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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 ....
Harness racing owners the late Ken Piercy and his wife Audrey go a long way back, having raced horses in the 1980s from the late Bryce Buchanan’s stables at West Plains just outside Invercargill. There have been many horses over the years for the couple, and the latest winner is the Arna Donnelly trained Little ....
Trish Dunell photo Two of Alexandra Park’s long lost sons could dominate the open class features at tonight’s premier meeting but that may have to do that the hard way. Sundees Son (R4, No.6) and Spankem (R7, No.8) share the quite incredible record of both having not raced at Alexandra Park since May 3 last year when they each won Group One races. When Sundees Son blew away his Rowe Cup trotting rivals that night and Spankem held Turn It Up at bay in the Messenger it would seem extremely unlikely neither would return to Alexandra Park until tonight. ....