#Addington Raceway

Akuta (Bettor's Delight), the reigning New Zealand two-year-old of the year, and his co-trainer Mark Purdon made a big statement when taking out the time-honoured Hannon Memorial on Sunday afternoon (Sep. 18) in Oamaru. While the 2600m journey was a sedate affair (3:20.1) and the second slowest Hannon since 2005, the manner in which in Akuta was…

Sunday afternoon (27 Nov.) harness racing at Addington Raceway posed as a last-chance saloon for some of the budding juveniles hopeful of working their way into calculations for the upcoming Grand Prix Day at the same track this weekend. With entry qualifications based on stake money earnt, only the top 13 two-year-olds in each gait and sex will…

Friday night (25 Nov.) harness racing action at Addington Raceway will be remembered as a night where the trotting females in our racing population were duly rewarded, with the first ever Group One fillies trot and the richest race feature for trotting mares run on the same programme. The measures for success were there for all to see. Two capacity…

Due to the Covid-19 Delta outbreak, New Zealand Trotting Cup organisers had to make the unfortunate call to host harness racing's big day without a crowd. Much like Melbourne's'crowdless cup' last year, attendance at Tuesday's New Zealand Trotting Cup will be limited to members, corporate partners, owners and workers, with no public…

After a good yarn with Mark Jones early morning yesterday, I come away thinking I must put a few dollars on some of his runners for tonight's (Oct. 6) harness racing action at Addington Raceway. The fact I'm sitting here late on a Thursday night writing and not bothering to watch the last leg of pick six and the quaddie tells the story! Hopefully,…

Canterbury harness racing heads to Addington tomorrow night (Oct 6.) and while some of the stars on the track will be racing at Methven later in the week, the meeting has attracted some firepower of its own. Heats of the Sires Stakes two-year-old series for the boys and the girls are to be contested, and so too another heat of the Nevele R Fillies…

Sunday afternoon Harness Racing at Phar Lap Raceway was given a little extra spice with the injection of the Spring Rewards series for horses that battle round in the rating system. Races seven through ten were run for an upgraded stake of $20000 and were met with a fantastic response. Full fields and even betting races are always a hit with the…

Harness racing action heads to Addington Raceway tomorrow night (30th Sep.) for an action-packed twelve-race card, headlined by the 52nd edition of the time-honoured Canterbury Classic at Group Two level. The likes of Self Assured, Spankem, Cranbourne, and South Coast Arden will be making their race day resumptions as the road to the New Zealand…

Once again, we highlight some of the harness racing breeding successes from around the country for the week ending the 25 of September. Leading Pacing Sire: Bettor's Delight | 6 winners Leading Trotting Sire: Peak | 3 winners Leading Pacing Broodmare Sire: Christian Cullen | 6 winners Leading Trotting Broodmare Sire: Sundon | 3 winners Not much…

Friday night (23 Sep.) harness racing heads to Alexandra Park where the first Group One of the Spring will headline a fantastic 11-race programme. While Caduceus Club Classic and Spring Cup will draw most of the attention on the night, there is also the first North Island heat of the iconic Nevele R Fillies Series along with the 24 running of the…

Friday nights feature at Addington Raceway will see a handy bunch of eight three-year-old's greeting starter Ricky Donnelly and the IRT mobile barrier for the eighth running of the Sires Stakes Harness 7000. The $40000 Listed event over the 1980m is a unique concept in that it presents the runners and their connections with an opportunity to race…