Trottech’s selections for Timaru today. Race TrottechForm Analyst Race 112.35pm 9 Fourth Amendment8 Forty Wives3 Bolzano1 Edge Sheeran Race 21.00pm 10 Downtown Orlando5 Bullit Train6 Curator1 King Of Diamonds Race 31.25pm 6 Chase The Stars13 Rockenroll Graduate12 Louie Vista2 Rebound Race 41.50pm 4 Te Rapa6 Kink8 Tom Brady5 Sue’s Dash Race 52.16pm 1 Killinchy Kid10 Ambleside Drive11 Major Cheddar12 Loch Lomond Race 62.41pm 8 Tedesco6 Buffy Northstains5 Boyz Invasion9 Prince Teka Race 73.06m 9 Ideal Double1 Mossdale Terry8 Killarney Dance5 Mighty Reactor Race…
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Bond has “royal” chance in his team at Winton
by Jonny Turner Lyndon Bond’s team at Winton on Saturday are ready to meet their challenges head-on. Bond lines up six runners on the nine-race card at Central Southland Raceway, including several key winning threats. Mamma Mia is one of them, she looks the horse to beat in race 5 given the quality of horses she’s raced in the past. Barrier 7 means the race will hardly be straight forward for the mare and driver Sarah O’Reilly, but Bond thinks they are up to the task. “Her work has been…
Purdons quinella Auckland Cup as Akuta upsets Self Assured
By Michael Guerin Rarely do big races that go so wrong end as right as the Auckland Cup did for the All Stars at Alexandra Park on Friday night. Our greatest stable, under its latest version of father and son trainers Mark and Nathan Purdon, quinellaed the iconic race with Akuta and Self Assured, the pair holding out the surprise late charge of Smiffys Terror, with Copy That a fighting fourth. Akuta was in danger of even missing the Cup when he was forced out of the final lead-up, the…
Love N The Port upsets Muscle Mountain in Rowe Cup
By Michael Guerin Ignorance proved to be bliss as it gave young driver Matty Williamson the biggest win of his career behind Love N The Port in the Reharvest Rowe Cup at Alexandra Park on Friday night. Williamson wrote the latest chapter of his famous family’s story in our greatest trotting races, with his father Phil and brother Nathan and Brad having already driven trotting winners at the highest level. “But I’m the first one to drive a Rowe Cup winner,” quipped Matty, fuelling the fires of the faux family…
Doubles the trend at Addington last night
By Mike Love, Harness News Desk Addington Raceway provided doubles for drivers, trainers and sires last night. The Williamson family combined with three wins (Krackaling, Majestic Love and Jimmy Carter) and two placings from six runners. Majestic Love picked up her third win from eight starts when she won race 3, the Resource and Recycling Trot over 2000m from the stand. It was not an unexpected victory, starting favorite and with plenty of confidence in the camp. “She’s a nice little trotter. Good manners and pretty solid,” said Phil Williamson.…
Superstar Legend brings up the ton in style
By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk Could there be a better way to celebrate your 100th start? Last night Superstar Legend, trained by Michael House and driven by son Wilson, won at big odds at Addington for the second time this month. “At start 100 that was pretty cool for her to win it,” Wilson House told Harness Unhinged’s Nigel Armstrong post race, “it was a tremendous effort.” She was the outsider of the eight-horse field in the Woodlands Stud Thanks Our Buyers Fillies and Mares Mobile Pace. House…
Muscle Mountain in record-breaking form ahead of Rowe Cup
By Michael Guerin Muscle Mountain may have missed the final lead-up race to tonight’s $180,000 Reharvest Rowe Cup but that could be the best thing to happen to him. The giant trotter will start long odds-on in the Group 1 after a totally dominant autumn and as clearly the best trotter in the country bad luck, manners or below-par fitness would seem his greatest dangers tonight. While he hasn’t raced for a month his trainers Greg and Nina Hope are certain fitness isn’t a concern after Muscle Mountain broke the…
$52,000 top price at weanling sales
A Bettor’s Delight – Asabella filly has been the sales topper at today’s NZB Standardbred National Weanling Sale at Karaka. Described by Woodlands Stud manager Tony Grayling before the sales as “a stand out on breeding and type”, she was purchased by Peter Lagan Standardbreds for $52,000. More than 120 weanlings went through the ring this afternoon. The second highest price went to Lot 109, a Downbytheseside – Utmost Delight filly. She sold for $50,000 to Tumby Park (New South Wales). There was strong buying from across the Tasman. For…
Vale Maurice O’Leary
A popular and successful trainer for over 30 years, Maurice O’Leary is being remembered as a “genuine type of guy” with very high standards. Among his achievements was training a New Zealand Cup day quinella. In the very first race on November 12 1991, O’Leary drove Jenny’s Rocket to victory, with stablemate Jenny’s Comet and Colin DeFilippi finishing second, three quarters of a length away. Having learned his early trade with Basil Lynskey, O’Leary started training in the late 1970s. He was based at West Melton, just outside Christchurch. He…
Krackling heads handy Williamson team
By Mike Love, Harness News Desk North Otago trainers Phil, Brad and Matthew Williamson head north to Addington today with a team of strong winning chances. Krackaling ($1.75FF) resumes in what will be arguably lesser company than she met in her 2 year-old campaign when she goes around in Race 1 tonight. The 3 year-old What The Hill filly has not raced since September last year. With 2 trials to prepare for tonight’s resumption, winning one of those at Oamaru, expectations are high in the Williamson camp. “We expect her…