Mach Shard (Mach Three) performed what could be called a harness racing miracle when he took out his second Group One in a week, winning the $110,000 G1 Dawson and Harford NZ Messenger FFA at Alexandra Park in Auckland tonight. After winning the Taylor Mile at massive odds last week, the Barry Purdon-Scott Phelan trained
The first part of the northern two year old harness racing season is coming to an end with the Group One Breckon Farms Young Guns Cardigan Bay Stakes on Friday night and the IRT Young Guns Two Year Old Trotters series concluding shortly. As the Barry Purdon-Scott Phelan stable looks to concentrate more on juvenile
It was perfectly scripted when the season-long harness racing rivalry between Merlin (Art Major) and Don’t Stop Dreaming (Bettor’s Delight) was played out again today (Dec. 10) at Addington in the $250,000 G1 Garrards New Zealand Pacing Derby. The barrier draw dictated the race pattern in today’s three year old pacing feature and after Merlin