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Pay Me Speedy Impressive

Bruce Stewart • 15 November, 2020

Winton trainer Chelsea Faithful admits she gets nervous prior to her horses racing and today on her home track at Winton she was doubly so, with two runners in the New Zealand Bloodstock Junior Driver... read more

Lock It In Eddie On His Game Today

Bruce Stewart • 15 November, 2020

Not many trainers would have had the faith to lock horse Lock It In Eddie in to a long term contract but Winton trainer Tracie McGrannachan has a special bond with the six year old and doesn’t h... read more

Watch Me Now Rated Best Mare

Bruce Stewart • 13 November, 2020

After today’s impressive win in the Macca Lodge South of the Waitaki Mobile Pace co-trainer and driver Kirstin Barclay had no hesitation in rating Watch Me Now as the best mare she’s driven.“I’ve been... read more

Vintage Cheddar Wins Junior Free For All

Bruce Stewart • 10 November, 2020

Southland pacer Vintage Cheddar might have missed out on a start in the New Zealand Cup, but his win in the Junior Free For All goes someway to compensating his connections.Vintage Cheddar winning ... read more

Miss Jessica Wins For Tim

Bruce Stewart • 8 November, 2020

Trainer driver Tim Robertson got plenty of satisfaction from Miss Jessica’s win at Ascot Park today.He raised the whip just after the finish line as the five year old trotting mare scored her second w... read more

Williamson’s Busy Week

Bruce Stewart • 8 November, 2020

Branxholme trainer Nathan Williamson is in for a big week.Pembrook Playboy and Andy Hall are his two starters for Cup Day in Christchurch on Tuesday, and Dark Horse, Franco Santino and Longueval will ... read more

Jones Get Diamonds Day Double

Bruce Stewart • 29 October, 2020

Burnham trainer Mark Jones became the first trainer to win both the Southland Oaks and the Southern Supremacy Stakes on the same day in the same year, with Stylish Memphis and Burnham Boy winning at A... read more

Playboy Off To The Big Dance

Bruce Stewart • 25 October, 2020

“Good manners won it for him today. He made the handicap half of what it should have been,” co-trainer Ross Wilson commented after Robyns Playboy won the Dan Cummings Memorial Tuapeka Cup – keep... read more

Sentry Marches On

Bruce Stewart • 15 October, 2020

Edendale trainer Craig Laurenson has a lot to thank Invercargill reinsman Rory McIlwrick for, as he nearly sacked Sentry – an impressive winner at Winton today – not once but four times.“I... read more

Bizzie Wins for Baucke

Bruce Stewart • 15 October, 2020

Woodlands trainer Steve Baucke has always liked Bizzie Lou and she won for the stable at the Wairio Meeting today. He bought the filly at the Weanling Sales in Auckland.“She wants to be there. She’s a... read more