Down Under Winners from North America – 24th December

Typhoon Banner, a New Zealand harness racing gelding by Bettor’s Delight, scored the most important win of his career in the inaugural $250,000 MGM Grand Prix Pacing Series final at Yonkers Raceway on Monday night (December 16). 

TYPHOON BANNER REPLAY

Starting from the No. 5 gate, the eight-year-old speared straight to the top, handed up at the end of the first quarter and then divebombed his rivals in the home straight to win by three-quarters of a length. 

It was his 25th win and lifted his stake tally to $577,023. 

It’s Rock And Roll, a Western Australian bred son of A Rocknroll Dance, sat parked before winning the $27,500 Blue Hen Handicap at Dover Downs on Thursday night (December 19). He won by three-quarters of a length in 1:51.2. 

The 14 year-old Mach Three gelding Machtu led for the final three quarters and held on to win by a nose in the Auld Lang Syne farewell pace at Cumberland Raceway on Saturday (December 21). 

Monday, December 16 

Yonkers Raceway, New York 

Aardie’s Flash NZ (Always B Miki) 1:52.2 – $27,000 

Rock Diamonds NZ (Rocknroll Hanover) 1:53 – $22,000 

Don’t Bother Me None NZ (Bettor’s Delight) 1:53 – $14,000 

Typhoon Banner NZ (Bettor’s Delight) 1:58.6 (1-1/16 miles) – $250,000 

Tuesday, December 17 

Dayton Raceway, Ohio 

Salty Robyn NZ (Art Official) 1:54.6 – $5,000 

Yonkers Raceway, New York 

Sonny Weaver NZ (Sunshine Beach) 1:52.4 – $14,000 

Hemsworth NZ (Sweet Lou) 1:53.2 – $22,000 

Chart Topper (Captaintreacherous) 1:53.6 – $19,000 

Sweethomealabama NZ (Sweet Lou) 1:54.4 – $17,000

Wednesday, December 18 

Dayton Raceway, Ohio 

Golden Bay NZ (Downbytheseaside) 1:53 – $16,000 

Lawrence NZ (Shadow Play) 1:54.6 – $7,000 

The Meadows, Pennsylvania 

Allambie (A Rocknroll Dance) 1:56.6 – $5,800 

Thursday, December 19 

Dover Downs, Delaware 

It’s Rock And Roll (A Rocknroll Dance) 1:51.2 – $27,500 

Jack’s Shadow NZ (Shadow Play) 1:52.4 – $7,500 

Friday, December 20 

Cal Expo, California 

Hoo Nien (Always A Virgin) 1:58.2 – $4,500 

Meadowlands, New Jersey 

August Moon (Captaintreacherous) 1:51.4 – $11,000 

Illustrious Arden NZ (Vincent) 1:54.6 – $9,000 

Clayton’s Bettor NZ (Betterthancheddar) 1:55.2 – $8,500 

Woodbine Mohawk Park, Ontario  

Major Fernco NZ (Art Major) 1:53 – $14,000 

Yonkers Raceway, New York 

Don’t Bother Me None NZ (Bettor’s Delight) 1:54.2 – $12,000 

Atreacherous (Captaintreacherous) 1:54.6 – $17,000 

Bee Okay (A Rocknroll Dance) 1:55.8 – $19,000 

Saturday, December 21 

Cumberland Raceway, Maine 

Machtu NZ (Mach Three) 2:01.4 – $6,000 

Hawthorne Racecourse, Illinois 

Sanday (Western Terror) 1:53.8 – $8,000 

Brooklyn Bridge (Sweet Lou) 1:54.4 – $6,000 

Sunday, December 22 

Harrah’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Lucapelo (Sweet Lou) 1:54 – $7,500 

Mach Doro (Mach Three) 1:55 – $7,000 

Northfield Park, Ohio 

Louie The Horse NZ (Sweet Lou) 1:55 – $10,500 

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by Peter Wharton, for Harnesslink