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The fields are now complete for the two $500,000 slot races at Addington Raceway on Show Day (November 14). Always Dreaming, a seven-race winner for Nathan Williamson, will fill the slot taken by Arna Donnelly Racing in the Hill, Lee and Scott THE VELOCITY. He is the 10th and final horse to be confirmed. The two emergencies for the races will be : Berrettini (THE VELOCITY) and Illicit Love (THE ASCENT).
Friday Night Lights sees racing at Addington and Auckland tonight as the sport gears up for its biggest week of the year. Ya Rite Darl will start the night’s shortest priced favourite at Addington which will feature five more heats of the World Driving Championship while Arna Donnelly’s team could well be to the fore at Alexandra Park. Ya Rite Darl tuning up for THE ASCENT at Addington By Michael Guerin A late change of plans will see exciting trotting filly Ya Rite Darl head to Addington tonight rather than…
By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk Blair Orange is very much the driver to watch as the World Driving Championship heads to Addington for the first time tonight. The New Zealand rep is currently in fourth place in the WDC at the halfway stage after having a win and two placings at Cambridge on Wednesday night. He is on 68 points, with Canada’s James MacDonald leading the way on 98. He is also on 2999 career wins, needing just one more to become the fourth member of the 3000…
By Jonny Turner Ben Hope has a mountain to climb on Tuesday, but there is business to handle first at Oamaru on Thursday. After going desperately close in the past, Hope will again combine with Muscle Mountain in the Group 1 Renwick Farms Dominion Trot at Addington. Hope and father Greg will balance putting the finishing touches on their three-pronged attack on the renowned trotting event with having starters at Oamaru, as well as Addington on Friday. The Hope stable’s squad of four heading south of the Waitaki includes Franco…
The draws are out for the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup and the Renwick Farms Dominion Trot, to be held at Addington Raceway next Tuesday. And there’s plenty of good news for the favourites. Australian superstar Leap To Fame has drawn 6 in the Cup, with hometown hero Republican Party one inside him at 5 and Merlin at 3 while Victoria Cup winner Kingman has drawn 12 with Akuta at 10. In the Dominion hotshot Australian Jilliby Ballerini has drawn 2, with Muscle Mountain well placed at 7 , Oscar…
The IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup is now less than a week away. And as excitement builds to the second Tuesday of November at Addington Raceway the TAB/Trackside has produced a video that highlights just how special the race, and the day, are. Enjoy.
The fields are all but complete for the two $500,000 slot races at Addington Raceway on Show Day. All 10 runners have been confirmed for the Majestic Horse Floats THE ASCENT while there is one space left in the Hill, Lee and Scott THE VELOCITY. THE ASCENT features top Australian filly Tracy The Jet, trained by Jess Tubbs. She has won eight from 13 including her last six in a row. Tracy The Jet is the favourite with the TAB though there are five runners in single figures – Tracy…
The two big winners at Kaikoura yesterday have been the two biggest movers in the latest and final rankings for the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup and the Renwick Farms Dominion Trot.Both features will highlight a stellar Cup day at Addington Raceway next Tuesday. Father Time was an upset winner of the South Bay Trotters Cup yesterday and as a result has gone from 21st to 12th in the rankings for the Dominion. That guarantees him a start in the $400,000 Group 1. Merlin was always going to be in…
By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk Career win number four at Cambridge last Thursday was enough to secure Eric of Dreams a trip to the Harness 5000 at Ashburton next month. The Vincent three-year-old is trained at Pukekohe by Ray Green and Nathan Delany and is raced by Delany and his mate Cody Evans. “He’s been my project right from the start,” says Delany, “I got him as a yearling and broke him in .. he’s doing well.” Dreams Of Eric has won four from 14 and will have…
By Michael Guerin Merlin’s New Zealand Cup campaign is back on track and he could even be joined by another stablemate in the great race. The five-year-old recorded his first win in nearly a year in the $100,000 Alabar Kaikoura Cup and it was a proper victory too, coming from well off favourite Akuta to overpower him in the last 150m. Akuta led early and was briefly challenged by Sooner The Bettor but Merlin still had to come from a long way back, three wide down the back straight, and…