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Impressive Mach Three 4yr old No Doctor Needed looked ready for his cup week assignments, delivering a "freebie" victory on Friday at Addington in the hands of Matt Purvis.... More...

The dropback provisions in the handicapping system in New Zealand are designed to prolong a horses race career and help them to remain competitive and the win by The Fiery Ginga on Friday night at Addington is proof that the system does work.... ...

Kentuckiana Lodge filly Delightful Lana tried hard but wasn’t quite good enough to hold out the short-priced Allstars favourite in Fight For Glory in the $25,000 Alabar Sires Stakes Fillies Heat at Addington on Friday October 31.... More...

The second heat of this years Sires Stakes heats for 3 year old fillies is up for decision at the harness racing meeting at Addington tonight and it is chock full of talent.... More...

Harness racing 3 year olds in the North Island always have a hard road to the Sires Stakes Final at Addington on Cup day with few suitable races to get them race hardened for the big day.... More...

Harness racing throws curveballs at trainers all the time and it always seems to be with the horses with all the ability.... More...

Harness racing in New Zealand lost one of its racetrack stars this week when the outstanding trotting racemare Superbowlcheerleader was retired due to injury.... More...

Last week saw a big improvement from the week before but the team of tipsters are still not really at peak yet.... More...

The harness racing action moved to the trials at Rangiora yesterday after the huge day at Ashburton on Monday and saw a large batch of 2 year olds strut their stuff for the first time.... More...

Kentuckiana Lodge NZ Cup contender Christen Me, after getting back on the outer, had to settle for third to the Allstars stablemates, Adore Me and Hands Christian in the $49,396 The Trust Ashburton Flying Stakes, but there was plenty to like about...

Art Union paced the fastest official final 800m by a 3YO in NZ with a sizzling 54.1s burn in cool conditions to win at Ashburton on Labour Day Monday, 2014.... More...

Course specialist Strike On Command stretched his unbeaten run to four wins in as many Forbury starts when delivering at the Tuapeka meeting on Sunday, October 26.... More...

One of the most progressive winners at yesterday's harness racing meeting at Ashburton would have to be the beautifully bred trotter, Eyre I Come.... More...

The Queens birthday harness racing meeting at Ashburton today had plenty of topliners involved but it was a first starter who stole the show early on.... More...

Just when the New Zealand Trotting Cup looked set to be a two-horse race, Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen raised their collective hand and said ‘don’t forget about us’.... More...

Ashburton Flying Stakes day is one of the biggest days on the New Zealand harness racing calendar and the All Stars stable has a big team in and most have winning hopes.... More...

Some harness racing horses always seem to be ignored by the punters around the country regardless of how they perform.... More...

A treble of wins for the All Stars team was highlighted by memorable results for Mickey Ward and the Patterson family and for Neil Pilcher who posted a win on his 77th birthday - as well as Matt Anderson posting his first win at Addington watched by...

Colourful racecaller Mark McNamara described dramatic pacer Cody Singer as a “weirdo” after making hard work of winning his second race in six starts at Addington on Friday, October 24.... More...

Well known Reporoa harness racing enthusiast Danny McGill has had a lot of smart horses over the years and in last nights Alexandra Park winner Elliesjet he seems to have another one to keep the bank manager happy.... More...