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New Zealand's Racing Integrity Unit has issued charges to licensed trainer Lance Justice alleging breaches of the Rules of Harness Racing 1004 (1) & (2). The charges relate to the presence of Dimethyl Sulphoxide (DMSO) in the post race urine sample...

New Zealand's Racing Integrity Unit has issued charges to licensedtrainer Lance Justice alleging breaches of the Rules of Harness Racing 1004 (1) & (2). The charges relate to the presence of Dimethyl Sulphoxide (DMSO) in the post race urine sample...

Cambridge harness racing driver David Butcher has equalled his personal best driving tally of 131 wins for a season. Butcher is now rapidly closing in on 2,000 driving wins also. Remarkably he sits 82 wins behind Dexter Dunn in 2010-2011. More...

If Perigo was a human he would have been watching last Friday's harness racing meeting at Alexandra Park from the comfort of his 'Old People's Home' most likely somewhere in South Auckland. But instead the rising 14-year-old was doing the business...

Tomorrow's (Tuesday June 14) scheduled race meeting of the Rangiora Harness Racing Club has been abandoned due to two large aftershocks that hit Christchurch today (Monday) measuring magnitude 5.5 and 6.0 on the Richter Scale. TAB staff and coverage...

Tomorrow's (Tuesday June 14) scheduled race meeting of the Rangiora Harness Racing Club has been abandoned due to two large aftershocks that hit Christchurch today (Monday) measuring magnitude 5.5 and 6.0 on the Richter Scale. TAB staff and coverage...

A New Zealand-bred pacer that had too many problems and was not good enough to go through the Sales ring at Karaka in 2008 has qualified for harness racing's rich 2011 Pepsi North America Cup. Foreclosure N will line up in the prestigious $1.5...

Nothing gives me greater satisfaction than hard work turned into success, and none more so than the success of one's children. My daughter Lisa won her first race as an apprentice jockey the other week, with the win within her first six race day...

The first full card of 2yo qualifying races took place at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday morning (June 11 Canadian time) with the progeny of first season sire and former harness racing champion free-for-aller Lis Mara impressing. More...

The Dexter Dunn - James McDonald travelling roadshow has only one more week to run, with the surprise advancement of our harness racing top reinsman's trip to the United States. In an unprecedented week for the racing industry, when two of its...

The harness racing colt was the only pacer in the field who had been to the races and Symphony In Motion proved to be a cut above the rest when justifying his $1.40 favouritism to easily win the first Northern Hemisphere 2-year-old Pace at Alexandra...

The harness racing colt was the only pacer in the field who had been to the races and Symphony In Motion proved to be a cut above the rest when justifying his $1.40 favouritism to easily win the first Northern Hemisphere 2-year-old Pace at Alexandra...

Woodend beach training specialists Greg and Nina Hope had a day to remember at the Nelson Harness Racing Club's meeting held today (Friday June 10) at Richmond Park in Nelson. The husband and wife partnership produced three winners on the ten race...

The investigation regarding Smoken Up and his positive sample to the drug DMSO test recorded in the Inter Dominion Grand Final on April 8 at Alexandra Park should be known next week according to New Zealand's Racing Integrity Unit. More...

The death occurred recently of Temuka breeder and owner Esme Mulligan. She was 78. As an owner Mrs Mulligan achieved success when she raced Light Foyle (Bay Foyle - Judy Light) from the then Chertsey based stable of Dick Prendergast. Light Foyle won...

The former the Breeders Crown, Dan Patch, William Haughton Memorial and Canadian Pacing Derby winner - Shark Gesture - has left his first winner. The now 8-year-old son of Cams Card Shark became a winning stallion for the first time when his...

Ardmore (South Auckland) based harness racing driver Josh Dickie could lose the 2011 Australasian Junior Drivers title he won at Ashburton on Monday (June 6). Whether he remains champion is entirely dependent on the outcome of an appeal he filed...

The man in charge of New Zealand harness racing believes the financial bloodletting in the industry could be over. Harness Racing New Zealand boss Edward Rennell says he is confident stake levels, which fell in many parts of the country this season,...

Harness racing's knockers must be all asleep. It's been three days since the Harness Jewels and there's hardly been a bad word spoken which is highly abnormal. More...

New Zealand Racing Board Chairman Michael Stiassny has welcomed the appointment of new Minister for Racing Craig Foss and praised the work of retiring Minister John Carter. Mr Carter held the Racing portfolio since 2008 but will shortly retire from...