Harness archive
- Captain Nemo feeling super and ready to bounce back in Brisbane on Saturday night 10 February 2023
- Ray welcomes back the champ and we dispel the myths of EIPH and find testing anomolies 9 February 2023
- Your chance to have a say - Cambridge surveys North Islanders before forums 6 February 2023
- Mark: Give me a stable full of Tommys - he’s everything you could ask for in a racehorse 5 February 2023
- Copy That found to have bled after choking down and faces 28-day stand down 4 February 2023
- Win, lose or draw on Saturday night the champ Copy That’s coming home next week 3 February 2023
- Ants: Copy That has the right profile to join Who’s who list of Hunter Cup champions 2 February 2023
- Draw against Tommy but he’s still a top four chance at Albion Park on Saturday night 2 February 2023
- Six will do us just fine, says Ray of Copy That’s Hunter Cup draw for Saturday night 31 January 2023
- Country’s top older mare Stylish Memphis set to be victim of HRNZ’s flawed voting system 27 January 2023
- More embarrassing omissions in harness awards finalists - breeder disappointed 26 January 2023
- Pull the other one! Non winner among award nominees and several glaring omissions 25 January 2023
- Cop That! Kiwi champ’s ridiculously easy win in Ballarat Cup augurs well for the big one 22 January 2023
- Our brave Tommy leaves them standing and gives owners a sniff of an Interdominion tilt 21 January 2023
- Team Blair and Copy That have the credentials to score epic Ballarat Cup win on Saturday 20 January 2023
- Tommy deserves to break drought and he can lead and win at Albion Park on Saturday night 20 January 2023
- Aussie bookies giving $4.20 for Copy That from good draw in Saturday’s Ballarat Cup 17 January 2023
- Captain Nemo can bark out the orders again at Albion Park on Saturday night 13 January 2023
- Take the short odds on brave Lincoln River at Cambridge on Thursday night 11 January 2023
- Ray: Over to you, Andrew, enjoy the experience and I’m sure you’ll do the champ proud 10 January 2023
- After a gold medal prediction Mark now looks to maximise Captain Nemo’s earnings 8 January 2023
- Nemo’s draw gives him better chance than Tommy tonight but both racing well 7 January 2023
- Cambridge takes the initiative with forums to explore solutions to North Island harness woes 7 January 2023
- Gun pacers Copy That and Old Town Road trial in super style - and recover just as fast! 6 January 2023
- Race cancellation major headache for Dickie and his exciting pacer Old Town Road 5 January 2023
- Top southern trainer packs his bags and goes home after HRNZ cans Cambridge features 4 January 2023
- Double whammy for Cambridge as HRNZ scrubs both feature races on Saturday night 4 January 2023
- Surprise bonus run by Copy That a real drawcard for Cambridge on Saturday night 3 January 2023
- Our new partnerships: There are no rules - cheapies can be as good as sale standouts 1 January 2023
- Blair’s yells go unheard at the start and finishing cheers can’t quite get the champ up 31 December 2022
- Nemo playing second fiddle to Targaryen again but he’s close to taking another trick 29 December 2022
- Copy That can spark New Year’s Eve fireworks even in four-horse race at Alexandra Park 28 December 2022
- Merry Christmas from Lincoln Farms 24 December 2022
- Harness prize money to be cut by 10% next year - $1.6 million lost to already ailing code 22 December 2022
- Tommy right in it from four on Friday but last-start winner Nemo has a nightmare draw 22 December 2022
- Phil and first time sponsors get a real thrill at the Park after Lincoln Farms’ one-two finish 17 December 2022
- Merv recalls childhood heroes after racecaller rallies crowd to ‘start to cheer for the champ’ 17 December 2022
- Ray: Copy That capable of national record if pushed in Thames Cup on Friday night 14 December 2022
- Whiz kid Angus Garrard lands his 500th winner on our own warhorse Captain Nemo 14 December 2022
- Left-handed Cambridge track suits both Riverman Sam and My Copy on Thursday 13 December 2022
- Mark looking for top three finish from brave Captain Nemo at Albion Park on Tuesday 12 December 2022
