Marketplace has gained the early advantage over Got The Chocolates in Friday’s $500,000 slot race at Addington Raceway. The two star three-year-olds have forged quite the rivalry of late and the next installment will come in Race 11, the Hill, Lee and Scott THE VELOCITY on Show day (7.33pm). Got The Chocolates has got the better of recent clashes but on Friday Marketplace has drawn handier at 2, with the Robert and Jenna Dunn-trained star at 6. In the early markets Marketplace is a $1.85 favourite, with Got The Chocolates…
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Big gamble pays off for Kingman in IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup
By Michael Guerin It turns out fortune really does favour the brave. Well, the brave who happen to own a Victoria Cup winner and have $25,000 lying around a week or two out from the IRT New Zealand Cup, which was won in physics-defying fashion by Kingman at Addington. The New South Wales pacer continued Australia’s recent domination of the 3200m thriller by sitting three wide for the last 1400m and still proving too good for favourite and fellow Aussie raider Leap To Fame. It was the second occasion Kingman…
Queensland’s big win in the Renwick Farms Dominion Trot
By Michael Guerin Harness racing had its “Cool Runnings” moment in the $400,000 Renwick Farms Dominion Trot at Addington. You might remember the 1993 movie based on the true story about the first Jamaican Bobsled team to go to the Winter Olympics. Well, that was kind of what Queensland trotter Gus did in New Zealand’s greatest trot race on Tuesday. Except unlike the lads from Jamaica, Gus won. The former rogue whose brain has often struggled to keep up with his legs smashed many of Australasia’s best trotters after a…
James MacDonald wins second WDC title
By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk Canadian James MacDonald has today claimed his second World Driving Championship title, with Kiwi Blair Orange finishing fourth. The 20th and final heat of the WDC was held as part of IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup day at Addington this afternoon. With a 15 point lead going into today MacDonald could only be pipped for the title if he finished last and nearest challenger, Australian Gary Hall junior won. As it turned out neither of those scenarios played out in the Mitre 10…
Carter Dalgety on Republican Party’s NZ Cup chances – “if we can get to the front I won’t be handing up.”
By Michael Guerin One man may hold to the key to today’s $1m IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington. There will be 15 high class pacers from 11 different stables and two countries in our greatest harness race over 3200m but what Carter Dalgety chooses to do in a few crucial seconds around the middle of the race could determine the outcome more than just about anything else. Dalgety drives New Zealand’s leading hope Republican Party, trained by his parents Cran and Chrissie, who have craved a New Zealand…
Is Jilliby Ballerini “too short” in Renwick Farms Dominion Trot?
By Michael Guerin Australian reinsman Jason Lee admits the mystery horse of New Zealand Cup day comes with a risk. So he warns punters Jilliby Ballerini is no good thing even as the surprise $2.80 favourite in today’s $400,000 Renwick Farms Dominion at Addington. While die-hard harness fans may have seen Jilliby Ballerini starring in Victoria recently well over 90 per cent of New Zealand harness racing fans would never have seen her race. Here is the snapshot: Four-year-old mare trained by the same stable as champion youngster Keayang Zahara,…
Who’s hot and who’s not on IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup day?
It’s here! Today is IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup day, the country’s biggest race day. There are 13 races, starting at noon, with the day’s two biggest races, the Renwick Farms Dominion Trot at 4.37pm and the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup at 5.53pm. So to help you navigate the day here are some tips and selections. HOW TO TACKLE NZ CUP DAY By Michael Guerin 1: The Cup, Republican Party (R12, No.5): The little fella isn’t the best horse in the race but I’m not sure there is any…
Draws out for Show Day slot races
The draws have been made for the two $500,000 3YO slot races at Addington Raceway on Show Day (Friday, November 14). In the Hill, Lee and Scott THE VELOCITY Marketplace has got the early advantage, drawing two with arch rival Got The Chocolates at 6 (the outside of the front row). Australian visitor Fate Awaits is at 5, with Rubira one the second row. Of the four fillies in the Majestic Horsefloats THE ASCENT the two highly-rated Australians Gatesys Gem and Tracy The Jet have drawn one and three with…
Out The Gate heads to Cup day
The popular Out The Gate team will be in action tomorrow on racing’s biggest day at Addington Raceway. For the first time the trio of Guy Heveldt, Brendon Popplewell and Mitch James will be spending up large throughout the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup meeting. The high energy show was launched in August and their regular Thursday timeslot on Trackside has attracted a lot of interest. To get involved people need to scan the QR code below and then invest in the “Hosted Pot”. Out The Gate runs like…
Three very different chances for Mitchell at Manawatu today
By Jordyn Bublitz Trainer Fred Mitchell has made the trip to Palmerston North plenty of times before — but today’s Manawatu meeting has a bit of everything with three of his runners set to go around. First up is Cathy Freeman in Race 1, the Te Kawau Mobile Pace. The four-year-old daughter of Sweet Lou steps out for just her second run this campaign after a long break, and while her first-up effort at Cambridge on October 23 didn’t catch the eye, her trainer wasn’t discouraged in the slightest. “She…