Woodend Beach harness racing trainers, Greg and Nina Hope combined for a second consecutive Group Two Anzac Cup with a dominant victory by Muscle Mountain (Muscle Hill) in tonight's G2 $53,700 trotting feature at Alexandra Park. The training partnership had won the race last year with a surprise victory for Eurokash (Love You), with Muscle
If there was even the slightest bit of doubt as to the champion qualities of the Jess Tubbs-trained harness racing superstar Just Believe (Orlando Vici), he answered every question and some with a powerful display in tonight's $110,000 G1 National Trot at Alexandra Park. The manner in which he won his seventh Group One was
When Harness Racing New Zealand published the nominations for last week's Lyell Creek stakes, the one glaring omission was the presence of the Greg and Nina Hope-trained Muscle Mountain (Muscle Hill). By his own imperious standards, his performance in the TAB Trot on Grin's night at Cambridge Raceway three weeks ago appeared to be below
Harness racing's globetrotting superstar, Just Believe (Orlando Vici) kept his perfect New Zealand record intact with a dominant performance in the Group Two $60,000 Lyell Creek Stakes at Alexandra Park this evening. The Jess Tubbs trained eight-year-old easily accounted for his six kiwi rivals with regular pilot Greg Sugars guiding the trotting powerhouse to become
As far as harness racing contests go, tonight's inaugural $600,000 TAB Trot Slot bared semblance to that of a Bledisloe Cup clash with a trans-Tasman showdown for the ages. The four Victorian square gaiters, spearheaded by a phenomenal victory by Just Believe (Orlando Vici) and Greg Sugars, gave it to their New Zealand counterparts with