#Art Major

Breeding authority Peter Wharton presents all the harness racing news on breeding from Australia, New Zealand and North America every week brought to you by Garrard's Horse & Hound. Cups double to Major Meister Major Meister, a son of the American sire Art Major, has been the star of the Country Cups racing in Victoria. He won the $100000…

The 2023 harness racing season might still be in its infancy, but Prebbleton horseman John McDermott and his bonny mare Supreme Gem (Christian Cullen) have made every post a winning one thus far. In the span of eight days, three daughters of Supreme Gem have chalked up race wins at South Island meetings, giving McDermott and his wife Christine…

Trainer John Nissen and reinswoman Bec Bartley ticked off significant milestones when talented trotter Locksley Lover claimed the Vicbred Super Series four-year-old entires and gelding final at Melton on New Year's Eve. For Nissen, a Locksley farmer and hobby trainer, and Bartley, a Shepparton trainer and reinswoman, it was their first Group One…

The win of Dannemora (Betting Line) on day one (26 Dec.) of the Westport meeting at Patterson Park yesterday was a proper harness racing family affair. The three-year-old filly was prepared by Ohoka horseman, Tom Bagrie, driven by his cousin, John Dunn, and the extended family were on hand to soak in the spoils including four time champion North…

For the Harness Racing purist, Grand Prix Day is bigger than Cup Day and Robert and Jenna Dunn have the third biggest team at Sunday's (Dec. 3) feature day. Robert Dunn gave Bruce Stewart an insight into the Dunn team readying to race at Addington. #10 Highgrove (Love You) "We were really happy with his last run. It was a good bounce back by the…

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…

Canterbury breeder Simon Pulley is full of optimism for harness racing in New Zealand. As a young lad living on the West Belt in Rangiora close to the racecourse, Simon always had an interest in horses. "My parents built a house on forestry land so there were trees between us and the racecourse. I remember walking across when the races were on. Way…

DOVER, Del. - Odds-on favorites Misty Coast (Powerful Mist -Cruisinthecoast) and Killer Stripes (Badlands Hanover -Tiger Style) both completed sweeps of their respective preliminary rounds in the Delaware Standardbred Breeders' Fund (DSBF) harness racing series for 2-year-old pacing fillies at Bally's Dover with strong front-end wins on Wednesday…

Kiwi pacer Major Perry's (Art Major) hopes of upsetting the Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin juggernaut for a second successive week have been cruelled by an awful draw in the $200000 Breeders Crown 3YO colts and geldings harness racing final at Melton on Saturday night. Major Perry's semi-final win last Saturday night was the only win by a pacer…

Ascot Park harness racing trainer Jeremy Douglas notched up a notable double at Winton today (Nov 13) when Minnie McGoogan (Pegasus Spur) and Macandrew Navigator (Sir Lincoln) won the last two races on the eight race card. MINNIE MCGOOGAN REPLAY It was the first time as a trainer and as a driver Douglas has achieved the feat. In the Dunstan…

If Ben Hope's drive behind Muscle Mountain was the best losing drive of Cup and Show week, harness racing legend, Mark Purdon, produced the best winning drive of the week to secure Group One victory for he and Self Assured (Bettor's Delight) in the $200000 New Zealand Pacing Free For All. The world champion reinsman looked to be in a hopeless…

The Australian raiders have made this New Zealand Cup. Win, lose or draw they have given harness racing's great race a heartbeat when it could easily have been just another glorified NZ free-for-all. And both the emerging Rock N Roll Doo (Rock N Roll Heaven) and seasoned warrior Majestic Cruiser (Art Major) are good enough to win it, too. But there…

Now we get the NZ Cup we all deserve. The Cup we sometimes felt like we would never get again. Bloody 2020 and 2021 could do that to you. Sap your strength. Make you forget how good felt. The things we all lost, even temporarily during Covid, were way more important than just some harness racing, some race day. But if you love harness racing, or…

Leading Pacing Sire: Bettor's Delight | 9 winners Leading Pacing Broodmare Sire: American Ideal & Christian Cullen | 3 winners Leading Trotting Sire: Majestic Son & Love You | 3 winners Leading Trotting Broodmare Sire: Sundon | 4 winners I'm dead set running out of things to say when it comes to Bettor's Delight! Last week we discussed how'the…

Alluneedisfaith N (Art Major) has been a force since joining the stable of harness racing trainer Alicia Gray this August. On Saturday (Oct. 8), the New Zealand invader won the local Open Pace for the second time and extended his streak of finishing first or second to five weeks. Alluneedisfaith N was the 4-5 betting favorite in Saturday's Open at…

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…

CUMBERLAND, ME - Veteran harness racing horseman Ron Cushing has done nothing but make money with his new acquisition Newsy N (Bettor's Delight), a recent New Zealand import with American bloodlines. The pair handily captured the $6500 featured conditioned pace at the Cumberland Fair on Tuesday (Sep. 27), taking a new 1:55.3h record in 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…

North Island harness racing heads to Cambridge tomorrow night (Sep 29.) with an action-packed 10-race card to go with a non-tote two-year-old trot. Race six sees a cracking field of nine juveniles for the first North Island heat of the Woodlands Stud Sires Stakes Series for colts and geldings. The unbeaten Merlin (Art Major) headlines a quality…

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…

A slimmed-down Alta Wiseguy (Mach Three) showed he is ready for the races when beating some of pacing big guns at the Rangiora harness racing trials on Wednesday (Aug 31). And that was enough to convince co-trainer Steve Telfer the speedster can head to the Avon City Ford Cup at Addington next week. Alta Wiseguy led throughout in the 2600m standing…

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE - A field of 22 of the finest half-mile harness racing pacers from Canada and the U.S. will contest three trials of the 63 Gold Cup and Saucer, presented by Atlantic Lottery commencing Saturday night (Aug. 13) at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. The $100000 Gold Cup and Saucer final will be held…