NZ HARNESS NEWS
Waikato Guineas canned
The $20,000 Dinny Johnstone Waikato Guineas, slated for Friday night’s meeting in Cambridge, will not be held due to a lack of nominations.
Only three horses – Royal Lincoln, Triple Eight and Dance Time – were nominated for the respected three-year-old feature.
Cambridge Raceway Operations Manager David Branch said there is a chance the race will be held later in the season.
“It won’t be run this week as we only received three nominations,” said Branch.
“But, the club will liaise with Harness Racing New Zealand’s Handicapper Kevin Smith to see if there is a date that would suit for it to be rescheduled in the coming months.”
Entire field for one trainer
Ardmore trainer Steve Telfer will train the winner of Race 2 at Cambridge on Friday night – every starter in the six-horse field belongs to his stable.
Triple Eight, American Brave, Dance Time, Rocknroll Princess, Step Up and Valor Lustre will contest a $10,000 rating 72-84 mobile sprint of 1700 metres.
Debut winner heads to Aussie
Yankee Lincoln, an impressive winner on debut at Cambridge on Christmas Eve, has been sold and will do his future racing in Australia.
Victorian owners Merv and Meg Butterworth have purchased the son of American Ideal, who was trained to this point by Ray Green for Lincoln Farms Bloodstock Ltd.
The Butterworths won a race on Auckland Cup night (December 31) at Alexandra Park with another recent acquisition, Geena’s Success.
They are best known for winning the 2015 New Zealand Cup with Arden Rooney and have horses in stables in most states of Australia, and both islands of New Zealand.
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