By Adam Hamilton The secret is out of the bag. Now we know why Australia’s top trotter isn’t going to New Zealand next month … he’s going to Sweden instead. Trainer Jess Tubbs confirmed connections had accepted an invite to tackle the world’s best trotters in the iconic Elitlopp at the Solvalla track in Stockholm, Sweden on May 28. Just Believe will become just the seventh Down Under trotter to contest the Elitlopp, four of those have been New Zealanders. The first was Petite Evander (1977 & ’78) then came her…
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Live barrier draw for the Race by Grins tonight
The live barrier draw for the $1m Race by Grins at Cambridge Raceway on April 14, will be conducted tonight. The draw will be part of a “Trots Talk Special” hosted by Michael Guerin and Greg O’Connor on SENZ radio at 6pm on Easter Monday. It can also be viewed here on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPOAlklZJn8 The head of the Racing Integrity Board Mike Clement will be in the studio to oversee proceedings. Cambridge Raceway will also tweet the barrier draws as they happen. To listen to the broadcast, ensure you have the SENZ…
Aussie News : April 9
By Adam Hamilton Former star Kiwi-bred mare Nike Franco could be as good as a mum as she was on the racetrack. Her first foal, a Somebeachsomewhere colt called Bay Of Biscay, oozed class and potential winning his first start in the Shakamaker Classic at Melton on Saturday night. More importantly, co-trainer Emma Stewart declared him the stable’s best two-year-old. “He’s big and raw and will take time to get everything together, but he’s got terrific talent,” she said. “As the season goes on you’ll see how good he really…
Carter Dalgety one to watch at Motukarara
By Jonny Turner Carter Dalgety heads to the Motukarara grass for a rare opportunity on Sunday. The junior driver admitted he can’t remember the last time the Kentuckiana Lodge team took runners to a grass track meeting. But the Cran and Chrissie Dalgety stable could make a triumphant return to racing on turf with their two runners on Sunday. Darby O’Gill looks a royal winning chance following his fourth behind Triple G at Addington on premier night. Triple G has made that form look even better when running second behind…
Devon van Til – “it’s been a huge week”
By Michael Guerin Devon van Til capped a dream week when one of her two favourite fellas Anything Goes won the $45,000 Coca Cola Superstars at Addington on Saturday. Because while the giant pacer she loves gave the 31-year-old junior driver the biggest win of her career, an unplaced drive earlier at the day meeting also heralded the start of a new phase in her career. Van Til last week started working for Mark and Nathan Purdon at the All Stars and as if the chance to work with some…
Countdown on to the $1m Race by Grins
The barrier draw for the $1m Race by Grins at Cambridge Raceway on April 14, will be conducted live on SENZ radio. The draw will be part of a “Trots Talk Special” hosted by Michael Guerin and Greg O’Connor on SENZ at 6pm on Easter Monday. The head of the Racing Integrity Board Mike Clement will be in the studio to oversee proceedings. Cambridge Raceway will also tweet the barrier draws as they happen. To listen to the broadcast, ensure you have the SENZ app downloaded on your phone, or…
Heisenberg’s chance to be a Superstar
By Michael Guerin New Zealand’s most in-form stable could be the team to follow as Addington returns to an Easter Saturday day meeting today. And driver John Dunn, the main man behind the best of Diamond Racing’s horses week in week out says the highly competitive make up of today’s Cocoa Cola Superstars Championships could suit the ultra consistent Heisenberg. Heisenberg starts off the second line in the Group 2 feature over 2600m but the front line is stacked with hard-running speedsters and Dunn says that is ideal. “I really…
All Stars continue remarkable sequence in Kindergarten Stakes
By Jonny Turner It might have been freezing, but it didn’t matter to Kirstin Green who made the most of her catch drive behind Vessem when winning the Group 2 Kindergarten Stakes at Wyndham. The skies above Young Quinn Raceway were angry on Thursday, but the plummeting temperatures and sticky track only made Vessem’s performance more impressive. Despite sitting parked throughout the time-honoured juvenile feature, the Mark and Nathan Purdon trained pacer held out the late finish of his stablemate Major Hot to extend the All Stars stable’s incredible record…
Rasmussen makes triumphant return with Self Assured
By Michael Guerin The queen of New Zealand harness racing was back doing what she does best at Cambridge on Thursday night and the punters who stuck with Self Assured loved every second of it. Natalie Rasmussen, who had not driven in a race this season until Thursday, produced a gem of a drive to get Self Assured home in the $45,000 Dunstan Feeds Cambridge Flying Mile even after he started from the outside of the front line. The race was the final lead-up to the $1million Race by Grins…
Wyndham punting guide for today
Macca Lodge Kindergarten Stakes Day has arrived and the Wyndham HRC can’t wait to see who will write their name into the history books today.To make life easier for the punters we have produced a comprehensive betting guide for today’s meeting.Check it out Wyndham Winners – Race 1After producing excellent second placings, Kowhai Sundown ventures south in the hope of securing a deserved win.With great manners and reliability, he looks a huge chance of getting it. Ruby Seddon has been fronting up and running great races for weeks now and…