Matamata trainer Karen Fursdon is hoping her stable star Yearn will cop a bit more luck in this year’s running of the Gr.3 Wyndspelle Grangewilliam Stud Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) at Hawera on Saturday. “Two years ago we had a bit of bad luck in the race with the saddle slipping and the jockey just had to let her run she was pulling that hard, they even lost an iron,” Fursdon said. “We put a line through that race.” Fursdon couldn’t be any happier with the daughter of Savabeel after…
Year: 2020
Big Fish Little Fish (BFLF) – October 8
BFLF hosts Michael Guerin and Craig Thompson discuss tonight’s Addington meeting.
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American Lightning to strike at Addington
By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Graeme Anderson got a bit of a surprise when he saw the nominations for the Woodlands Stud NZ Sires’ Stakes Series (Heat 1) Mobile Pace (1980m) earlier in the week. The Westwood Beach trainer has targeted Friday’s race at Addington Raceway with in-form pacer American Lightning who will be met by two of the country’s most exciting three-year-old’s – Krug and It’s All About Faith. Krug won the Listed Harness Million 1 C & G Final (2200m) and finished runner-up in the Gr.1 Sires’…
Four wave boxing method in numbers
Due to Covid-19, the four-wave boxing process was introduced across all Victorian greyhound tracks to comply with the Governments requirements to socially distance. A comparison review of the winning success from both the original two-wave boxing process (from the past two years) and current four-wave boxing process was recently completed to analyse the changes. GRV will continually monitor the figures while the four-wave boxing procedure is in place. Winning success by box number Box Number All 2018 & 2019 (2 wave) % 2 April – 30 September 2020 (4 wave)…
Kayla’s Great plans for Big Jo
Teenager Kayla Cottrell couldn’t have asked for a better start to her training career and she’s set to take a huge step towards a fairy tale feature victory at Cranbourne on Wednesday night. Just six months after gaining her trainer’s license, the 18-year-old is shooting for Group glory in the heats of the TAB Great Chase with kennel newcomer Big Jo. Cottrell, daughter of successful trainers and educators Dave Knocker and Janet Cottrell, started training in her own right in April and she’s enjoying a wonderful strike rate with her…
Anthony Butt lands gun drive in Victoria Cup
By Adam Hamilton The Victoria Cup driver jigsaw puzzle is falling into place. With Luke McCarthy not getting the permit he needed to head to Melbourne and return home without quarantining, the rush was on for drivers. Anthony Butt has landed the drive on King Of Swing, who McCarthy was to drive. King Of Swing is one of Craig Cross’ five runners. The other drivers confirmed so far are: John Caldow (Balraj), Bling It On (Kate Gath) and Josh Aiken (Cash N Flow). That just leaves Cross to confirm a…
The Box Seat – Oct 8
How is the IRT New Zealand Cup shaping up? Watch Greg O’Connor and Michael Guerin talk about this and other hot harness racing-related topics on this week’s edition of The Box Seat.
Sophisticardo wins in eventful debut
The Jamie Richards-trained juvenile Sophisticardo (NZ) (Burgundy) proved too good for his rivals when winning over 800m at Avondale on Wednesday. Sent out the $1.40 favourite in a small field of four, Sophisticardo, a son of Burgundy, will derive good benefit from the outing after being slow into stride and coping with a riderless horse to his outside early in the contest after rival Brix dropped jockey Ashvin Goindasamy coming out of the barriers. Ridden by Troy Harris, Sophisticardo scored by a comfortable two and three-quarter lengths and banked some…
Il Affare looks the deal
Peter and Dawn Williams unleashed a three-year-old filly of promise when Il Affare (NZ) (Dundeel) broke maiden ranks over 1600m at Avondale on Wednesday. The daughter of Dundeel had bumped into a couple of smart gallopers previously, having finished second to Vamos Bebe two starts back before closing well for fourth behind the highly-touted Rocket Spade at her most recent start. Sporting the colours of Greg Tomlinson’s Nearco Stud, Il Affare came with a well-timed run under Ashvin Goindasamy and relished stepping up to a mile to win by a…