By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Derek Balle is looking forward to heading to Alexandra Park on Friday night where he will line-up a quartet of runners. His charge will be led by three-year-old trotter Chicago H who will start from behind the 30m tape in the Lone Star Alexandra Park Handicap Trot (2200m). Balle said Chicago H has taken plenty of time to mature, but he believes the colt is now starting to show his ability. “He is improving and is trotting more solidly,” Balle said. “He has been…
Year: 2021
Whale Watch – Methven – Today (Friday)
Craig “The Whale” Thompson takes us through today’s Methven Trotting Club meeting at Mt Harding.
Chmiel trio set for Methven return
By Jonny Turner With tailormade conditions at Methven on Friday, Scared Stiff just needs a slice of luck to get reward for his consistent recent form. Rather than scared stiff, the Terry Chmiel trained pacer was dead stiff when running an unlucky third in his last start at Oamaru. Chmiel weaved a path up the home straight and when clear the four-year-old hit the line powerfully for a close up third. Scared Stiff looks to get an ideal opportunity to go two places better under race 9’s 1700m standing start…
Selections | Methven – Today
Trottech’s selections for Methven today – Friday October 29. Head to www.tab.co.nz to place your bet! Race TrottechForm Analyst Race 12.15pm 11 Galleons Ambassador8 Show The Way12 Love Rose4 Awesome Impee Race 22.51pm 8 Stoked To Haver1 Nikki Noto 12 Morries Girl6 Snow Robyn Race 33.32pm 12 Reformed1 Cut Art9 Phone Tap3 She’s Got Style Race 44.10pm 1 Franco Cornel5 Belle’s Boy9 King Arthur11 Magic Sign Race 54.37pm 13 Prince Teka7 Sonoma Tyron 2 Shiffty12 Prince Ranier Race 65.12pm 1 Betterthanhope4 Arden’s Sweetheart14 Franco Maren11 Scelta Uno Race 75.37pm 4 Rollyarrrz11 Taliesin2 Eyecon13…
Clark ‘unleashes’ Northern Districts beauty
Echuca trainer Rod Clark is optimistic lightly-raced youngster My Name’s Stacey can provide him with back-to back victories in the Group 3 Shepparton Workwear and Safety Northern Districts Cup (450m) on Saturday night. Clark won the race in 2020 with Sonny Daze and this weekend will always hold special memories as his other Group success came in the 2011 G2 (at the time) Hume Cup with Shintaro Samurai. My Name’s Stacey has come a long way in a very short time. After running second on debut at Shepparton on September…
Chatter the talk of Cranbourne
A rejuvenated Graeme Jose is daring to dream of a fairy tale home-track feature victory with his veteran sprinter Lots Of Chatter in Saturday night’s Group 2 RAM Security Cranbourne Cup final (520m). Jose, who prepares a boutique team at Catani, has remarkably qualified both Lots Of Chatter (Box 3) and Aston Shine (box 5) for back-to-back country cups, after the in-form pair also contested the recent G2 Bendigo Cup final. Lots Of Chatter, the winner of 31 from 85 and three of his last four, ran a gallant second…
In The Congo New Favourite for 2021 Coolmore Stud Stakes
The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Golden Rose winner In The Congo is well-supported heading south on Victoria Derby Day as the new favourite in betting for Flemington’s Group 1 $1.5 million Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m). 2021 Golden Rose Stakes winner In The Congo is well-supported to win Saturday’s 2021 Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington. Photo: Steve Hart. One of four elite level races on the opening day of the coveted Melbourne Cup Carnival, the time-honoured sprint up the iconic ‘Straight Six’ at HQ has drawn a star-studded field of…
Open 2021 Empire Rose Stakes Field & Betting Market
The bookies are having a hard time separating the top three mares in Saturday’s Group 1 $1 million Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) with Colette, Mystic Journey and Tofane all presenting as livewire chances in the opening elite level on Derby Day. Colette is one of the top fancied mares in Saturday’s 2021 Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington. Photo: Steve Hart. Victoria Derby Day features four Group 1 races starting with the female gallopers facing off in the Empire Rose Stakes, the mile showdown attracting a class field of 15 in…
Brown chasing career highlight at Flemington
Young Cranbourne trainer Matthew Brown has such a good opinion of Prix De Turn (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) that he is trying to land the colt’s maiden win in a stakes race on Victoria Derby Day. Prix De Turn runs in the Gr.3 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday at start number three and is coming off a last start seventh in the Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m). A setback before Prix De Turn’s debut second at Sandown in September resulted in the colt being behind schedule, but Brown…
Stakes increase for Taupo Cup
The Taupo Racing Club have announced this year’s Harcourts Taupo Cup will run for a stake of $65,000 on December 30. The club are very grateful to the support for the day from Harcourts Taupō, The Poverty Bay Turf Club and a host of local cup supporters from the Taupō Community. All trainers with a horse in the cup field will go into a draw for a two week holiday at The Peninsular Resort in Mooloolaba with a two bedroom apartment valued at $4000. Furthermore, all winning trainers on the…