#Majestic Cruiser

Some of the most exciting talents on the harness racing scene are set to dazzle and wow punters on Saturday night in the Shepparton Gold Cup. Shepparton Harness Racing Club racing and operations manager Ian McDonald was over the moon with the field for the time-honoured event that is the headline act for this weekend's eight-race card. Recent Inter…

ARE we about to have our first locally owned Inter Dominion winner in the lower South East? To my knowledge, no local pacer (either owned or trained here) has ever won an Inter Dominion final but there is a possibility that could all change at Melton next weekend. Majestic Cruiser, owned here in Mount Gambier by Des and Heather Glynn, will be one…

Reigning Inter Dominion-winning trainer Jason Grimson plans to step up his title defence in the second round of qualifying heats at Shepparton on Tuesday night. Grimson didn't win a heat of last year's Sydney series, but snared the final, albeit on protest, with longshot Boncel Benjamin. The Menangle trainer is confident I Cast No Shadow can…

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…

Welcome to today's segment from our harness racing analyst. Providing you with free expert tips and selections for harness meetings run in New Zealand. Harness racing hits Addington again today (Friday 11th November) for another big day of harness. The racing starts at 12:00pm and we highlight the card detailing every horse and its chances on the…

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…

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…