Two things firmly stamped Tiger Tara as the horse to beat in next Saturday night’s $250,000 Group 1 Blacks A Fake at Albion Park. First was his ultra-impressive winning return at Menangle on Saturday night. And second was the upset win of veteran Ohok
In the moment after Self Assured’s first Albion Park win a few weeks back, Mark Purdon said the pacer “could be a bit special.” Another two wins down the track and the lightly-raced three-year-old has grabbed the tag as the most exciting pacer in A
New Zealand’s newest race caller Craig Rail cannot wait to step into the commentator’s box at Forbury Park next month. Rail, who has called harness racing meetings in country Victoria for the past 15 years, will get his first chance to show off hi
Sarah O’Reilly surprised herself by scoring the biggest success of her career when winning the New Zealand Junior Drivers Championship at Rangiora on Sunday. The 19-year-old saved her best until last to score the maximum points she needed to take out th
Champion reinsman Tony Herlihy is willing to swap one of the greatest milestones in New Zealand racing history for a Harness Jewels win this weekend. But he admits he might struggle to get either. Herlihy took his record total of domestic driving wins to
Matthew Williamson won his first race on Swedish soil and surged towards the top of the leader board on day three of the World Driving Championships on Tuesday morning (New Zealand time). Williamson plotted a perfect path from last for Ior Tooma to get up
Kiwi harness racing fans will see a seriously talented mare when Major Occasion tackles Saturday week’s Harness Jewels at Addington. Make no mistake, the Bathurst-based mare has improved so much this season she is a massive winning chance – especially
Driver Jonny Cox enjoyed a memorable moment while also helping his former training partner Amber Hoffman score her 200th career win with Imran Khan at Winton on Saturday. Cox took out the race named in his family’s honour – The Cox Family Celebration
The annual Timaru Mother’s Day race meeting this Sunday will see the sixth edition of the club’s lady drivers races held at Phar Lap Raceway. Two penalty free lady driver races are programmed to be held at the race meeting, which will be sponsored onc
New Zealand bred champion pacer Lazarus will stand his first season at stud in the Southern Hemisphere, this spring, under a landmark deal in New South Wales. Industry rumours were confirmed on Tuesday, when it was announced the two-time New Zealand Cup
Just over six months since his racing career came crashing down; superstar pacer Chicago Bull is poised for a comeback at Gloucester Park on Friday night. And that comeback is built around an Auckland Inter Dominion raid at the end of the year. Now all tr
Canterbury junior driver Ben Hope scored a career highlight when he drove Muscle Mountain to victory in the group 3 New Zealand Trotting Stakes at Addington on Saturday. Hope produced a cool tactical drive to win the first Group race of his career with th
Recently-retired pacer Ultimate Machete has been purchased for stallion duties in a partnership deal between two New Zealand stud farms. South Auckland’s Alabar Stud and Christchurch’s Nevele R Stud have acquired the son of Bettor’s Delight after he
Despite being in the twilight of his career, Speeding Spur’s future possibilities have been left wide open. The grand trotter willed his way back in to group 1 winning form with a determined effort to take out the New Zealand Trotting Championship a
Harness Racing New Zealand is excited to announce the launch of a newly redesigned website which will happen on Wednesday, May 1. Following feedback from the industry, HRNZ wanted to move with the times and give our users a website with a clean new look,
New Zealand stars Speeding Spur, Spankem and Pat’s Delight were the big winners out of the draws for Saturday’s Inter Dominion finals. Each of the Kiwi trio had their prices shortened in betting markets after drawing crucial front row starting spots.
New Zealand’s representatives were to the fore on the first night of the Inter Dominion Series in Victoria on Saturday night, winning three of the five heats across both divisions. Wins from Spankem and Cruz Bromac gave New Zealand’s tiny pacing conti
Expectations are high ahead of Lazarus beginning his stud career in North America. The recently-retired New Zealand stallion is undergoing regulation vet tests ahead of him standing his first season at stud at Deo Volente Farms in New Jersey. Deo Volente
Speeding Spur was the big winner among the New Zealand Inter Dominion contingent when the barrier draws were announced for the opening heats of the series on Monday. The John and Josh Dickie-trained square-gaiter has drawn perfectly in barrier two in the
Oops, they did it again. West Melton’s Ford family took out New Zealand’s richest trotting race at Addington on Friday afternoon when Marcoola scored a sensational victory, 12 months after his stablemate Amaretto Sun scored at upset odds. Ken Ford tra