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
In the world of harness racing, few in Australasia know how to get a trotter peaking for a big day like New Zealand’s leading trainer of square gaiters, Phil Williamson. Much had been made of his two-pronged attack for the $40,000 G3 Worthy Queen with last year's winner, Majestic Man (Majestic Son), looming as the
After a couple of ordinary runs, the Michael Purdon trained Mystic Max (Village Mystic) bounced back into winning form when he won the South Bay Trotters Cup today at the coastal harness racing track at Kaikoura. “It’s not the horse’s ability, it’s more me as a trainer learning how to train a free for all
It’s a race that’s eluded master trotting trainer Phil Williamson but today the $40,000 Group Three Neumann’s Tyres Hambletonian Classic was added to the Oamaru harness racing trainer,s already impressive CV. Williamson had two runners in the three year old trotting feature and it was Isolate (Father Patrick) in the hands of Nathan Williamson that