Forum: New Zealand Harness Racing

Hi everyone, For the 1st time, the Harness Racing Weekly is accepting entries via email. Visit http://www.hrnz.co.nz, then click the red Super Stable link, for rules, races, scoring and of course the horse lists. Entries can be...

I remember (the good old days) when the HR Weekly (or Calendar) was about 20-30 pages of A3. Yes, it was in newsprint, and yes it was in black and white. However, there were more stories, and a story could be covered in more depth than the...

Late night for the runners in Rce 11 this Friday night. There will still be a decent crowd there, courtesy of all the Xmas functions, but will be interesting to see the turnover. Great card this Friday night, and could be a good night to watch,...

I hope you guys have some more ammo then you showed tonight at Auckland - an Aussie domination

is she good enough to run in the southern derby? 9/9 running sharp times

Any body hiring or know of anybody hiring in NZ please PM me. Canadian citizen looking to move to either Aus or NZ to work in Harness Racing. Thanks

The 1960 Inter Dominion cup. It was one of Caduceus' great races, and there is a lot that has been printed about the race. After five previous attempts, with Jack Litten finally driving him, Caduceus finally won the race over coming a 36 yard...

Should be a terrific race- Can Smoken Up go one better? What is everyone tipping??

Went to the Eastern Districts Picnic Meeting today and I must say that once again this event was another success. Good competitive grass track harness racing, including KidzCarts and Amateur Driving races. It took me back many years to when most...

Last week in the Northern Southland Cup there was a protest put in when Beaudine Bad Babe was denied room in the passing lane. Whatever the reason the descison was made and its history, however afterwards Brent Shirley the driver of Vi Et Animo...

What is everyones thoughts on the handicapping system regarding Cheap Tuesday meetings? I am a fan of holding them provided the 'right' horses turn up. What I find hard is the fact that a horse gets a full penalty for winning them? I know club's...

Congratulations to John and Robbie and their double in the Breeders yesterday, it was a wonderful acheivement. Two nice horses who were trained to the minute aided by one of the best drivers around. Well done team!

Forbury Park again have not enough nominations for their meeting this week. Along with a couple of meetings in Canterbury and Southland recently it seems this may continue for a while. There can be many and varied reasons why the meetings are not...

With Cup week done and dusted there seems to be a passing of the torch from our well established horses: Monkey King, Power Of Tara, Springfield Richard, Sovereignty etc onto the new and just as exciting horses like, Terror To Love, Franco Emirate,...

I thought it was time to post about the good work Jess Davidson does on trackside. I know our standard of Harness presenters has not been flash over the past year or so but this girl has done a great job. You can see her passion for the game and...

Nice to have the catalogue out. It's my favourite reading over the Christmas break!!;)

Sad to hear the passing of one the stalwarts of harness racing in Doug Mangos. I vividly remember having a punt on Doug's horses when they graced a field. Doug trained and drove some nice horses over the years. He will be missed.

Neat race coming up on Saturday. The added bonus is last years winner De Lovely drawing 1. For mine, it will be Bettor Cover Lover to win well. :confused:

Anyone got any thoughts on the competition so far. While I haven't seen every race the couple I did see were very ordinary in terms of driving. The concept is a great one though and I hope it continues to grow internationally. Go Steve Philips!!

Two stalwarts of harness racing have passed away recently, Bryce Buchanan and Jim Smith. Both were great horsemen that had forgotten more than most of us had learned and both were what makes our industry what it is. Like thousands of others, I was...