Race replays of the week – New Zealand Cup field now closer to being confirmed

On North American harness racing tracks it’s all about speed over a mile trip, in Australia it’s a mix of both standing start and mobile features across a range of track sizes, in New Zealand it could be about an extreme two-mile contest or a grass track race featuring non-race winners and in Europe the champion trotter is celebrated as a king of the track.

In Harnesslink Race Replays of the Week we bring you a snapshot into the very best contests from around the harness racing tracks of the world.

CANADIAN REPLAY

What sort of party is it? A Cheese Party! Nicholas Barnsdale reported on Prospect Series racing from Grand River during the week with Cheese Party impressing when extending her unbeaten run to 5 consecutive appearances. The overall time of 1.53.4 was enough to see off race rivals including Distant Lover and Wheres My Phone. Cheese Party is now seven-for-28 lifetime

NEW ZEALAND REPLAY

The field for the New Zealand Trotting Cup took a few giant strides towards completion on Friday night with the running of the Group Two $60,000 Lamb and Haywood Canterbury Classic at Addington. Bruce Stewart reported on the feature which brought about something of an unexpected result when Southland pacer Tact McLeod produced a strong finish to claim the title from Franco Marek and Alta Meteor – all three animals will be eligible to line up in the million-dollar feature to be run in November.

Catch the great finish below.

USA REPLAY

Brad Reid reported on some of the progeny of Lazarus N doing a nice job on North America soil of late last week. Among those he highlighted was the strong performance from BC’s Capela in the Renaissance Final for two-year-old pacers. Having had a successful start to the career, earning two victories from just 4 starts, the horse was given little chance by punters, going onto win at huge odds of around 170/1. The 1.55.3 slashed two seconds from the previous lifetime best.

by Harnesslink Media