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2 September 2025

Vale Helen Pope

Helen Pope is being remembered as a trail-blazer who "loved everything about harness racing".

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2 September 2025

Swayzee facing tough race first up

Dual IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup winner Swayzee will face a serious first-up challenge in the $150,000 Group 1 Len Smith Mile at Menangle (Sydney) this Saturday night.

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1 September 2025

Chapmans ready themselves for their "Cup day"

As the Harness 5000 draws ever closer HRNZ has come up with a thermometer-type tracker showing how many horses have become eligible for the new series.

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1 September 2025

Ambassadors "going blue" in September

Harness Racing New Zealand's Blue September campaign is officially underway after a bone-chilling start in Mid Canterbury today.

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31 August 2025

Final Canterbury winter meeting at Ashburton

Ashburton will host the final Canterbury winter meeting today, dubbed the “Goodbye Winter Racing - Hello Spring Racing” race day.  

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30 August 2025

McIlwrick warming up for Blue September at Winton on Sunday

The warm up starts for Rory McIlwrick at Winton on Sunday.

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30 August 2025

Zachary Butcher with training-driving double at Alexandra Park

Zachary Butcher is hopeful both of his stable sweethearts who were able to complete a double at Alexandra Park on Friday night can make it to Addington this spring.

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30 August 2025

Dunns bag four on big Friday night at Addington

John Dunn knew things were about to come right.

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29 August 2025

Super consistent mare gets Winter Reward

It was appropriate that Jay Abernethy's ever reliable trotter Eagle Hanover got her Winter Reward at Cambridge Raceway on Thursday night.

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