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Maui reels in main trot

Bruce Stewart • 4 January, 2024

Today’s Ruggedy Charters Handicap Trot was a huge drop in class for Tinwald trotter Maui and his talent shone through, beating Vertigo and making it a father, son and sire (Peak) quinella.Maui began w... read more

Indie in the zone

Bruce Stewart • 2 January, 2024

Blair Orange pulled the right rein in today’s harness racing feature at Omakau the $40,000 Group Three Ranfurly Transport Ltd/RD Petroleum FFA.Orange knew todays feature was always going to be tactica... read more

Smokin hot to trot

Bruce Stewart • 2 January, 2024

Smokin Bandar (Monkey Bones) won his twelfth race at the Omakau harness racing course today when he took out the $30,000 Andrew May Contracting/Alexandra New World FFA.Smokin Bandar parading before hi... read more

Roxburgh celebrates 75 years

Bruce Stewart • 31 December, 2023

On Thursday the Roxburgh Trotting Club will celebrate 75 years of harness racing.Formed in 1932 the Club held its first race meeting in 1933. The early meetings were non-totalisator and it wasn’t unti... read more

Records tumble at Gore

Bruce Stewart • 28 December, 2023

Five track records were broken yesterday on the newly resurfaced Gore harness racing track.Sand Wave’s winning time of 3-18.7 in the Gore Cup was a new track record, beating Pulp Fiction’s 2015 record... read more

Da Vinci caps off great season

Bruce Stewart • 27 December, 2023

The Wyndham trained Da Vinci (Art Major) won his sixth race today at the Gore Harness Racing Club’s Christmas meeting.“He’s done a good job winning a couple of races in Canterbury and has been really ... read more

Andy Hall gets win for Hunters and Dunns

Bruce Stewart • 27 December, 2023

Today’s win at the Gore Harness Racing Clubs meeting by Andy Hall (Andover Hall) was his first since May 2022.The giant squaregaiter began his career with Nathan Williamson, winning eight races. Today... read more

Sand Wave wins Gore Cup in record time

Bruce Stewart • 27 December, 2023

Sand Wave’s (Somebeachsomewhere) win in today’s Mataura Licensing Trust Gore Pacing Cup capped off a premiership winning year for Branxholme harness racing trainer and driver Nathan Williamson and hig... read more

Christmas Update from the South!

Southern Harness Racing • 24 December, 2023

Click here for the Christmas newsletter from Southern HarnessWishing you all the very best over the Christmas period.  Stay Safe xx ... read more

First Group One for Whites and O'Reilly

Bruce Stewart • 23 December, 2023

It was a coming of age yesterday for the Ashburton harness racing duo of Brent and Tim White and their stable driver Sarah O’Reilly when they all won their first Group One race.“It’s mind blowing for ... read more