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By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Graeme Rogerson and Dylan Ferguson are hoping they can continue their winning momentum into Alexandra Park tonight. The Hamilton trainers started the week off well when winning with Ahwel in the Barrett Homes – Montiicola Show Home Trot (2200m) at Cambridge Raceway on Thursday night. “It was good to get a win with him. He has been Mr Consistent, and he deserved one,” Ferguson said. They will head north to Auckland tonight where they will line-up a handful of runners, including Wicked Wanda and…

An enforced layoff has Tim Williams itching to get back out on the track at Addington on Friday night. And with the quality of drives he will combine with, there’s no wondering why. Williams links up with a strong line up headed by Heisenberg in Friday night’s feature pace. The pacer was nabbed late by his stablemate Sams Town in a good last start second placing, but this time he meets the winner 10m better off. Williams hopes Heisenberg can bring his usually excellent manners to make full use of…

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By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Cambridge couple Kyle Marshall and Sophie Jefferies are hoping they can leave New Zealand on a high after racing this week. The couple will move across the Tasman to Cranbourne next Wednesday, but they have a couple of goals they want to achieve prior to their departure. On Thursday Marshall will line-up four runners at Cambridge Raceway, including Miss You Bromac in the Lauriston Park Mobile Pace (2200m). Jefferies will be doing the steering behind the mare, who she part-owns, and she is hoping…

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Here’s Greg O’Connor and Darrin Williams with the latest Addington News. 

Arty remains unbeaten Former Australian superstar Lochinvar Art has made it four from four in North America, with a three length win in his latest race at Yonkers in the lucrative MGM Borgata Pacing Series. Trained by Shane, and driven by wife Lauren Tritton, it was the eight-year-old’s 32nd career win. His time was 1:52.8. The series continues for four weeks before the final in late April. The Trittons have also had success with two time Ireland trotter of the year Harry Knows who has now had three wins from…

By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk  Alana Cameron has had a flying start to 2023, and two of the four horses she’s won with this year will line up at Addington today. Cameron will team up with Philadelphia Filly and Rocknroll Diva in the day’s two junior drivers races, the IRT.Your Horse. Our Passion Pace (4.01pm) and the Renwick Farms Pace (5.07pm), as well as Tyke in the NZB Airfreight Mobile Pace (6.16pm). “Its been a really good season so far and it helps when you get the horsepower.”…

The just completed Teal Pants campaign can now claim a new first. In what’s been the most successful campaign wins-wise yet, Team Teal drivers took out 75 races from February 1 – March 15. It eclipsed the previous best of 73 in 2020 – with the final tally for 2023 being $35,000. The annual fund-raiser for ovarian cancer research has been a cause that Harness Racing New Zealand’s been involved in for six years now. Every time a female driver, wearing her teal pants, wins a race a total of…

By Michael Guerin It is advantage Merlin in the early countdown to Friday night’s $135,000 Woodlands Northern Derby after the favourite drew perfectly. And adding further to the appeal of him getting barrier 2 are key rivals Sherlock and Son Of Mac drawing the second line so having to come from behind the dual Harness Million winner. Merlin was only third and peaked on his run in the Sires’ Stakes heat won by Sherlock at Alexandra Park last Friday and the winner was clearly the better of the pair on…