The curtain is coming down on the wonderful harness racing career of Cambridge trainer Mike Berger. Over a span of forty three years he’s won more than 700 races including a New Zealand Cup, a Taylor Mile, two Easter Cups and a New Zealand Standardbred Breeders Stakes. His exit is partly due to the current
A home ground harness racing advantage came to the fore with Queensland trained pacers filling the placing in the Inter Dominion Pacing Championship Heat One at Albion Park. The heavily backed Future Assured (Always B Miki) ($1.90 fav) worked to the lead in blinding rain and gave nothing else a chance reeling off a 53.7
The Dunstan Horsefeeds Sires’ Stakes Final at the Addington harness racing track today (Nov. 17) didn’t go to script with many expecting that favourite Coastal Babe (Downbytheseaside) would take up the leader’s role from her two barrier. But it was the Steve Dolan trained filly Our Shangri Lana (Art Major) in the hands of young
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
The flash fashion was out in force in Christchurch today as about 13,000 people headed to Addington raceway for Harness Racing's biggest day, IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup Day.