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Historical GST Input Claims – Refund Update Following the announcement made on 25 July 2024, we are pleased to report that we have successfully refunded $1.46m to 3,800 owners for GST deducted from stakes paid between 2013 and 2018. We are now working to locate the remaining 2,000 owners who have not yet claimed their share, of the remaining $300,000. The majority of the unclaimed refunds are for less than $50. Please note that the refund only affects owners who were not GST registered. There is an option to donate…

By Adam Hamilton  The next few days will decide Leap To Fame’s IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup fate. Trainer-driver Grant Dixon said the champion Aussie pacer “seemed to have picked up” in the couple of days since an untimely virus forced him out of the Group 1 Victoria Cup. But owner Kevin Seymour stressed everything would need to go exactly right in the “next few days” to consider pushing ahead with a planned flight to Auckland with Leap To Fame on November 3. “He would need to get a clean…

Swayzee’s dominant win the Victoria Cup, Coastal Babe’s winning debut in Aussie, and Keayang Zahara’s ninth victory on the bounce all feature in today’s Aussie News.   By Adam Hamilton  Mighty stayer Swayzee rekindled memories of last year’s powerhouse New Zealand Cup win when he added last night’s $300,000 Group 1 Victoria Cup to his growing CV. Just as he did at Addington 11 months ago, Swayzee simply ran his rivals ragged last night. And that’s despite doing a power of early work from a back row draw to circle…

By Jonny Turner  After securing one of the most satisfying wins of his career, Hayden Cullen can cap an outstanding weekend at Oamaru on Sunday. The trainer heads south hot on the heels of producing Winelight to win the $150,000 NZB Standardbred Harness Million Two-Year-Old Fillies Final at Addington on Friday night. While no stranger to big race success following his time with Mark Purdon and the All Stars Stable, Cullen and his family have taken their solo training operation to big heights from humble beginnings, in little over a…

By Michael Guerin Impressive Alexandra Park winner Bazooka is moving to a new home. But that doesn’t mean he is leaving trainer Steven Reid because Reid is the one doing the moving. Reid moves to Canterbury in nine days where he will set up training out of the Rakero Racing property used by Tom Bamford. Reid moves south as his partner Bella Storer is from there and her father, well-known harness racing owner Reg Storer lives there. So the couple will head to Canterbury with 10 horses, including Bazooka. It is…

Bet N Win has again shown his undoubted class with a commanding win in tonight’s Group 3 Dancinginthedark (USA) Canterbury Park Cup Handicap Trot at Addington. The David and Stacey White-trained trotter started quickly and went straight to the lead for driver Bob Butt. From there the win looked a formality, ahead of two longshots in Mystic Max and Love N The Port. Al three now automatically qualify for the $400,000 Renwick Farms Dominion Trot on IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup day on Tuesday, November 12. Impressive at recent trials,…

By Adam Hamilton   Leap To Fame’s $1m IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup quest is not over, but it is hanging by a thread. The champion Aussie pacer was sensationally scratched this afternoon from tomorrow night’s $300,000 Group 1 Victoria Cup at Melton where he was a dominant $1.20 favourite. Trainer-driver Grant Dixon confirmed the five-year-old was battling “a virus of some sort.” It ruined his chance to become only the second pacer to win Australia’s pacing “Gland Slam” – the Victoria Cup, Hunter Cup, Inter Dominion and Miracle Mile.…