#Bruce Stewart

Young Winton harness racing horsewomen Chelsea Faithful has a lot of strings to her bow. She successfully trains a small team, works for the busiest stable in the province, is breeding from two mares, is preparing two yearlings for the upcoming sales and is photographing yearlings for a handful of clients. "I was born into it. Mum tried to get me…

The Ashburton Harness Racing Club's Labour Day meeting branded'Magic Monday' looks like it going to be just that, with a raft of great racing across the eleven race card. Southland trainer Nathan Williamson heads north with three runners, knowing they're all in for a challenge. Rakamurph (Captaintreacherous) lines up in the Woodlands Stud Sires…

Ascot Park harness racing trainer Tyler Dewe continued has great strike rate when Sophie (Bettor's Delight) won at Roxburgh today. The mare was his twelfth race day starter and his sixth winner. The win was a special one for the stable, as the five year old races in colours that part owner Murray Faul used in his thirty year training career. "I…

After a tight battle, Branxholme harness racing trainer Nathan Williamson is happy to share the Southland Trainers Premiership with good mate Brett Gray. At Gore today both were sitting on thirty five wins and Gray was the first on the board when Cool Phelan (Pegasus Spur) won the Jaccka Lodge Trot. However, in race eleven Williamson produced hot…

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…

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…

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…

Harness racing's Millwood Nike (Bettor's Delight) has stamped herself as an exceptional young horse with a massive future having today, achieved her seventh win from seven starts. She's adaptable too, able to handle both travelling, and racing on left and right handed tracks, with ease. She looked very good winning in Auckland earlier in the year…

Old Town Road's (Bettor's Delight) path to harness racing's IRT New Zealand Cup on Tuesday is one of the quickest in recent times. Derby (El Patron) started in the 1983 Cup at his fourteenth start while Happy Sunrise (Steven Stock) ran in the 1987 New Zealand Cup at his sixteenth start. Tuesday's Cup will be only Old Town Roads thirteen…

At Addington last night, Southland owned Treacherous Gall (Captaintreacherous) did what others couldn't and came with a barnstorming run from the back to win the Dunstan Horsefeeds Sires Stakes Heat. Trained by former Southlander Regan Todd, the leggy two year old harness racing filly is owned by Dave Kennedy and Cleland Murdoch and last night was…