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Ten months after claiming the inaugural 'Island Of Origin Drivers Series' the six-strong North Island team will be looking to defend its coveted harness racing title conducted by the Auckland Trotting Club at Alexandra Park this Friday (September...

2010 New Zealand Derby winner Captain Peacock is set to make a return to harness racing in the next few weeks according to the gelding's harness racing trainer Dean Taylor. The son of Live Or Die was given a spell on his return from Auckland where...

Harness racing superstar Monkey King returned to the public arena today with a hit-out at the Rangiora Workouts. The millionaire pacer wasn't hurried by regular reinsman Ricky May running home stoutly from the rear of the field for fourth in the C1...

A once in a lifetime opportunity could be all it takes to persuade Rangiora harness racing trainer Andrew Stuart to pursue a New Zealand Cup start with his star pacer Mr Chrome. The lightly raced but troubled son of Badlands Hanover appears to be in...

World Champion harness racing mare Windylane Hanover, in foal to Muscle Hill, and Merrie Annabelle winner Miss Wisconsin, carrying a foal by Donato Hanover, have been purchased by Ernie Gerbaulet, a Hunterton Farm and Sales Agency client who resides...

Experienced Pukekohe horseman Peter Blanchard sees his new season partnership with thoroughbred magnate and harness racing enthusiast Graeme Rogerson as a 'real opportunity' for him to further his career in the industry he loves. More...

Yaldhurst harness racing horseman Daniel Reardon made the perfect start to his training career when Lyndal Tact won at the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club's meeting held yesterday (Tuesday). More...

Victorian horseman Lance Justice was on a flight out of Wellington today (Wednesday August 31) following the final day of court proceedings and deliberation into the Smoken Up DMSO harness racing case. More...

Race 1 - We opened the winner 'Besotted' as the slight harness racing favourite ($2.40) over 'Bettor Reason' but he was unwanted and continued to drift in the market and closed at what we thought was great odds at $5.00. More...

Victorian horseman Lance Justice was on a flight out of Wellington today (Wednesday August 31) following the final day of court proceedings and deliberation into the Smoken Up DMSO harness racing case. More...

The New Zealand TAB will be releasing two 'Fixed' odds harness racing markets on the 'Island of Origin Drivers' series to be held at the Auckland Trotting Club meeting this Friday September 2. The Series is to be held on races 3,5,6,7 & 8 and the...

The N.Z. Sires Stakes Board is pleased to announce that the harness racing stake of the NRM Sires Stakes 3 Y.O. C & G Final to be held on Cup Day, 8th November, at Addington will be $200,000. More...

This Friday night sees the second running of the Island of Origin Drivers Challenge at Alexandra Park. In a brave move the Auckland Trotting Club have staged this year's event earlier than last year's and to their credit have come up with the five...

It looks attainable but as always Pick 6s are never easy. It's about playing the right cards at the right time and hopefully we might be able to steer punters in a direction that points somewhere near the $200,000 pot of gold. More...

The South Island has leveled the 'Island Of Origin Driving Series' with the North Island. The second annual harness racing championship was raced over five heats at Alexandra Park tonight (Friday September 2) with 'the Mainland' winning the 2011...

New Zealand's greatest reinsman and Alexandra Park's long serving, but now retired clerk of the course, were honoured at the Alabar 2011 North Island Harness Racing Awards held in Auckland tonight (Saturday September 3). More...

It didn't take long for leading harness racing driver Dexter Dunn to salute the judge on his return from representing New Zealand in the recent World Driving Championship in North America where he finished fourth. More...

New Zealand's greatest reinsman and Alexandra Park's long serving, but now retired clerk of the course, were honoured at the Alabar 2011 North Island Harness Racing Awards held in Auckland tonight (Saturday September 3). More...

It didn't take long for leading harness racing driver Dexter Dunn to salute the judge on his return from representing New Zealand in the recent World Driving Championship in North America where he finished fourth. More...

New Zealand's greatest reinsman and Alexandra Park's long serving, but now retired clerk of the course, were honoured at the Alabar 2011 North Island Harness Racing Awards held in Auckland tonight (Saturday September 3). More...