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🇳🇿 “They’ve all been good horsemen, ✔️so it was nice to carry that on. It was nice to get a win in my Grandad’s colours ...
11/01/2026

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“They’ve all been good horsemen, ✔️so it was nice to carry that on. It was nice to get a win in my Grandad’s colours 💕on my Mum’s side.”

Ashburton trainer driver Sarah O’Reilly recorded her first training win 🎯today at the Nelson meeting.

Bruce Stewart reports

Three times New Zealand Junior Driver Premiership winner Sarah O’Reilly took her first successful step into the training ranks today at Nelson when she

Former Kiwi star Rakero Rocket delivered a jaw-dropping performance at Menangle on Saturday night, leading all the way t...
10/01/2026

Former Kiwi star Rakero Rocket delivered a jaw-dropping performance at Menangle on Saturday night, leading all the way to claim the Club Menangle Free For All in a blistering 1:47.3 💥

👉 First quarter in 25.4 seconds
👉 Second-fastest mile ever in the Southern Hemisphere
👉 Only 0.4s off the all-time record

Trainer Jason Grimson trained the first five winners on the card, while driver Cameron Hart steered home four – but this was the headline act.

“He just felt incredible as soon as the gate went… super impressive,” Hart said.

With a Miracle Mile now firmly on the radar, the Rocket is well and truly airborne 🚀

📸 Club Menangle Photo
Story by Tony Milanese for Harnesslink

Former New Zealander Rakero Rocket (Rock N Roll Heaven) turned in one of the most incredible speed performances when leading all the way in the Club Menangle

🇳🇿 “He said to me in typical Herlihy fashion, ‘if that idiot (Barron) could win eight races with that mare she was proba...
10/01/2026

🇳🇿 “He said to me in typical Herlihy fashion, ‘if that idiot (Barron) could win eight races with that mare she was probably a good mare (laughter).”😅😂

Hillbilly Blues 🎼continued his run of success last night, winning the G3 Cambridge Trotters Flying Stakes.

Bruce Stewart takes a look at the emerging trotting star’s ⭐️pedigree

Rising trotting star Hillbilly Blues (What The Hill) has strong southern roots.

🇳🇿 "The way both the Bulldogs get around it looks as though they’ll win races. ✔️Lawrence based Genevieve Crawford is pr...
08/01/2026

🇳🇿 "The way both the Bulldogs get around it looks as though they’ll win races. ✔️

Lawrence based Genevieve Crawford is preparing eight 8️⃣yearlings for the NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales in Christchurch including two colts 🐴by Bulldog Hanover.

Bruce Stewart reports

Genevieve Crawford who works for her father Jimmy on the family farm at Lawrence, is preparing eight yearlings for the NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales in

🇳🇿 Fleet’s Pocket has left eighteen foals 🐴of racing age and fifteen have won races.👏Her foals have collectively won a r...
08/01/2026

🇳🇿 Fleet’s Pocket has left eighteen foals 🐴of racing age and fifteen have won races.👏

Her foals have collectively won a remarkable one hundred and forty six races for a total of $1,834,697.😃

Bruce Stewart looks at the record of this outstanding producer

Fleet's Pockets biggest winners have been Mighty Flying Art (Art Major) twenty seven wins and $294,365, Mighty Flying Thomas (Falcon Seelster) twenty four

🇳🇿 “He’s got a few idiosyncrasies. Like one day he won’t give you his tongue 👅to put the tongue tie on. One day he won’t...
06/01/2026

🇳🇿 “He’s got a few idiosyncrasies. Like one day he won’t give you his tongue 👅to put the tongue tie on. One day he won’t let you put the bridle on.”😦

Hacksaw Ridge has tested his Wyndham trainer Ricky Gutsell.

