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Great Northern Derby
The Great Northern Derby is a Group 1 harness racing event for 3 year old standardbreds. It is a major event for 3 year old colts and geldings in New Zealand and currently run at Alexandra Park in Auckland, in March. Records Most wins by an owner: * 4 - Roy McKenzie (1963, 1968, 1971, 1984) Winners list Winners of the Northern Derby include some of the best horses produced in New Zealand. Other major races * Auckland Trotting Cup * New Zealand Sires Stakes 3yo Final * New Zealand Trotting Cup * New Zealand Free For All * New Zealand Trotting Derby * Noel J Taylor Mile * New Zealand Messenger * Rowe Cup * Dominion Handicap * Inter Dominion Pacing Championship * Inter Dominion Trotting Championship See also * Harness racing * Harness racing in New Zealand Harness racing in New Zealand is primarily a professional sport which involves pacing and trotting competitions for Standardbred racehorses. The difference is the horse's gait or running style: * pacing is wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Park, Auckland
Alexandra Park is a racecourse in the suburb of Epsom in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the home of the Auckland Trotting Club . The park consists of the Alexandra Park Raceway trotting track, conference centre and a high-end urban village currently under construction. Alexandra Park hosts many feature harness races throughout the year, including the Auckland Trotting Cup and the Rowe Cup, and is the home of the New Zealand Trotting Hall of Fame and museum. History Named after Queen Alexandra this is believed to be the site of Auckland's first organised racing in 1842. Part of William Potter's large farm it was known as Potter's Paddock. Bought for their draught horses by the tramways company in 1887 it was, by agreement, still used for football, Rugby and cricket matches. Regular Auckland Trotting Club meetings began in 1890. Ten years later on the visit of her eldest son, the duke of Cornwall, it received the name Alexandra Park and the parkland around it was named Corn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monkey King (horse)
Monkey King is a leading New Zealand Standardbred racehorse. He is most noted for winning the New Zealand Trotting Cup and New Zealand Free-For-All double in two consecutive years, in 2009 and 2010, the first time this has ever been achieved. He also won the Miracle Mile Pace and the Auckland Trotting Cup in the 2009/10 season, as well as running second in the Inter Dominion Grand Final. As a result, he achieved the highest-earning season ever by a New Zealand pacer, and was crowned New Zealand Horse of the Year. These victories came after several top successes as a 3 and 4 year-old and consistently rating among the top horses in New Zealand over the following years. He was inducted to the Addington Harness Hall of Fame in 2019. He was at the time New Zealand's richest ever pacer with over $3,400,000 in stakes. Monkey King was selected by the North Island horse trainer Steven Reid. He trained the horse up to early 2009 until the owner moved the horse to Brendon (Benny) Hill's e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
F Holmes
Freeman Wright Holmes (6 June 1871–21 February 1967), better known as Free Holmes was a New Zealand jockey, horse driver, trainer and breeder. He was born in Ashburton, South Canterbury, New Zealand on 6 June 1871. He was known as "The Grand Old Man of Trotting". He is notable for being both a champion driver and formerly a champion jockey. He won a unique double of the New Zealand Cup in 1888 for thoroughbreds, at Riccarton, riding Manton, and in 1919 driving Trix Pointer to win the NZ Trotting Cup at the Addington Raceway. As a jockey, he also won the 1894 Grand National Hurdles and 1895 Great Northern Hurdles and Great Northern Steeplechase with Liberator. He also won two Auckland Trotting Cups. "Old Free", as he was reverently known in the trotting fraternity, was also an expert in the management of thoroughbred horses. He successful raced, trained and owned horses both over the fences and on the flat. He also rode and drove trotters. His son Maurice Holmes was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indianapolis (horse)
Indianapolis was a New Zealand bred Standardbred racehorse. He is notable in that he won three New Zealand Trotting Cup races, the richest harness race, and sometimes the richest horse race in New Zealand. Indianapolis is one of three horses to win the NZ Trotting Cup three times, the others being False Step and Terror to Love. He held the world record for a three-year-old, a record which stood for 14 years. He was a brother to Tondeleyo (a notable taproot dam) and Miraculous (contested two Inter Dominion heats, sire) and was a half-brother to the sire, Red Raider. Retrieved 2010-11-17 He won the following major races: * 1932 Great Northern Derby. Driven by E C McDermott. * 1933 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Globe
Johnny Globe was an outstanding New Zealand bred Standardbred pacer that held four world records. He is notable in that he won the New Zealand Trotting Cup. Johnny Globe is also notable in winning 15 free for all pacing events, which at the time was a record. He was also a leading New Zealand sire on four occasions. Johnny Globe was by Logan Derby, who was very successful harness racer in Australia. His dam, Sandfast, was by Sandydale (USA) from the American pacing mare Slapfast, a yearling record-holder in the States in her day, and who was imported to the New Zealand by Sir John McKenzie. Don Nyhan purchased Johnny Globe from the horse's breeder, Mr F E Ward as a small 10-month-old foal for £50 for his wife, Doris. Nyhan had trained his dam Sandfast for Ward, and knew she had ability after a time trial over a mile in 2.10 at Hutt Park as a two-year-old. Racing record As a four-year-old in the 1951/52 season Johnny Globe, was the leading stake-winner with £9,360 and was a clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doody Townley
