News

The former boss of Harness Racing New Zealand is taking the reins at the embattled Auckland Trotting Club.

With a quartet of this year's open class pacing stars off the scene, Sideshow Bruce has been installed a red hot favourite for the $25,000 Free For All at Ashburton on Sunday.

For a result that few expected, the signs were there before Feta Go Fernco sped to victory in the Diamond Creek Farm SBSR Silk Road Final at Winton on Sunday.

A date for the HRNZ awards, an update on the HRNZ website and the latest on the world's fastest pacing mare all feature in this week's News Briefs.

A givealittle page has been set up for Morrinsville-based trainer Dan Erickson as he battles a rare form of cancer.

The following horses have trialled pleasingly in recent weeks and now (28/5/26) they head back to the racetrack.

The champ is back. The great Leap To Fame stepped out at the trials at Albion Park yesterday (Tuesday) to kick-start his quest for a third Inter Dominion crown.

In this column I delve into the why, how and what behind our tactics and results on the biggest harness meetings in New Zealand. Today it is Addington's Premier meeting last Friday night.

At just 20 Taylah Dolan has already achieved a lot. But she has at least two more goals on her to-do list.