#Copy That

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…

It's a loaded 2023 MLB free agency class this year. Especially with starting pitching. We all saw how the Houston Astros rode starting pitching to the 2022 World Series title. Now several teams will be looking to copy that format by loading up on the top starting pitchers in free agency. Just how deep is starting the pitching pool? Nathan…

Big fields, crowds returning to Addington and competitive harness racing all added up to TAB NZ customers betting record amounts on yesterday's New Zealand Trotting Cup meeting at Addington. Turnover on yesterday's 13-race card reached $7.5 million, a record high for any New Zealand race meeting based on figures held for the last 20 years. This was…

It's the second Tuesday in November and that means it's New Zealand Trotting Cup day at Addington. But with no such restrictions, it's time to glam up, try to pick a winner and keep safe under the Christchurch sun on one of the best days of Christchurch's social calendar. Tuesday's big race is arguably the most open field in the last decade, so…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The future of Aussie harness looks bright after the young stars shone brightly at the huge Victoria Cup meeting on Saturday (Oct. 8) at Melton. Victoria Cup has become Australia's best race card with four Group 1 races and a stack of other highlights, and it certainly delivered last Saturday night. Rock N Roll Doo's dominant, even arrogant, win in…

Copy That's (American Ideal) tilt at Melton success came up trumps in harness racing's TAB Gammalite Free For All on a night when Pryde's EasiFeed Victoria Cup intrigue only intensified. Trainer Ray Green received reward for taking the New Zealand Cup champ across the Tasman on Saturday night, with Copy That having stalked Bondi Lockdown and…

Kiwi star Copy That starts his road to redemption at Melton on Saturday night. It was just over nine months ago when the reigning New Zealand Cup winner - then arguably New Zealand's best pacer - had a Melbourne raid derailed by a freakish paddock accident. Copy That lashed out in his yard and fractured a splint bone in a hind leg. But…

A pair of Big Ten rivals open up the 2022 college football season in a conference matchup as Penn State heads out to Purdue on Saturday. A pair of veteran quarterbacks lead both teams, with Sean Clifford back for Penn State and Aidan O'Connell starting again for Purdue, setting up what could be an exciting, more wide open game to kick things…