It was perfectly scripted when the season-long harness racing rivalry between Merlin (Art Major) and Don’t Stop Dreaming (Bettor’s Delight) was played out again today (Dec. 10) at Addington in the $250,000 G1 Garrards New Zealand Pacing Derby. The barrier draw dictated the race pattern in today’s three year old pacing feature and after Merlin
Harness racing filly Aardiebytheseaside (Downbytheseaside) scored a well-deserved win in the $175,000 G1 Tennant Engineering New Zealand Pacing Oaks at Addington today. With hot favourite Millwood Nike scratched on Thursday the Steve and Amanda Telfer trained filly who’s been chasing Millwood Nike all season, was given her chance to win the big dance. In a
Three-start Sweet Lou filly Duchess Megxit was widely tipped by Northern harness racing scribes as a horse with a chance of winning today’s $110,000 G1 The Box Seat Ace of Diamonds at Addington. The punters thoughts proved to be spot on when the Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan trained filly in the hands of Zachery
Harness racing driver Sam Ottley admits that getting her 700th win across the line this last month has been a battle. The Canterbury based driver sat at 698 and 699 for a while but on Sunday at Motukarara she achieved her milestone driving the Kevin Fairbairn trained trotter Holly Highlander (Creatine), coming in to win
After another dominating win in the G2 Kaikoura Cup, Akuta (Bettor’s Delight) has been shortened to $1.90 in the betting market by the TAB for the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup on harness racing’s big day at Addington in fifteen days time. “We were a bit slow away again but he was able to get