David James "Doody" Townley (29 June 1925 – 28 March 1999) was a trainer and driver of Standardbred racehorses in New Zealand. He was associated with many top class horses and was a leading driver of harness horses in New Zealand. He is notable for winning four Inter Dominion Championships, the premier trotting series of races between Australia and New Zealand. Not surprisingly, he is also an inductee in the Inter Dominion Hall of Fame. Doody also won two Auckland Trotting Cups and the New Zealand Trotting Cup. These are the two top races in New Zealand. Townley died in Ashburton on 28 March 1999, and his ashes were buried at Ashburton Cemetery. Big race wins See also * Harness racing in New Zealand Harness racing in New Zealand is primarily a professional sport which involves pacing and trotting competitions for Standardbred racehorses. The difference is the horse's gait or running style: * pacing is where the two legs on the same side ... References {{Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M F Holmes
Maurice Francis Tancred Holmes (10 November 1908 – 7 July 1998), commonly known as Morrie Holmes, was a driver of standardbred racehorses in New Zealand. He was associated with many champions and was a leading driver of harness horses in New Zealand. His father Free Holmes was also a driving legend. Owing to his skill, Holmes was known as "the Maestro". As at 1998, he was the most successful reinsman in the history of trotting of New Zealand dating back to the 1860s. He drove 1666 winners and amassed $2,054,555 in stake money over 49 years. His long career lasted from 1925 to 1974, and a career spanning 44 years at the top. On his last night at the Alexandra Park Raceway, he drove four winners from eight starters. As of 2014 Maurice Holmes still holds the record for the most Driving Premiership wins as he won his 18th title in his final year of driving in 1974. He also holds the record for the most wins in the group 1 New Zealand Trotting Derby with 11 outright victories and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wolfenden
Peter Tom Wolfenden (24 January 1935 – 18 February 2023) was a New Zealand driver and trainer of Standardbred racehorses. He won the New Zealand drivers' premiership 14 times, including eight consecutive years from 1974, and twice won the Australasian Drivers Championship. He represented New Zealand seven times in the World Drivers Championship in harness racing, placing second in 1977 and third in 1971. He had 1762 career race wins in New Zealand as a driver, and 798 as a trainer. One of his most notable wins was in the 1963 New Zealand Trotting Cup, when he trained and drove New Zealand's top pacer Cardigan Bay. In the 1982 New Year Honours, Wolfenden was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), for services to trotting. He was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. Wolfenden died on 18 February 2023, at the age of 88. Big race wins Peter Wolfenden's career included driving the following winners: * 1984 Auckland Cup – Enterprise * 1983 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inky Lord
Inky may refer to: People People with the given name Inky * Inky Mark (born 1947), Canadian politician * Inky Moore (1925–2000), American conservationist People with the nickname Inky * Pete Incaviglia (born 1964), American professional baseball player * Keith Ingram (headmaster) (1929–2007), British head teacher Arts, entertainment, and media * Inky (ghost), the cyan ghost in the arcade game ''Pac-Man'' * Inky, a nickname for ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' Other uses * Inky (police dog), a police dog who appeared in the British police drama ''Softly, Softly: Taskforce'' * Inky, slang for a printer * Inky, open source software for editing interactive stories from Inkle See also *Ink Ink is a gel, sol, or solution that contains at least one colorant, such as a dye or pigment, and is used to color a surface to produce an image, text, or design. Ink is used for drawing or writing with a pen, brush, reed pen, or quill. ... * Inki * Inkie {{disambiguation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Vance
Christopher Vance (5 November 1986 – 13 December 2016) was a Group One-winning New Zealand Standardbred racehorse, trained by Roy and Barry Purdon and generally driven by Barry Purdon or Tony Herlihy. Racing career He was the 1991–92 New Zealand Horse of the Year after winning both the major New Zealand races, the New Zealand Cup and Auckland Cup, as well as the Miracle Mile Pace at Harold Park in Australia. Christopher Vance was not as dominant in the following seasons but remained competitive against top class opposition such as Blossom Lady, Master Musician, Jack Morris and Chokin. In the following year's New Zealand Cup he was 3rd from a 15-metre handicap and breaking at the beginning of the race. In the 1993 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship he won a heat in 1:54.5 for the mile before going on to run 4th in the final. Notable performances by Christopher Vance include: From April to August 1995 Christopher Vance was driven in a number of Australian races by Brian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Vicolo
Il Vicolo (foaled 27 October 1991) was a New Zealand Standardbred racehorse. He is notable for winning the richest harness horse race in New Zealand, the New Zealand Trotting Cup, twice. As 1995 Harness Horse of the Year, he featured on a New Zealand postage stamp. Il Vicolo had already had some memorable victories to his credit including the New Zealand Derby-Great Northern Derby double and the New South Wales Derby. Il Vicolo won the New Zealand Trotting Cup – Air New Zealand Free For All double. He went on to win the NZ Cup a second time in 1996. Major performances See also * Harness racing in New Zealand Harness racing in New Zealand is primarily a professional sport which involves pacing and trotting competitions for Standardbred racehorses. The difference is the horse's gait or running style: * pacing is where the two legs on the same side ... References {{reflist, 2 External links Il Vicolo in the 1996 NZ Cup Il Vicolo in the 1995 NZ Cup Racehorses bred in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
