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  • 1 day ago | hrnz.co.nz | Michael Guerin

    By Michael GuerinSteve Telfer knows one of the hottest runs in New Zealand racing history has to end soon. But that may not be tonight. Telfer and his sister Amanda trained a staggering 18 winners harness racing winners in a 10-day space up to last Sunday, more winners than a lot of successful stables train in an entire season. It is possible an equine stable has put up similar numbers before, maybe on a circuit dominated by one trainer, but good luck trying to find it.

  • 2 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | Michael Guerin

    Dean Shannon has helped New Zealand racing enormously. Dean Shannon, one of the most powerful people in the New Zealand racing industry, is stepping down from his role as chief executive of Entain Australia. Shannon, who has overseen the strategic partnership between Entain and TAB NZ since it was signed two years ago, will leave his role on June 30. His resignation will be seen as a major loss for the New Zealand racing industry.

  • 3 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | Michael Guerin

    James McDonald, riding Nature Strip, wins the King's Stand Stakes at Ascot Racecourse in 2022. Photo / SuppliedThe world’s best jockey is off to the world’s best race meeting after all. And Kiwi riding sensation James McDonald has a new superstar to lure him all the way to England for Royal Ascot in a fortnight.

  • 6 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | Michael Guerin

    Twain is a summer class sprinter who still relishes heavy tracks. Photo / Kenton WrightThe words of the late and legendary Bart Cummings were ringing in trainer John Bell’s ears when he deferred Twain’s comeback to racing a week ago. But Bell says the high-class sprinter is now ready to resume on a winning note at Te Aroha today. Twain (race four, No 3) looked a black-type sprinter over the summer, which is no surprise as his dam Fleur De Lune won our greatest sprinting race, The Railway, in 2013.

  • 1 week ago | harnesslink.com | Michael Guerin

    This is a story about story about two little harness racing fillies who really enjoy each other’s company. Which is just as well because Manchester’s Moment (Muscle Mass) and Mad Mary (Muscle Mass) do everything together, Like, literally everything. They are both three-year-old trotting fillies by Muscle Mass, and were weaned together at Alabar, where they lived in the same paddock.

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Michael Guerin
Michael Guerin @GuerinSports
14 May 25

Auckland Trotting Club adamant Alexandra Park is to remain its home even as mammoth debt remains. https://t.co/udHT5uACtM

Michael Guerin
Michael Guerin @GuerinSports
14 May 25

RT @HKJC_Racing: @rolstondj Information on the son of Mehmas and more is available below or via the Hong Kong International Sale’s website!…

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13 May 25

This week on the Box Seat we discuss the ATC’s plans to pay down their enormous debt and build a new training facility as well as sadly paying our respects to two families during a time of tragedy. https://t.co/F7z5Vp15Kj via @YouTube