EX-OVERPORT LODGE WINNERS Former Overport Lodge pacer Alex, now racing in New South Wales as Im Alex, notched his third win in eight Australian starts at Menangle on Monday, June 24. Still raced by Queensland owner Greg Brodie, the Courage Under Fire gelding overcame the seven gate to win the Industry Day This Sunday Pace in 1:58 (1609m), the last 800m in 57.7s and final 400m in 28.6s. Alex, now trained by Peter Walsh, reduced his lifetime mile best to 1:54.8 when scoring his second Menangle win on April 23. Ex-Overport Lodge trotter Beau Brummell notched his sixth …
HRNZ election results
Media ReleaseThursday 27 June 2013 RESULTS OF 2013 HRNZ BOARD ELECTIONS 1. Following are the results of the 2013 Harness Racing New Zealand Inc Board elections: North Island Board – one vacancy Mr Alan Brown (Manawatu) 54 Mr Steve Phillips (Pukekohe) 69 South Island Board – two vacancies Mr Dennis Bennett (Amberley) 39 Mr Erin Crawford (Rangiora) 42 Mr Bruce Hutton (Hororata) 27 Mr Garry Lund (Christchurch) 57 Mr John Rogers (Westport) 27 Mr Brian Wastney (Blenheim) 54 2. Accordingly duly elected to the Board are Messrs Phillips, Lund and Wastney. 3. The Auckland Trotting Club …
Forbury moves to Saturday afternoon
FORBURY PARK TC, SATURDAY, JUNE 22 HRNZ and the NZRB have moved swiftly to co-ordinate re-jigged plans for South Island race meetings this week surrounding the forecast ‘weather bomb’ that will work its way up the island from Wednesday evening. The abandonment of the Canterbury Racing meeting at Riccarton Park on Saturday, due to weather conditions, has opened up an opportunity for the Forbury Park Trotting Club’s meeting to shift on to that date and will no longer be held on Thursday night, as scheduled. Despite the date shift for the Forbury Park meeting there is still a …
HRNZ Media Bites, June 12
HRNZ MEDIA BITES, June 12 After the hectic period that was the Harness Jewels normal transmission resumes for the winter period. Below is what we see as the noteworthy bits. David Butcher – World Drivers Championship: After two days of competition David Butcher is running 8th in WDC 2013. He’s up four places from Day One’s disaster and isn’t that far off second after a win and a placing at Caen. Leader, Frenchman Pierre Vercryusse has a 40-point advantage so he’ll take all sorts of running down. It is literally anyone’s guess for second at this stage with 11 of …
David Butcher wins in France
DAVID BUTCHER WINS WORLD DRIVERS HEAT After a luckless start, NZ driver David Butcher won the opening race on day two of the World Drivers Championship at Caen, France, early Tuesday. After tailing the field after day one at Reims, David came out all guns blazing in the day’s opener, leading with Vanuatu to win by a big space and get the WDC monkey off his back. He was unlucky in the second event, failing to work clear from the trail, finishing sixth, then recorded a third in the third heat. Points after day two were: Pierre Vercruysse …
HRNZ Media Bites, May 22
HRNZ MEDIA BITES, MAY 22 Hi everyone, we saw another championship performance by Adore Me last week. Now she, and countless other top-class performers, make a bee-line for the Trust Ashburton Harness Jewels Weekend, June 1 and 2. Lone Star man with nine Jewels lives: We believe popular harness racing identity Trevor Casey will create history on Jewels weekend. Casey, the man behind the Lone Star Riccarton will no doubt be battening down the hatches for a busy period around the Jewels in his restaurant but at the races he’ll have an incredible nine runners across four races. Trotters are …
HRNZ Media Bites, May 15
HRNZ MEDIA BITES, MAY 15 The build-up to the 2013 Trust Ashburton Harness Jewels is well and truly on. This Friday’s superb meeting at Addington and other supporting meetings will only add to the build-up. Purdon’s Haul: It’s already been well documented the effort of the Mark Purdon team of horses last Saturday at Addington. Runners for the stable pocketed a cool $292k for their efforts in six of the 12 races. Looking forward to this Friday night the stable has 12 runners over five races and promises to dominate the features once again. Last week’s big winners, Adore Me …
HRNZ Media Bites, May 8
HRNZ MEDIA BITES, MAY 8, 2013 A big day of racing at Addington has been assembled this Saturday and the scramble for Harness Jewels spots is well and truly on. The meeting on Saturday also heralds the start of a North Island invasion looking towards the Trust Ashburton harness Jewels over Queens Birthday Weekend. Three way battle for Trotter of the Year? Stig’s win in the Rowe Cup has now created a potential dilemma for Harness Horse of the Year Voters. He, Vulcan and I Can Doosit are all multiple Group 1 winners this season. How the voters weigh …
NZMTC press release, May 8
Top Quality Premier Harness Action at Addington _ Saturday Premier Racing at Addington this Saturday has terrific fields carded including some of the best horse flesh in Australasia. The first feature of the day the Group 2 $60,000 Seelite Windows and Doors Sires Stakes 2YO Championship sees an even contest of talented juvenile trotters. There’s a lot of good form throughout the field with the likes of Daenerys Targaryen, One Over Da Moon, Dieu De L’amour (God Of Love), Trouble Rieu, Schleck and Hot Pants competing for major honours. Race 6 sees the highly talented and winner of …
HRNZ Media Bites, April 30
HRNZ MEDIA BITES, APRIL 30 Its Rowe Cup week and the build up to the 2013 Trust Ashburton Harness Jewels is gathering momentum. Lots of interesting bits to talk about in harness racing Alexandra Park this Friday: the current Premier, Classic racing at Alexandra Park may really be about the ushering in of a new guard of top class performers in New Zealandharness racing. Whether it’s the new breed of super trotter or the continued emergence of the dynamic Christen Me, the landscape is changing with a view to the new season, that lies in wait just a few months …