Forum: Harnesslink News NZ

Foundation broodmares are what all breeders worldwide look for when sending their young mares to stud.... More...

The old trotting warrior Vulcan has run his last race after pulling up sore at the Oamaru Harness Racing Club meeting at Oamaru Raceway last Thursday.... More...

If the harness racing stocks in the open class ranks in New Zealand were already looking a bit thin lately, then they just got a bit thinner again today with the sale of high class pacer Te Kawau to the Bob Bresnahan stables in New Jersey, USA.... ...

Want to be involved in the excitement of racing the first Auckland Reactors? Alabar is putting together a syndicate so you can do just that.... More...

Harness racing buffs who have been in the industry for a decade or three will have no trouble recognizing the name of Grice when it comes to the breeding of high class standardbreds in New Zealand.... More...

Rakauhauka trainer Clark Barron continued to add to his excellent season's training tally when he won three consecutive races at Ascot Park today. ... More...

When it comes to Trans Tasman rivalry in harness racing, the facts usually get lost in claim and counter claim regarding the merits of horses, trainers, stallions or tracks.... More...

When Direct Scooter's son In The Pocket was first shuttled into New Zealand in the mid 1990s, one of the first comments from breeders with knowledge of the North American scene was don't go near a filly by either Direct Scooter or any of his...

The old saying about timing being everything when selling yearlings has always held true and this year will be no different. Stallions with progeny excelling in or dominating the big age group and classic races always extract a big premium on...

North Canterbury harness racing trainer Greg Hope has never been slow to point out to journalists his opinion of his outstanding trotter Monbet.... More...

The annual summer meets at both Nelson and Marlborough have often proved happy hunting grounds for the Robert Dunn harness racing stable.... More...

As this years series of yearling sales draws closer, the progeny of the leading sires in Australasia are once again under the harness racing spotlight as buyers study pedigrees and inspect likely types.... More...

Yesterday Harnesslink did a breeding article on the growing influence that mares by Christian Cullen were having on harness racing in New Zealand and how he had quickly risen to the top of the broodmare charts here.... More...

Matthew Williamson has been having one of those seasons that all harness racing drivers have every now and again.... More...

Christian Cullen 6yr old Callenberg has always enjoyed a bit of a reputation in the Robert Dunn stable, but has often been one bereft of luck in his races.... More...

The following is an article produced by David McCarthy of All Stars Racing Stables regarding the barns outstanding group of three year old colts and fillies.... More...

You haven't had to look very far in the last eighteen months to see the changing dynamic in the harness racing siring charts especially in the broodmare end in New Zealand.... More...

The second stepping stone in the timeline for three year old harness racing pacers heading towards the 2016 Muscara Standardbreds New Zealand Derby to be run at Addington on Friday 8 April was Wednesday 20 January where by the First Withdrawal /...

Pukekohe harness racing trainer Ray Green is having a year to remember with his juveniles with three of his barn having designs on the Young Gun Series Final in early March.... More...

Last week our tipsters continued to have a good run with eight winners overall which considering some of the dividends was a great result. ... More...