Forum: Harnesslink News NZ

Barry Purdon signed the dockets for both Lot 162 and Lot 167 at Karaka in 2012 and two years later the pair produced the quinella in the A$200,000 Victoria Derby.... More...

Mike Ward won the Group One New Zealand Messenger Championship in 1996, but Saturday’s victory by Majestic Time in the Group Three $25,000 Neumann’s Hambletonian Classic at Ashburton was his career highlight.... More...

Harness racing “heroes” need to be given more incentive to ply their trade says New Zealand’s only Independent Member of Parliament, Brendan Horan.... More...

Southern star Franco Ledger is primed and ready for Saturday’s Interdomion heat at Addington after he obliterated his own Waikouaiti track record by more than 4 seconds on Sunday.... More...

In our prominent harness racing stallion series we have reviewed American Ideal, Art Major, Bettors Delight, Christian Cullen, Courage Under Fire, Mach Three and Western Terror so far and today we have produced an in depth review for the...

Exciting pacer Smolda is set for his clash with Terror To Love in Saturday’s Addington Interdomion heat after a scintillating workout at Ashburton last Saturday.... More...

When it comes to juvenile racing - It pays to follow the starts, the All Stars that is.... More...

Yes, they're on old chestnut and it's likely they will always be a discussion point. At the recent Greater Canterbury Branch meeting, Paul Nairn was the latest to express concern at some aspects of this method of starting races.... More...

Australia’s leading trainer admits two Kiwi stablemates hold all the aces in the $A200,000 Victoria Derby at Melton tomorrow night.... More...

The Tasmania Premier Harness Yearling Sale will be conducted by Davidson Cameron & Co Dubbo Pty Ltd and Tasracing at 6pm next Friday at Inveresk Showground, Launceston.... More...

A year to the day after the death of the great J W Smolenksi, his namesake Jay Dubb has done him proud, winning his debut in emphatic style at Winton.... More...

After running one-two in last week’s New Zealand Yearling Sales Series Fillies Final, star fillies Venus Serena and Libertybelle Midfrew will do battle again this week in a heat over of the Nevele R Fillies Series at Ashburton over one...

Last week the ring-around produced five winners, including both my best and each-way bet of the week.... More...

One of the more intriguing aspects of the 2014 round of New Zealand Yearling Sales is the return (in numbers) of the progeny of Real Desire.... More...

One of Canada’s harness racing greats is coming ‘Down Under’. Rick Zeron left Canada bound for Perth, via Dubai, last night (Tuesday). He and his wife of 34 years, Joyce, will return to Oakville in Ontario on March 4.... More...

Champion reinsman David Butcher is likely to miss six months in the sulky after the worst possible diagnosis following a trackwork injury.... More...

When it comes to the two features at Ashburton on Saturday, no one has a stronger hand to play than champion reinsman Anthony Butt, who is likely to drive the favourite in both of the $25,000 Group Three co-features.... More...

The ball is now in the court of the Barry Purdon trained three-year-olds Maxim and Sky Major, after the star pair draw one and one on the second line in today's Victoria Derby barrier draw... More...

Samantha Ottley, Andre Poutama, and Simon McMullan will represent New Zealand at the Australasian Young Drivers Championship in New South Wales, Australia, from February 25 to March 2.... More...

Former New Zealand two-year-old of the year Five Card Draw is now a Queenslander.... More...