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Pembrook Playboy Stamps His Class

Bruce Stewart • 10 October, 2020

Pembrook Playboy showed all the qualities of a horse going places when he beat a tidy field at the Northern Southland Trotting Club Meeting at Ascot Park today.What made the win memorable was that he ... read more

Whisper Breath Taking

Bruce Stewart • 10 October, 2020

Chinese Whisper lit up Ascot Park today, coming from a long way back to win his sixth race and in doing so breaking a track and Southland record.The excitement machine was the highlight of a days raci... read more

Ragazzo Rounds Them Up

Bruce Stewart • 10 October, 2020

Ragazzo Mach lived up to the big rap his connections always give him when he delivered in emphatic style at Ascot Park today.The Mach Three colt had won three workouts and two trials so was well prepp... read more

UDR Brian

Bruce Stewart • 27 September, 2020

Mixing with some of the biggest players in harness racing, training a Group winner in his first season, feeling the pressures of training a champion pacer – all of these have made Southlander Brian O’... read more

SBSR On A Roll

Bruce Stewart • 27 September, 2020

Mach Shard played the lead role in a hot twenty four hours of success for Southern Bred Southern Reared horses on both sides of the Tasman.Jimmy Mack – Photo Bruce StewartThe Mach Three gelding ... read more

Pearls a Gem

Bruce Stewart • 24 September, 2020

“She’s a lot more relaxed now. She used to over race,” said co-trainer John Price after Pearl Harbour impressively won the Mitre 10 Winton Mobile Pace today.Driver Brent Barclay settled the four year ... read more

Southland Harness Awards (1)

Bruce Stewart • 20 September, 2020

This year’s Southland harness award winners will be announced this Saturday.The Awards evening which was scheduled to be held at Ascot Park had to be cancelled due to the implications of COVID-19 but ... read more

Kite Flying

Bruce Stewart • 19 September, 2020

Junior driver Ollie Kite is on a bit of a roll.Having driven his first winner at Winton last week he backed it up with his second at Invercargill on Wednesday when he drove I’m Trouble to win for trai... read more

Max Hill Wins First Race

Bruce Stewart • 19 September, 2020

First season junior driver Max Hill drove his first winner at Ascot Park on Wednesday.Driving Watch Me Now for his bosses Kirstin Barclay and Tank Ellis, Hill pulled all the right reins to get the mar... read more

Kenny In The House

Bruce Stewart • 17 September, 2020

It’s been a long time between wins but Southland owned Jody Direen chalked up her third win and her first for twenty one months when she won in the slush at Ascot Park yesterday.Masked man – Ken... read more