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Skipem - 1984 Invercargill Cup winner

Bruce Stewart • 2 December, 2025

On Sunday 19th December the Invercargill Harness Racing Club will host the 79th running of the Invercargill Cup.We look back at a past winner.The 1984 edition of the Cup was taken out by local pacer S... read more

Bannockburn gets the gold

Bruce Stewart • 28 November, 2025

Bannockburn (Locharburn) dished up too much class for his rivals at Oamaru today, easily winning the Hireworx Oamaru Handicap Pace.After a messy start driver Henry Sail settled Bannockburn four b... read more

Stapleton takes five to Oamaru

Bruce Stewart • 27 November, 2025

Rakaia trainer Warren Stapleton takes five horses down State Highway One today for the Oamaru meeting. Most interest will centre around Take The Miki (Always B Miki) who last raced more than three yea... read more

Giant pacer wins his nineth race

Bruce Stewart • 26 November, 2025

What was expected to be a confidence building run turned into a winning one for nine year old pacer Deny Everything (A Rocknroll Dance) in the Peter Heyrick Memorial Mobile Pace at Ascot Park today.Fr... read more

Anita Mary a special win for Hailes

Bruce Stewart • 26 November, 2025

Anita Mary’s (Fear The Dragon) win at Ascot Park today was extra special for Northern Southland owner Paul Hailes, as the three year old filly is named after his late mother.In the 2200 metre race dri... read more

The battle of the Mikis

Bruce Stewart • 19 November, 2025

Race Five at Ascot Park today was the ‘Battle of the Mikis’ with Mighty Miki (Always B Miki) trained and driven by Matty Williamson beating by a head Miki Skipper, driven by Hayden Douglas who works f... read more

Hoffman rejuvenates aged trotter

Bruce Stewart • 19 November, 2025

The wonders of water was proven yet again when Racey Krusa (Peak) won his first race in over a year, at Ascot Park today.Prior to joining Amber Hoffman’s Waikouaiti Beach stable the eight year old whi... read more

Kusama extends family record

Bruce Stewart • 17 November, 2025

The win by the Craig Ferguson trained Kusama (Art Major) at the Wyndham HRC meeting at Winton yesterday produced the next generation of pacers from a breed the late Ronnie Macdonald established i... read more

Six for Sunday

Bruce Stewart • 13 November, 2025

On Sunday, the Wyndham Harness Racing Club will race at Central Southland Raceway in Winton with ten races on the card.Most races will be fairly even contests.Here are six runners worth putting in you... read more

Axel spins Winton crowds wheels

Bruce Stewart • 9 November, 2025

It was without doubt the performance of the day and had the whole of the Winton track talking.After being checked and breaking at the 1700 metres, Axel Rose’s (En Solitaire) trainer driver Matty ... read more