Today’s win in the Cromwell Cup was just reward.🏆

Bruce Stewart reports

At the finish Hacksaw Ridge (A Rocknroll Dance) held on by half a length to beat fast finishing The Big Lebowski, with a brave Tempo Warrior a length and a

Iron pacer Swayzee reminded everyone why he’s one of Australasia’s toughest warriors with a massive win in the $40,000 F...
02/01/2026

Iron pacer Swayzee reminded everyone why he’s one of Australasia’s toughest warriors with a massive win in the $40,000 Frank & Edna Day Goulburn Pacing Cup on Friday night — outstaying Don Hugo in a brutal head-to-head over the last lap of the race.

With Captain’s Knock scratched, it became a two-horse war — and it lived up to the hype.

--Tony Milanese with the story for Harnesslink

📸 Photo Credit: Lance Fearne Photography
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Iron pacer Swayzee (Rock n Roll Heaven) made a welcome return to the harness racing winning circle when he outstayed Don Hugo to take out the $40,000 Goulburn

🇳🇿 “With the easing of the pace he got up on the nickel 💪a bit. I thought, we’re in a straight line, ▶️so we’ll make ou...
02/01/2026

🇳🇿 “With the easing of the pace he got up on the nickel 💪a bit. I thought, we’re in a straight line, ▶️so we’ll make our move now.”

In the blink of an eye, 👁️Pinseeker went from last to first in today’s Central Otago Cup 🏆at Omakau and there he stayed, easily winning the feature.❤️

Bruce Stewart reports

In a spectacular burst of speed with 800 metres to run, the Jonny Cox trained and driven Pinseeker (Downbytheseaside) was a brilliant winner in today’s

🇳🇿 “The beer 🍺will taste like strawberries 🍓tonight.”😁Republican Party had to be brave to win tonight’s Auckland Cup but...
31/12/2025

🇳🇿 “The beer 🍺will taste like strawberries 🍓tonight.”😁

Republican Party had to be brave to win tonight’s Auckland Cup but he dug deep 💪💪to win his second feature 2️⃣in as many years.🏆🏆

Bruce Stewart reports

Just when favourite Republican Party (Bettor’s Delight) looked to be out on his feet, the spirit and will to win came from beneath him and he lifted to win

🇳🇿 “He’s stepped up really good in the last six to eight weeks. He’s been racing great and has got a lot stronger.”💪Hill...
31/12/2025

🇳🇿 “He’s stepped up really good in the last six to eight weeks. He’s been racing great and has got a lot stronger.”💪

Hillbilly Blues 🤠has progressed from being an intermediate grade trotter to winning a Group One in the space of twelve months.

Bruce Stewart reports on the latest Wallis/Hackett trotting star ⭐️and his win in the National Trot.🎯

Hillbilly Blues’ (What The Hill) win in the Group One National Trot at Alexandra Park tonight signals the arrival of a new potential open class trotting star.

🇳🇿 “I said when I turned 80 I’d give up training horses. But now I’ve got this horse who is two, it looks like I’ll have...
28/12/2025

🇳🇿 “I said when I turned 80 I’d give up training horses. But now I’ve got this horse who is two, it looks like I’ll have to keep going until I’m eighty five.”8️⃣5️⃣

Sargent Henry pleased 😀his trainer Murray Pash with his win 🎯at Westport today.

Bruce Stewart reports ▶️

Eighty year old Richmond Park trainer Murray Pash is passionate about harness racing and when Sargent Henry (Sky Major) the sole horse he trains won today at

🇳🇿 “If you’d asked me how I was feeling three or four days ago things weren’t too good.”😩Nathan Williamson was back at t...
27/12/2025

🇳🇿 “If you’d asked me how I was feeling three or four days ago things weren’t too good.”😩

Nathan Williamson was back at the races today at Gore. And the win by Always Dreaming in the Gore Cup 🏆was a good tonic 😊for the recovering Southland horseman.🛞

Bruce Stewart reports

“Winning is better than medicine that’s for sure,” trainer Nathan Williamson said after Always Dreaming (Bettor’s Delight) impressively won the $25,000

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