harness racing’s biggest trotting race, the seven-year-old stallion has come up trumps and won the Dominion in front of an adoring Addington Raceway crowd. The Mark and Nathan Purdon trained trotter has overcome plenty in his life, not the least during

Is Bolt For Brilliance (Muscle Hill) ready for harness racing’s biggest trotting challenge? This is the question on punters minds leading into the Group One Renwick Farms Dominion Handicap tomorrow. Two weeks ago after giving the small field a thirty metre head start on a testing track, the six year old gelding ran third, three

Co-trainer Greg Hope is happy with Muscle Mountain (Muscle Hill) leading into tomorrow’s G1 Renwick Farms Dominion Handicap on Canterbury harness racing's Show Day at Addington. “We couldn’t be happier with the horse. He’s working super and he’s in a really good frame of mind,” said Greg Hope who trains in partnership with his wife

Wyndham harness racing trainer Craig Ferguson’s whale of a season continued last night at Addington when he notched up a double. Grey trotter Smokin Bandar (Monkey Bones) went to the lead early in the Hydroflow Trot and stayed in front, winning by one and a half lengths. “I was a bit worried about the track.

Five Wise Men (Muscle Hill) is back in work for harness racing trainers Craig and Aimee Edmonds but probably won’t be seen at the races until the New Year. The now five year old was named Three Year Old Trotter of the Year in 2021 after he won the Hambletonian (G3), the New Zealand Trotting

On paper it was a match made in harness racing heaven. Tactical Landing, the blue blooded champion son of Muscle Hill over one of the quickest trotting mares produced in New Zealand over the last decade in Wilma's Mate (Pegasus Spur). In theory it sounds simple, but as we know in breeding, often some of

In a titanic home straight battle, the Robert and Jenna Dunn trained Aardiebythehill (Muscle Hill) came back to beat hot favourite Muscle Mountain (Muscle Hill) in harness racing’s time honoured Ordeal Cup at Addington tonight. Beginning sharply, Aardiebythehill took up the role of pacemaker with favourite Muscle Mountain getting well back after he got sideswiped