Month: June 2020

Michael Guerin, Matt Cross and Josh Smith provide us with their selections ahead of today’s meeting at Addington today Selections can be found here Head to www.tab.co.nz to make a bet!

By Josh Smith – Harness News Desk Andrew Neal may have unearthed another star at Cambridge Raceway on Thursday night. The Cambridge horseman, who trains in partnership with his wife Lyn, drove Alterior Motif to an emphatic six length victory in his 2200m contest and he believes there is still plenty of improvement left in the son of Sportswriter. “He is still very green, he shied at a few things, but that is only natural for a first starter,” Neal said. “We have had to trial him a few times…

Big Fish, Little Fish is the brand new Whale Watch brought to you by Michael Guerin and Craig Thompson. Today they look over the Cambridge meeting

Three-time Australian horse of the year Westburn Grant, a champion with strong New Zealand links, has died, aged 34. Foaled in 1985 he was the winner of 38 races from 67 starts, earning over two million dollars. Bred by Barney and Colleen Breen, who lived in Prebbleton just outside Christchurch, the horse was by Land Grant out of Westvue Vue. The Breens continued in the ownership along with Vic Frost who trained and drove him in all his races.  He was retired after an unplaced performance at the 1993 Interdominions…

Racing New Zealand has welcomed today’s announcement from the Racing Industry Transition Agency (RITA) that the funding for 2020-21 will remain at $139.6m, the same level budgeted for the 2019/20 season. The impact of COVID-19 has been felt across the industry, with an enforced lockdown period. However, the positive impact of the repeal of betting levy and the introduction of the Betting Information User Charges, along with the government’s support has provided confidence for the RITA Board to approve the budget for 2020-21. Racing New Zealand appreciates the efforts of the Racing Minister the Rt…

Jason Teaz, Jason Broad and Justin Evans provide us with their selections ahead of Invercargill’s meeting today.  Selections can be found here Head to www.tab.co.nz to make a bet!

Big Fish, Little Fish is the brand new Whale Watch brought to you by Michael Guerin and Craig Thompson. Today they look over the Invercargill meeting

By Josh Smith – Harness News Desk Our Spitfire might be lightyears away from some of the best trotters Frank “Snow” Weaver has been associated with, but her win over 2200m at Cambridge Raceway on Thursday was nonetheless satisfying for her owner. The Michelle Wallis and Bernie Hackett-trained mare broke badly in her previous outing at the Waikato track and a change of gear has worked wonders for the daughter of Majestic Son. “Two weeks ago when she broke, Bernie couldn’t hang on to her she was galloping that bad,”…