Mighty Logan trots new track record in winning trotters mile
After what can only be labelled a frustrating Cup Week, Mighty Logan was back to his absolute best at Methven yesterday, coming from what seemed an impossible position on the turn to take out the Yabby Dam Farms Green Mile for the trotters. In both the Dominion...
Five Group Ones highlight a great card at Addington
While we have been treated to some incredible racing at Addington over the past couple of weeks, the curtain will come down after what looms as a tantalysing card tonight. Marketed as New Zealand Age Group Classics night, the meeting will feature eight group races,...
Got The Chocolates edges great rival in a race for the ages
For many of us that have followed racing for what seems a lifetime, we have been fortunate to witness some of racing's great head-to-head battles. In the 1980's there were many great battles at Addington between the juvenile stars Tuapeka Knight and Starship, the...
Got The Chocolates heads up strong team in today’s features
With the two slot races - The Ascent and the Velocity - added to the card, the Show Day feature race programme is full of talent. With runners in these two races as well as the Group One Trotting Free-For-All and the Sires Stakes Championship for the 2yo trotters, it...
Group One win highlights great Cup Day for stable
With three wins and a further three placings, the stable could not be happier with what proved to be an outstanding Cup Day for the team. The upset win of Celestial Sea in the Group One Nevele R fillies final over a class field of fillies was clearly the individual...
Mighty Logan looks to go one better in Dominion
Six-year-old trotter Mighty Logan will be looking to go one better in this afternoon's Dominion Handicap, following a very good second in the race a year ago behind champion trotter Just Believe. He will start this afternoon's Group One as one of a host of favoured...
The battle that we all expected plays out in 3yo Classic
As far as modern day rivalries go in harness racing, they do not get much better than that between three-year-olds Got The Chocolates and Marketplace. Today's match-up at Ashburton in the Gallagher Insurance Ashburton 3yo Showcase was the 18th battle between the two...
Ya Rite Darl dominant again in Hambletonian victory
The rise of three-year-old trotting filly Ya Rite Darl went to another level this afternoon at Ashburton as she dominated the country's best three-year old trotters in the Group Three Neumanns Tyres Vipal Hambletonian 3yo Classic. Despite the filly's impressive...
Two Breeders Crowns for Dexter highlight a big Sunday at Mohawk
It was a great Saturday for Dexter yesterday at Woodbine Park Mohawk, as he added two Breeders Crown wins on an amazing day of racing. The first of Dexter's wins came in the $822,000 final for the three-year-old fillies with the Chris Ryder trained Miki And Minnie....
Breeders Crown weekend for Dexter in Canada
The Breeders Crown is one of the biggest events of the year for harness racing in North America and is an event that Dexter Dunn has starred in many times since relocating to the USA. This year at the Woodbine Mohawk Park track in Canda, Dexter has a number of great...