By Michael Guerin Young driving star Carter Dalgety doesn’t believe in taking short cuts but he is willing to make an exception if it helps him land a couple of Group 1s at Alexandra Park tonight. Dalgety is leading the charge for the army of talented youngsters in harness racing, up for any challenge with a smile on his face. A talented First 15 rugby player when he was at school he started his own fashion line while still at university, drove a couple of Group 1 winners and then…
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ANZAC Rugby League and Racing night at Addington
It will be an ANZAC day with a difference at Addington. In what is the first collaboration between the One NZ Warriors, Harness Racing New Zealand and Addington Raceway a special ANZAC League and Racing Night will be held. The collaboration was announced in March. A 10 race programme will get underway at 2.55 pm on Friday with the final race at 7.12pm giving league fans plenty of time to head across the road to Apollo Projects Stadium to see the One NZ Warriors take on the Newcastle Knights, with…
Aaron White goes race-to-race at Alexandra Park
With five Group 1s it’s a big night of racing at Alexandra Park on Friday night. Here are commentator Aaron White’s thoughts on the night, courtesy of trackside.co.nz Race 1 – 5:14pm. $25,000 CLASSIQUE LANDSCAPERS MOBILE PACE 2200m 2 Hooray Henry, 11 Cos I Can, 10 Seaclusion, 8 The Surfer We haven’t seen Hooray Henry on the track for 91 days. He does have the “big” scalp of Copy That on his CV. Drawn to be prominent and can give some cheek at nice odds. Cos I Can is…
Recent recruit among Stratford’s chances at Invercargill today
By Jonny Turner Tony Stratford’s new recruits are clearly thriving in Southland. Now the Gore trainer is hoping that translates to winning race day form at Ascot Park on Thursday. Stratford is taking three runners to the Diamonds Day warm-up meeting, including a new addition to his stable in La Dama. The six-year-old joined Stratford’s barn after producing ordinary form in Canterbury and Manawatu recently, but that looks set to change after two nice workout wins in Southland. “I am not sure why she is so badly out of form,”…
Marketplace “improved” for this Friday’s Northern derby at Alexandra Park
By Michael Guerin Punters taking the short odds about star three-year-old Marketplace can expect the best version of him in the $200,000 Woodlands Northern Derby on Friday night. That is the opinion of trainer Regan Todd as he prepares the $1.55 favourite for the first Group 1 of his season. Nobody doubts Marketplace is our best three-year-old pacer but he has been beaten in two of his last three starts, both times when storming home after the winner put too much of a break on him. The latest was at…
Minstrel rockets into favouritism for $1.25m Nullabor
By Adam Hamilton Successful Kiwi horseman David Butt is grateful for the day five years ago when Minstrel failed a vet test. Leading Western Australian trainers Greg and Skye Bond had landed on a deal to buy the then emerging three-year-old and the last box to tick was a vet check. “He’d just run third in the Flying Stakes, the last lead-up for the NZ Derby, and the offer was a good one,” Butt recalled. “He was as good as sold, but failed the vet when they found he had…
Aussies adding intrigue at Alexandra Park
Presenter-driver-trainer Brittany Graham knows a thing or two about racing on both sides of the Tasman and now that the Queenslander is working for Trackside in this country she’s (reluctantly) agreed to write a weekly column on anything she thinks is relevant, topical or even fun. The Aussie unknowns this Friday at Alexandra Park By Brittany Graham While the Australian flavour in the north has been strong for the last month, there is added intrigue in Friday night’s Alexandra Park premier race card. It comes in the form of a…
The Box Seat – April 23
Check out this week’s The Box Seat ahead of Auckland’s big night with five Group 1s and Invercargill’s Diamonds Day.
News Briefs : April 23
A slightly-delayed return for Keayang Zahara, changes to syndicates and stakes payments, and a Derby champion still winning seven years later all feature in this week’s News Briefs. Skin issue delays trotter’s return Boom Australian trotting mare Keayang Zahara’s racetrack return has been delayed by at least a week. But driver Jason Lee says the four-year-old, who created such a stir with three dominant Addington wins late last year, remained on target for the $100,000 Group 1 Macarthur Mile at Menangle on May 10.“She’s had a bit of a skin…
Reminder : 2025 NZB Yearling Sales – Transfers of Ownership
This is a reminder that even if you haven’t finalised the ownership for the yearling purchased at the NZB Standardbred National Yearling Sales earlier this year, you are still required to submit a transfer of ownership by Friday, May 2, 2025. The transfer document will have been sent to you by NZ Bloodstock, providing the horse has been paid for in full. This initial transfer is FREE, however if a subsequent transfer is required after this date, the normal $85 fee will apply. If the ownership is still to be…