#Nathan Williamson

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…

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…

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…

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…