Forum: Harnesslink News NZ

Feet and shoeing problems have ensured a stable change for 15-win open class trotter Raydon. The 8-year-old gelding will now join the Pukekohe harness racing stables of Dave and Clare McGowan after spending the last three years with Barry Purdon at...

Natalie Rasmussen believes that once former Australian harness racing star Sushi Sushi finally cottons on to the New Zealand way of racing he will be an even better racehorse. More...

Calls from the parliamentary funded cellphone of former NZ First list MP and harness racing enthusiast Brendan Horan included 11 to an Auckland TAB number in the space of four days, according to phone records seen by the New Zealand Herald. ...

Prominent Cambridge harness racing trainer Nicky Chilcott has been accused of trying to bring designer horse doping drugs into New Zealand. She has pleaded not guilty. More...

Things are about to get really serious in Auckland this week. Some very well performed southerners head north to butt heads with the best the north has to offer. It will make for some exciting harness racing and really set up that northern summer...

Much has been spoken of the precocious talent that is Dexter Dunn. His unprecedented success as a harness racing driver has led to mainstream coverage and acclaim, and now with his 1000thwin behind him he enters into a new realm. More...

Ever wondered what it would be like to have your very own Inter Dominion trophy sitting on your mantelpiece. Well dream no more the 1960 Inter Dominion Cup won by harness racing giant Caduceus could be yours - at a price. More...

Harness racing enthusiast and sometimes course MC, Brendan Horan has been expelled from the New Zealand First party by it's leader, Winston Peters after receiving "substantive material" that caused him to lose confidence in the MP. More...

At least Canterbury harness racing trainer Jim Curtin can joke about losing stable star Franco Emirate for most of the season. More...

In-form Queensland harness racing driver Bruce Birch will be out of action for up to six weeks. The New Zealand born reinsman took a heavy fall at Albion Park on Saturday when driving Gold Pay in the Happy Birthday Charlie Bell Pace. More...

Doctors have told Auckland harness racing driver Frank Cooney it would be best that he doesn't drive again, but the 62-year-old is not convinced. More...

Sir Lincoln might have won his workout at Alexandra Park on Saturday (December 1) , but his harness racing co-owner John Street isn't convinced the star pacer is back to his Auckland Cup-winning best. More...

One harness racing fan at Alexandra Park this Friday night (December 7) will get to experience the buzz of owning champion trotter I Can Doosit - and clean up on the punt - in a promotion called "You Can Doosit". More...

Doctors have told Auckland harness racing driver Frank Cooney it would be best that he doesn't drive again, but the 62-year-old is not convinced. More...

Canterbury harness racing reignsman Blair Orange has been second a lot lately. The only thing he has been first to do, is shake the hands of successful drivers after the race. More...

The winners of two of New Zealand's biggest races this year - Sir Lincoln, the Auckland Cup and Gold Ace, the NZ Free-For-All - have both been hit by the virus in recent weeks. It has affected a large number of harness racing stables across the...

Canterbury harness racing reignsman Blair Orange has been second a lot lately. The only thing he has been first to do, is shake the hands of successful drivers after the race. More...

Raelyn Butler's huge smile highlighted Charlemagne's victory parade on Harness Jewels Day at Cambridge Raceway on June 2. More...

Dexter Dunn has harness racing fans on their hands and knees. The only person not applauding him is the poor guy who has to write the record books, as he is sick and tired of having to update them all the time. More...

The trials have been run and the results are impressive - the TAB's new Place6 harness racing, greyhounds and galloping bet is a winner. More...