NEVELE R FILLIES FINAL STAKE RISE The NZ Sires Stakes Board has reviewed the budget for the Nevele R Fillies Series and is pleased to announce that the stake of the Final, to be held at Addington on Saturday May 9, will rise from $140,000 to $150,000. There are two more heats left to be run – Forbury Park on 2nd April and Addington on 23rd April. Fight For Glory, The Agent Orange and Rocker Band are all automatic qualifers for the Nevele R Final with their heat wins. Both The Agent Orange and Rocker Band have won two heats …
NZ Oaks up to $150k
NEW SPONSOR FOR NZ OAKS March 17, 2015 New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club Chairman Barry Dent, together with New Zealand Standardbred Breeders’ Association (NZSBA) Chairman John Mooney, are pleased to announce that the Group One New Zealand Oaks will be sponsored by the New Zealand Standardbred Breeders’ Association. Over the last three years the NZ Oaks had been sponsored by the Canterbury Standardbred Breeders’ Association. Met Chairman Barry Dent commented: “We are delighted to have cemented this partnership with the New Zealand Standardbred Breeders’ Association for the New Zealand Oaks, a race which is so significant in many ways for …
Rocker Band repeats, Futurity next
ROCKER BAND WINS SECOND NEVELE R FILLIES HEAT Burnham trainer Mark Jones will head south with improving 3YO filly Rocker Band for the $18,000 Caduceus Club Of Southland Autumn Futurity at Invercargill on Saturday, March 21. The Overport Lodge trainer took out the mobile 2200m Autumn Futurity two years ago with Saveapatrol when the race was worth $25,000. Rocker Band, who notched her second consecutive Nevele R Fillies Heat win at the Timaru meeting at Addington on Thursday, March 12, is following a similar path to Savepatrol in the early stages of her career. Saveapatrol took out the Autumn Futurity …
BEAUTIDE WINS CONSECUTIVE INTER FINALS
BEAUTIDE UNCHALLENGED TO WIN 2ND INTER FINAL No one ever doubted he was a true champion! And today Australia’s best pacer Beautide showed he was a champion stayer as well. The former Tasmanian son of Bettors Delight sat outside of the three-time New Zealand Cup winner Terror To Love and simply blew him away with a fabulous win in today’s $750,000 TAB.COM.AU Inter Dominion Grand Final at Tabcorp Park Menangle. When West Australian pacer David Hercules had a “look” for the ‘death seat’, outside the leader early in the race, Beautide’s trainer-driver James Rattray declared it wasn’t there. So he …
Adore Me becomes world’s fastest mare
ADORE ME PACES 1:47.7 (1609m) IN LADYSHIP MILE If Natalie Rasmussen set out to make Tabcorp Park Menangle her own today (March 1, 2015) with three successive winners, she was overshadowed by one of the greatest pacers ever seen in the Southern Hemisphere. . . . And one of the greatest race-winning performances ever witnessed at the south-western Sydney track. Champion New Zealand mare Adore Me simply blew her rivals away with a record-breaking 1:47.7 victory in the Cordina Chicken Farms Ladyship Mile, smashing Smoken Up’s record by eight-tenths of a second. She became the fastest mare in the world …
Dexter Dunn can’t be beaten in WDC
DEXTER DUNN HAS UNASSAILABLE LEAD IN WDC Thursday 26th February 2015 The World Driving Championship headed to Penrith on Thursday night for three heats. Penrith is a suburb and a major centre in the metropolitan area of Sydney. Penrith is located 60 kilometres west of Sydney on the banks of the Nepean River. The Penrith track is 804 metres in circumference. New Zealand’s Dexter Dunn took a 39 point lead into the night over his nearest rival USA’s Tim Tetrick. Canada’s Jody Jamieson dominated the evening’s proceedings winning two heats but it was his patience that was rewarded in heat …
Dexter extends lead in WDC
DEXTER DUNN EXTENDS LEAD IN WDC, 4 TO GO Wednesday 25th February 2015 The World Driving Championship ventured to Bathurst on Wednesday night for another four heats. Bathurst is a regional city in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales. Bathurst is 200 kilometres west of Sydney, the oldest inland settlement in Australia and the site of the first gold discovery in Australia. Two of the international drivers struck gold at Bathurst with Denmark’s Knud Monster and France’s Pierre Vercruysse recording their first wins in the 2015 Championship but the night will most be remembered for the dominance of …
Dunn roars to front in WDC
DEXTER DUNN ROARS INTO CONTENTION Tuesday 24th February 2015 Seven heats of the World Driving Championship were run in the city of Wagga Wagga, situated 455 kilometres south of Sydney. Wagga Wagga is the state’s largest inland city and is an important agricultural, military and transport hub of Australia. The Wagga Wagga harness racing track is 823 metres in circumference. Tuesday night the track was the venue of the Dexter Dunn show, as the leading New Zealand reinsman roared back into Championship contention with a dominant display winning the first three heats. Dexter Dunn’s patience was rewarded in heat six …
New sponsor for 4 & 5YO Trot
NEW SPONSOR FOR 4 & 5YO TROTTING CHAMPIONSHIP 23 February 2015 Addington is delighted to announce that long-time business partner Lamb & Hayward Funeral Directors have increased their involvement by sponsoring the Group Three $25,000 Four & Five Year Old Trotting Championship on a premier nights racing on 20 March. The race is to be named the Lamb & Hayward Four & Five Year Old Trotting Championship. Already one of Addington’s largest customers through the provision of funeral catering, Lamb & Hayward have also been a race sponsor for a number of years, have a track sign and are the …
Alford hits front in WDC
ALFORD GETS AUSTRALIA EXCITED Sunday 22nd February 2015 Three more heats in the 2015 World Driving Championship were run this evening at Newcastle, a large city 160 kilometres north of Sydney. Famous for its coal, Newcastle is the largest coal exporting harbour in the world but tonight all of the attention focused on the ten international drivers competing at the Newcastle Paceway. The track itself is 940 metres in circumference. Australia’s Chris Alford started the night in second position after a strong showing in heats one and two, and after a victory in the third heat he assumed top spot …