Month: July 2021

Despite the torrential rain that has lashed the upper South Island, Westport Trotting Club president Johnny Reedy is adamant “nothing is going to stop us racing”. Westport had an estimated 160mm of rain between Friday and Sunday with flooding resulting in more than 2000 residents having to leave their homes.  The Reedy family farm is about five kilometres from Westport.  “It’s the biggest flood we’ve had in eighty years,” says Reedy, “the rain just kept coming, she was a beauty.”  At one stage the Westport Trotting Club’s headquarters, Patterson Park, was essentially…

by Adam Hamilton The Kiwis hold all the aces in next week’s Group 1 Queensland Derby. Sure Krug is the clear top seed and will love dropping back against his own age, but fellow Kiwi pacer American Dealer is back to his very best at just the right time. American Dealer scored his second “feature” win in as many weeks for Ray Green and Anthony Butt when he was too classy and strong for his rivals in the South East Derby at Albion Park. It followed his powerhouse win in…

By Jonny Turner With her career already on a massive upswing, Sarah O’Reilly’s star continued to rise when she won the New Zealand Junior Drivers Championship at Addington on Sunday. O’Reilly went into the final day of the five-race series in third position before icing her second win in the competition by taking out two of its final three heats. The 21-year-old didn’t leave her championship run to chance, taking charge in both of her victories on Sunday by sending her winners Tequila Sunset and I’m Tough to the front…