- Mission impossible for Tommy tonight as terrible draws dog Dux at the Creek 10 December 2022
- Blair rapt in Copy That’s near record run and it made the trip in worthwhile for Ray too 9 December 2022
- Andrew reports the champ’s sharp and the bookies say $1.50 despite outside mile draw 8 December 2022
- Ray back in hospital ‘after going downhill fast’ but improving and knows he must take it easy 7 December 2022
- Captain Nemo the one to beat at Albion Park today - he had flashing light on him last time 6 December 2022
- First brekkie, then stable welcomes Ray back and Copy That signals he’s nearly ready too 3 December 2022
- Forget the form line, our brave Tommy’s running sensational sectionals in Brisbane 1 December 2022
- Rapidly improving Neptune a chance to get some of the major lucre again on Friday night 1 December 2022
- Thanks IRT! Ray back on his hind legs and smiling thanks to cup sponsor’s gift 28 November 2022
Our runners this week: How our trainer rates them
Ray’s comments
Friday night at Cambridge
Race 1: Spirited Belle
4.46pm
Delany: “I saw she’d been punted but somebody must know something we don’t as I’ve been working her myself and, while she feels all right and hasn’t put the boot in like at Auckland, I think she’ll need the run. She hasn’t got any high speed but feels like she will stay. She has improved a bit but I’d be surprised if she won.”
Race 1: Lincoln Maree
4.46pm
“It’s always hard from these draws but she’s a tough mare who will make her own luck at some stage. She’s going well enough - her drivers have all been happy - and she’s a little warrior who tries like hell.”
Race 2: Major Copy
5.12pm
“He’s only two and very inexperienced but he feels like a good colt and there’s a lot of improvement in him. He certainly caught a lot of people’s attention last time. I don’t know how good he is yet but he’ll be right there.”
Race 2: Prince Lincoln
5.12pm
“If he can lead without having to do too much work I can’t see anything beating him. I thought he went great last start. He pressed the winner hard ’til the corner then just flattened out in the run home, but he had every reason to do that after all the work he’d done.”
Race 4: Spirit Of God
6.12pm
“She’s been undone by bad draws. If she led easily from three she’d be hard to beat as she’s a good front-runner.”
Race 4: Spirited Peggy
6.12pm
“We’ve had her for only two weeks but she’s seven now and has had her chance to win one. She has a bit of speed but I think she gets pulling so we’ve got the Hidez (compression) hood on her and plugged her ears up.”
Race 6: Copy N Paste
7.10pm
“We won’t see the best of him for another six months. He’s been a slow developing horse but is improving all the time and getting stronger.”
Race 6: Jessie Lincoln
7.10pm
“If I was having a bet on one of them in the race it would be her. She deserves to win one. Her last two have been really good - she just ran into one who was a bit slicker last time in Major Copy.”
Race 6: Lincoln Dealer
7.10pm
“He’s a bit one-dimensional - you’ve got to feed him track and let him run - so the second row draw is a big handicap. To his credit I was surprised he finished so close last time after all the work he did. When he gets a decent draw and crosses them they’ll know they’re at the races. He’s got a big motor and tries hard.”
Race 8: Rivergirl Bella
8.08pm
“She clawed her way to the front last time but had nothing left at the finish. That won’t happen this time and she should lead easily from one.”
Race 8: Angelic Copy
8.08pm
“She’s had terrible draws but has been going good races. The others last time were just better than her but this is a big drop in class. With the right trip she could get some of it at huge odds.”
Race 9: Sugar Ray Lincoln
8.35pm
“He’s not quick away from a stand but he won’t muff it completely. He steps from the front line and Peter Ferguson was quite happy with his last run.”
Race 9: Lincoln Wave
8.35pm
“He bombed the stand the first time but to be fair all those horses were rushing up at him from the back and that panicked him a bit. He’s on 10 metres this time so that won’t happen.”