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Kango books his ticket to Christchurch for the Superstars Championship

Being three and four wide didn't stop Kango putting paid to the opposition in what was his first run in 3 weeks. After starting off 35 metres, he was the first to make a move.  His opponents had him close in their sights and they weren't going to let him away with an easy last 800.  He was off the track until DJB ducked in for a breather around the final bend. When he peeled he really knuckled down and sprinted hard.   With open class racing thin on the ground over the next m...

Another Cup for Rough And Ready

In the space of a week Rough And Ready has put two cups on the mantelpiece.  After picking up the Waikato Cup he headed to Palmerston North to contend the Manawatu Cup.  Following a smart beginning from the 10 metre mark he quickly took the lead off stablemate Bad Medicine. He looked the winner a long way from home and cruised away to win by 3 ¾ lengths untouched.     The win pushed him right into contention for the Country Championship which replaces the...

Donnelly doubles up at Cambridge

By Joshua Smith, Harness News DeskIt was a night of doubles for Arna Donnelly at Cambridge Raceway on Thursday night.The local horsewoman secured a quinella in the Waikato Cup (2700m) before she doubled up a race later, getting another quinella in The Race 14th April Mobile Pace (2200m).Rough And Ready led home the stable quinella in the Waikato Cup after a positive drive from David Butcher who took luck out of the equation when he sent his charge forward to the lead with two laps to go.He was a...

We'll settle for two winners and a host of placings

Rough And Ready has been a real keeper for the stable having now won 9 races. It was always going to be hard for the horses off handicaps when this guy rolled along even then dropped a quick last 800m. I was rapt to see him back in winning form....

The run continues with 3 winners on our home turf

It was another great night at the office when we bagged 3 winners and a quinella.  ...

Donnelly's success on and off the track

Harness Racing New ZealandThings are happening in fours for Cambridge trainer Arna Donnelly right now. Last Friday she had four winners at a race meeting - for just the second time in her career - and this week she's bought at least three, and probably, four yearlings at the NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales.Already secured are three colts, to Rock N Roll Heaven, Art Major and Bettor's Delight, with negotiations well advanced for a fourth purchase as well."The Miss Elsie one is the stand out," she...

The cheque book was out at the yearling sales

Arna didn’t miss a beat at the National Standardbred Yearling Sales.  ...

Four wins at Cambridge

On a wet humid night with 14 horses racing, you’d have to think something would go right and it sure did. By the conclusion of the race meeting we had notched up four wins and three seconds including a quinella!...

Harness racing driver Alicia Harrison lucky to be alive after crash

by Dave Di Somma, Harness News DeskLeading junior driver Alicia Harrison says she’s lucky to be alive, but faces months away from the racetrack, after being involved in a head-on crash near Cambridge on Saturday afternoon.“It was very scary,” says Harrison from her bed at Waikato Hospital, “one minute we are having a great time, the next minute we could have all been dead,” Harrison was travelling in a car with three friends when they were struck by a ute travelling south, near Ta...

Kango Steels The Show in the Franklin Cup

There couldn’t have been a better way to end 2021 when Kango took out the Group 2 Franklin Cup.   The further they went the more I thought this isn’t going to end well, but David Butcher clearly wasn’t fazed. After an early tussle with Steel The Show, Kango found the lead however he didn’t get a breather after this. A couple of mid-race dabs clearly weren’t enough to take the sting out of the big boy.  As they turned for home my original thoughts of horror were...