Breeding authority Peter Wharton presents harness racing news on breeding from Australia, New Zealand and North America brought to you by Yabby Dam Farms & Racing! Yabby Dam Racing, principal Pat Driscoll’s dream to breed and race world class trotters was born after seeing a billboard on the Champs Elysees in Paris advertising the famous trotting
An almost perfect set of harness racing barrier draws has turned Friday’s $110,000 Dawson Harford Taylor Mile into one of the races of the season. The $110,000 sprint will highlight one of Alexandra Park’s biggest nights of the year sitting alongside feature races for almost all grades from country cups handicappers to juvenile pacers and
Trainer Shannon Price prefers logic to emotion as she analyses the harness racing tactics of her stable star Speak The Truth (Bettor's Delight) who could become the most pivotal pacer in Friday’s $1m Race By Grins at Cambridge. Price was initially disappointed to draw barrier seven in the 2200m mobile (starting from six) but the
South Coast Arden (Somebeachsomewhere) has returned home to New Zealand, ahead of what will be his second tilt at the Race By Grins at Cambridge on Friday, April 12. His inclusion means the 10-horse harness racing field for the $1m race is now complete. The seven-year-old will race in the slot secured by Kennard Bloodstock,
With a career record of 17 wins from 17 starts, Millwood Nike (Captaintreacherous) has been named Harness Racing New Zealand's Horse of the Year. In 2023 the mare had the perfect record of nine from nine, winning her connections $362,091. Earlier she had got the nod as Pacer of the Year, eclipsing the likes of