By Michael Guerin Cambridge maiden winner Clear Left has a lot to live up to but he has at least started off on the right hoof. The son of Art Major was a winner at just his second start on Thursday night, clinging on to beat Rockafilly in the hands of Crystal Hackett, giving the in-form young driver her 50th career success, half of those this year. Trainer John Dickie says the win won’t be Clear Left’s last as he is at the improving stage of his young career but…
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Talented Telfer stablemates in action tonight
By Jonny Turner Spring must be right around the corner with more big guns to be rolled out at Addington on Friday night. In the pacing ranks Allamericanlover and Anything Goes both return to racing while age-group trotting star Mystic Max will take his first step towards the Dominion. Allamericanlover will step out alongside her stablemate Aardie’s Express in the National Handicap. While Aardie Express has the benefit of race fitness after having one run back, trainer Amanda Telfer has warned Allamericanlover isn’t far behind her. “Allamericanlover’s last trial was…
Rasmussen back as top pacers return to Addington
By Michael Guerin The open class pacing scene awakens from its winter slumber at Addington tonight and it also sees the return of one of the greats. The National Handicap hosts only a small field after two scratchings but in Anything Goes and Aardie’s Express it boasts two of the more exciting open class newcomers as well as a proven Group 1 winner in Allamericanlover. Aardie’s Express went a huge race before blowing out late in her first start after a 10-month break last time out and should be significantly…
Jason Wood … Jack and Jill went up the hill
By Rob Courtney Part owner/breeder of four-year-old Auckland Reactor mare Baltimore Jill, Jason Wood was adamant that his mare had more to offer and deserved a second chance. The full sister to Baltimore Jack (six wins) had been placed twice in her first 14 starts, not exactly a great return on the investment, but as the other owners’ enthusiasm began to wane, Wood decided to put his money where his thinking was and bought the others out and immediately transferred the mare to Loburn trainer Andrew Stuart. From her new…
Addington Weekly : August 10
Here’s Greg O’Connor with the latest Addington News.
Southern racing resumes at Winton today
By Jonny Turner Formlines will collide when harness racing resumes in the southern region at Winton on Thursday. A break of almost six weeks without racing will end when a seven-race card gets underway at Central Southland Raceway. The programme features clashes between horses coming in fresh after last racing in June, those coming back from longer spells and horses who bring race fitness after competing at Addington lately. The Lyndon Bond trained Step It Up A Notch is among those who have the benefit of recent racing. And in…
Claude and Crystal look in-form combo at Cambridge
By Michael Guerin One of the biggest movers of the pacing ranks in 2023 will remain a New Zealand Cup contender until he tells his connections otherwise. Nicholas Cage emerged from lower grade three-year-old in December to earn a spot in The Race By Grins by April, claiming some big scalps along the way through the autumn. Trainers Andrew and Lyn Neal say he is a different horse now after his winter spell and he has earned a New Zealand Cup campaign. “Last season when we took him down south…
News Briefs – August 9
Telfers hit 200 Aardiebytheseaside’s win at Auckland last Thursday gave the brother-sister combo of Steve and Amanda Telfer their 200th training success. They brought up the milestone from 1259 starts, with their first winner being Cloudy Bay at Auckland in August 2020. Steve also has 190 wins when in partnership with Chris Garlick (2012-17), 28 with Amanda and Hayden Cullen (2023) and 131 on his own account, from 2008 to 2020. That gives Steve Telfer 549 wins overall, with Amanda at 228. Upsets on one of North America’s biggest days…
Orange to wear silver fern at world championships
By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk The country’s top driver Blair Orange leaves on Friday to take on the world’s best. In many respects, it’s a trip into the unknown. The Canterbury-based reinsman will compete at the World Drivers’ Championships in Europe. The championships will be contested over 20 races at four different tracks at three different countries – the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium – from August 14-18. Ten drivers from all over the world will be involved, with the winner of each race receiving 17 points and then…
Will Redwood … the Clerking Cowboy
By Rob Courtney Will Redwood will have been ‘clerking’ in Canterbury for two years come this November and is living his dream. “Fancy having a job in New Zealand riding your own horse and getting paid for it,” he says. So apart from assisting his good mate Craig Wiggins at the Canterbury tracks as a clerk of the course what do we know about Will Redwood? Timaru-educated (Roncalli College) and raised on a Marlborough back block farm, where both parents were ‘horsey’, Redwood spent most of his teenage holidays in…