Over the years, New Zealand has been blessed with some very good two year old trotters, and although traditionally the stakes for these harness racing juveniles have been well behind their pacing counterparts, there’s now a pathway to head down and some good stake money to be won for two year old square gaiters. New
Pukekohe horsewoman Clare McGowan travelled the world with Olympians and their horses before emigrating to New Zealand. Here she continued her practice as a horse physiotherapist and ultimately ventured into harness racing. Animal wellbeing, meeting and marrying her husband Dave and the way in which a pony helped a young boy regain his speech which
Junior harness racing driver Crystal Hackett is a star on the rise. The nineteen year old has come a long way in a short time and is currently third equal with Ben Hope, in the New Zealand Junior Drivers Premiership. In only her third season of driving she is honing in on her fiftieth winning
The Robbie Holmes trained runner Light Of Da Moon (One Over Da Moon) won the coveted Darren DeFilippi Memorial for junior harness racing drivers at Addington tonight. Driver Sam Thornley settled Light Of Da Moon midfield after beginning well from the twenty metre mark, the pair getting a nice drag into the race when Gift
Oamaru trainer Matthew Williamson heads north tomorrow night (Jul. 7) with a team of five for harness racing action at Addington Raceway. In the first race, seven race winner Boarding Call (American Ideal) draws barrier two and this looks like a winnable race for her. “It’s a very nice race for her and she drops