Category: Meeting Previews

It’s straight back into action for our best drivers and trainers, Dexter Dunn completes an amazing year and Next Gen heads south in the first News Briefs for 2025.   No rest for premiership winners  Just hours after clinching their latest drivers and trainers’ premierships, Blair Orange and Robert and Jenna Dunn will be back in action today as the 2025 season gets underway at Rangiora, starting at 1.10pm.  The season wrapped up after last night’s big Auckland Cup meeting at Alexandra Park with Orange finishing with 196 wins, and surpassing…

By Adam Hamilton  As we welcome in the New Year owner Kevin Seymour admits a hunger to chase feature race success in NZ is high on Leap To Fame’s priority list in 2025. As the champion pacer nears a racetrack return, Seymour admits Leap Too Fame’s future stallion career called for Kiwis to see him race in the flesh. “As his stallion career gets closer, there’s certainly value and importance in winning a big race in NZ so they can see with their own eyes how good he is,” he…

By Michael Guerin Two couples who have put faith in their sons received the ultimate racing reward at Alexandra Park on Tuesday night. Because when Republican Party and Muscle Mountain won their respective Group 1s their trainers were just as proud of their drivers as their horses. Republican Party captured Alexandra Park’s biggest race, the $250,000 Trillian Trust Auckland Cup after a step-trail-and-wait drive by Carter Dalgety on the little pacer trained by his parents Cran and Chrissie. It was the biggest win for the horse, Chrissie and Carter and…

By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk   After a scarcely believable year Carter Dalgety has clinched his first Junior Drivers Premiership. The talented 21-year-old had his 66th success this year when Evangalist cleared out to a three length win in the Irving Family Mobile Pace at Reefton yesterday. With closest challenger Sam Thornley on 64 wins, and not driving at the last meeting of the season at Alexandra Park tonight that means Dalgety cannot be overtaken. “It’s a huge thrill,” says Dalgety, “as a kid you want to become…

By Michael Guerin In an Auckland Cup littered with question marks punters need to decide which doubt that can put up with the most. The second $250,000 Trillian Trust Auckland Cup on 2024 will be run at Alexandra Park tonight, the Cup moving back to the New Year’s Eve date after being held on May 24. The only thing certain about this Cup it the date move is a win, May was too late and too cold to be holding Group 1 open class pacing races, but after that this…