In the twilight of his harness racing career at start number 105, many presumed the Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan-trained Mach Shard (Mach Three) was simply making up the numbers in tonight's Group One $110,000 Taylor Mile at Alexandra Park against a much younger crop of up and coming Open Class pacing talent. The two
Having reached his 500 win milestone last month, Canterbury harness racing driver Robbie Close is now starting to head for the next 500. At Wyndham last week he drove two winners - Insarchatwist (A Rocknroll Dance) for Ricky Gutsell and Herb (Downbytheseaside) for Regan Todd. Robbie was born in South Auckland and got his start
On North American harness racing tracks it’s all about speed over a mile trip, in Australia it’s a mix of both standing start and mobile features across a range of track sizes, in New Zealand it could be about an extreme two-mile contest or a grass track race featuring non-race winners and in Europe the
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On the final session of NZB Standardbred’s 2024 National Yearling Sale, a record top lot was witnessed at the Canterbury Agricultural Park. The Christchurch session which saw a condensed two-day format, had a total of 267 yearlings catalogued and returned $7,549,000 in receipts. Studholme Bloodstock’s Lot 301 broke NZB Standardbred records when the Bettor’s Delight colt out