Author: NZHarnessNews

The 2025 Australasian Young Drivers Championship will be held in July in Brisbane. This has meant we needed to change the way our Junior Drivers qualify for the Championship. Please see attached here the new qualifying criteria.   Any questions can be directed to Matthew Peden – Head of Racing and Wagering  – matthew.peden@hrnz.co.nz      

By Brigette Solomon  The Cambridge Pacers Christmas Cup promises plenty of action today with South Island-based drivers Sam Ottley and Carter Dalgety both engaged to drive strong chances as they continue their quests for driving milestones. Ottley aims to be the first woman to achieve 100 driving wins in a 12-month season and drives the Arna Donnelly-trained Little Spike, while Dalgety drives Fernetti who is trained by his parents Cran and Chrissie Dalgety, and he is vying for the New Zealand Junior Drivers Championship title. Little Spike starts the 2700…

HRNZ will be closed from midday Tuesday, December 24 and will re-open on Monday, January 6 at 8.30am. In the meantime we have staff assigned to cover core roles and will answer email enquiries. The contact point is : admin@hrnz.co.nz 

By Adam Hamilton  A couple of sweltering Melbourne days have delayed the start of exciting Kiwi pacer Tact McLeod’s Victorian campaign. In the care of Anthony Butt and Sonya Smith, Tact McLeod was slated to open his assault in a free-for-all at Cranbourne on Saturday. “We’re going to hold back and wait another week now,” Butt said. “When he arrived down from Sydney, we had a couple of really hot days, so we decided just to take it easy on him. “Cranbourne was never a definite, more a good starting…

In-form Dexter Dunn confirms details around the Ultimate Driver Challenge, Triple Eight wins again and memories of Maori’s Idol all feature in this week’s Aussie news.    By Adam Hamilton  Dexter Dunn will be seen driving in Brisbane earlier than most expected in February. Dunn, who has the Entain slot in the new Ladbrokes Ultimate Driver Challenge, will drive at a lead-up with fellow North American-based champion, Yannick Gingras. The Ultimate Driver Challenge consists of 20 races across two nights at Albion Park on February 21 and 22. But Gingras…

By Mike Love  Ashburton locals Brent and Tim White have a good chance at early training success today with some short priced favourites. Punters may not have to look much further than race number one and Major Doosie ($2.00FF) in the Mainland Repairs Mobile Trot over 2400m.  Major Doosie has strung together several placings in good races recently, and today will be chasing the two year old bonus if successful.  “Gets a good draw and being at home is a good help as well,” said co-trainer Tim White. “He’s come…