Forum: Harnesslink News NZ

Three down, two to go. That's harness racing trainer John Dickie's scorecard with Paramount Geegee, gutsy winner of Friday night's $80,000 Breckon Farms Northern Trotting Derby. "I set five goals for him this year," Dickie said after the hunking...

Andrew Breckon surely set a world first when the nine-year-old stepped boldly to the front to thank the Auckland Trotting Club for staging the $200,000 Canam Rowe Cup on Friday night. When most other children of his age would have been tucked up in...

North Island visitor Pure Power stamped his mark as a leading contender for the up-coming Harness Jewels Emerald with a superb win at the Rangiora Harness Racing Club's meeting held today (Sunday). More...

The sponsor of Friday night's Sires Stakes Two-Year-Old Fillies' Championship was almost as happy as the winning owner. Braeden Whitelock and his wife Caroline celebrated their second Group I win in a week when O Baby upset her harness racing rivals...

Some of North America's harness racing identities have given Harnsslink an update on former pacing champion Lis Mara's first crop of Northern Hemisphere 2-year=-olds. They are about to step out on to the racetracks in the next couple of months. ...

Dropping back from the recent 2011 Inter Dominion Championship to a three-to-seven-win pace proved too easy for Kobe Bryant when he won harness racing's $25,000 North Island Country Cups Final at Alexandra Park last Friday (May 6). More...

The Harness Jewels landscape has changed dramatically after a weekend when bigger was definitely better. The $1.2 million raceday at Ashburton is less than a month away on June 6, but the harness racing markets for its glamour race have been rocked...

The media release was brief but things don't look good for 2011 Inter Dominion champion - Smoken Up and his harness racing driver/trainer Lance Justice following the findings of a B sample obtained from the Australiasian mile record holder. The...

Peter Scarpino admits he was in the right place at the right time when New Zealand harness racing trainer, Mark Purdon, bought Mr Nickel for $40,000 at last year's APG Premium Sale in Melbourne. Soon after the bidding was completed the 49-year-old...

Australian harness racing trainer and driver Lance Justice will fight any charges following his horse Smoken Up's positive drugs test after winning the Interdominion title at Alexandra Park last month. The Racing Integrity Unit will take action...

Paramount Geegee was a run short when winning the Group Two $70,000 Hutton Trotting Championship at Alexandra Park last week and because of that run harness racing trainer John Dickie believed he would be tough to beat in tonight's (Friday May 6)...

World-wide directors from the International Racehorse Transport company (IRT) met in New Zealand last week to hold its annual general meeting. Harnesslink managed to catch up with them last Friday night (May 6) at northern harness racing...

The New Zealand TAB's harness racing bookmaker and Harnesslink columnist - Steve Richardson - has released the latest updates for the 2011 Harness Jewels meeting to be staged at Ashburton Raceway on Saturday June 4. The latest 'goss' is: More...

The best pointer to Carabella's chances at Addington tomorrow (Saturday May 14) isn't just what she has already done but what trainer Brendon Hill is now considering doing with the super star filly. Carabella goes into the $140,000 Nevele R Fillies...

Three year old harness racing stars Terror To Love (Western Terror) and Gold Ace (Bettor's Delight) were unable to be separated at the finish of the Group Two Flying Stakes held at Addington Raceway today (Saturday). More...

Prominent Canterbury harness racing breeder Brian West is shifting a large part of his operation to Australia in what looks an ominous sign for the New Zealand industry. Furthermore, one of the north's most promising horsewoman, Nicole Molander, is...

Huapai harness racing trainer Ray Green deserved a change of luck. His season was virtually wrecked when a virus rampaged through his Auckland stable earlier this year costing him four months of progress. But tonight Sir Lincoln put a smile back on...

Former West Australian harness racing horseman Ryan Hayter secured his first win for his new employer Tom Kilkelly at Forbury Park tonight (Friday). Hayter became stable foreman for Southland trainer Tom Kilkelly in February of this year, and...

Huapai harness racing trainer Ray Green deserved a change of luck. His season was virtually wrecked when a virus ransacked his Auckland stable earlier this year costing him four months of progress. But tonight Sir Lincoln put a smile back on his...

Huapai harness racing trainer Ray Green deserved a change of luck. His season was virtually wrecked when a virus ransacked his Auckland stable earlier this year costing him four months of progress. But tonight Sir Lincoln put a smile back on his...