Category: Meeting Previews

By Michael Guerin Arna Donnelly had never won a $100,000 race before Friday night: now she has won three. And after her treble on the inaugural Golden Gait night at Alexandra Park she has her eyes set on even bigger targets. The popular Waikato trainer captured a treble with three very different types of horses the first being Chase Me who capped a wonderful debut season with an impressive win in the TAB Golden Gait 2YO Mobile Pace. “He is a really promising horse and what makes it even better…

By Michael Guerin There couldn’t be a more deserving stable to win the first ever TAB Golden Gait Final held than Michelle Wallis and Bernie Hackett. But Belle Neige’s win in the $100,000 opener at Alexandra Park, the TAB Golden Gait Aged R49 – R60 Mobile Trot, was only the start of a stunning night for the husband and wife team. The numbers are impressive, the stable producing the first four home in the opening race, with daughter Crystal driving the winner. They doubled up in the next, the TAB…

By Jonny Turner   It was a day to savour for Team Dalgety at Invercargill yesterday. Cran and Chrissie Dalgety trained three winners on the day including Republican Party in the feature, the Group 1 Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup and son Carter had four wins in the sulky to launch him to the top of the junior drivers’ premiership. The combination proved unstoppable in the $100,000 Invercargill Cup when their five-year-old made a brilliant beginning to set up a powerful front-running victory. The win was something of a carbon…

The punters came for him late and Republican Party delivered with a powerhouse performance in today’s $100,000 Group 1 Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup. Trained by Cran and Chrissie Dalgety and driven by son Carter, Republican Party, who was a fast finishing third in last month’s IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup, was backed in from $6 to $3.50.  After starting off 10m, Republican Party was put into the race by Dalgety, heading to the front with two laps to go. From there he was just far too strong, giving Dalgety…

By Brigette Solomon  Ohaupo trainer Jason Teaz was rapt to train a winning double for owner and breeder Bill Hickey at Cambridge Raceway last night. “It was really nice to get a double and so great that they were for Bill,” said Teaz, “he’s in his 80’s now and his health hasn’t been the best lately but he’s still breeding horses and putting them in training, and he really deserves any success he gets, he just lives for his horses.” “Unfortunately, he couldn’t be there last night, and he was…

Harness racing on a Friday doesn’t get much bigger than today, with the Group 1 Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup meeting starting at 2.55pm, followed by 10 $100,000 Golden Gait Finals at Alexandra Park from 5.16pm. Star stable set to shine in Golden Gait   By Michael Guerin The best harness racing stable of the year is set to dominate the code’s newest glamour race night. Tonight’s Alexandra Park meeting sees the first running of the Golden Gait finals, 10 races worth $100,000 each to reward those horses who have…

Looking for top picks for Group 1 Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup Day? The Invercargill Harness Racing Club has you covered. Check out the comprehensive tipping guide for Southland’s biggest day of harness racing on Friday. Punters and harness racing fans will be spoilt for choice with 12 races, including the Group 3 Brendan Franks Farrier David Moss Stakes and the Group 1 Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup. Race 1 – Mc Knight and Brown Mobile Pace (2.55pm)  A small but select field to kick a big day off with…

Frocks at the Trots is back as part of the 2025 Team Teal campaign. The fashion in the fields competition ran for the first time in 2024 and was seen as a successful addition to the Team Teal Campaign. This year it will be run again with four heats and a final. The final winner will win a trip to Mooloolaba Peninsula Resort and be crowned the 2025 Frocks at the Trots Winner.  The four “Frocks” heats will be : Heat 1 – Cambridge Raceway – January 27 Heat 2…