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With a career record of 17 wins from 17 starts, Millwood Nike (Captaintreacherous) has been named Harness Racing New Zealand's Horse of the Year. In 2023 the mare had the perfect record of nine from nine, winning her connections $362,091. Earlier she had got the nod as Pacer of the Year, eclipsing the likes of
Harness racing premiership leaders Robert and Jenna Dunn trained three winners at the Ashburton Raceway yesterday, with Grand Eagle (Alderbaran Eagle), Fusion Reactor (Bettor’s Delight) and Idea Delight (Bettor’s Delight) each having a win and taking their seasons tally to 114. Fusion Reactor which won the two year old race was purchased by the stable
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
“He felt awesome and back on track, put it that way,” Ben Hope said after Muscle Mountain (Muscle Hill) won the $40,000 Group Three What The Hill Ashburton Trotters Sprint today (Oct. 23). In doing so the giant trotter became the first horse to win the trotting classic three times. Dual winners over the years
New Zealand harness racing has lost one of its most iconic and leviathan owners and participants today, with Ian Dobson passing away in the early hours of this morning on what was his 90th birthday. The man who is synonymous with the greatest colonial pacer and stallion ever produced on these shores leaves behind a