His first ride was at Washakie in 2009, which finished fourteenth, and his second at For A Reason, which finished third in 2014.
He may not have won a race in Oamaru on Thursday, but Burnham trainer Bruce Negus had a good day as owner.
Edge (What the hill) defeat the will (Speed incentive) in the fully silvered trot. Ridge is trained by Brent and Tim White and is partly owned by Bruce, while The Will, who trains Negus, is owned by Bruce and stable driver Mia Holbrough.
His other winner was See No Evil (What the hill) who won the On A Streak Trot. She is also trained by the Whites and is owned by Tim and Bruce.
Both winners were ridden by Sarah O’Reilly, and all three fillies are products of Woodlands Stud.
Speeding Spur produced its first winner at Paramount Spur last night at Alexandra Park won for trainer John Dickie and his driver, John’s son Josh.
The three-year-old gelding was bred by Dickie and is out of Paramount Bliss whose dam Paramount Star won seven races for him.
The Dickies also trained Speeding Spur, who won twenty-eight races, including six Group Ones in New Zealand: the New Zealand Trotting Derby, the New Zealand Trotting Free For All (twice) and the Rowe Cup.
He also won three Group 1 races in Australia, including a Great Southern Star, and earned more than $1.2 million.
New Harnesslink owner Mick Harvey has signed an advertising deal with Addington Raceway.
The completion time of all races on the track is announced by the course commentator as the ‘Harnesslink lead time’.
Harvey will be on track on both Cup and Show Day. Kingman (Always B Miki) will wear his colors in the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup while Ripples (Bettor’s joy) will take her place for Harvey in the Dunstan Horsefeeds Sires’ Stakes Final on Show Day.
Peter Brinsdon hopes his luck continues for Tuesday’s IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup.
He is co-owner of Always A Menace (Always B Miki) who won in Addington last night to give Blair Orange his 3000e winner. Brinsdon also has a stake in cup candidate Pinseeker (On the coast).
Always a Menace is out of Phantom Menace, who won eight races, including one at Addington. She was trained at Gore by Peter’s brother Matt, who also trained Phantom Menace.
The descendants of Lazarus are beginning to shine in New Zealand.
Lazarus Effect leads the way, winning six of his nine starts for Bob Butt, while Jeremiah is a seven-win gelding trained by Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan.
Flying Ace, trained by Hayden and Amanda Cullen, added to Lazarus’ growing number of winners when he won impressively at Addington last night.
Both The Lazarus Effect and Flying Ace are raced by the Alabar Racing Syndicate 2024.
Lazarus is now at Wai Eyre Farm.
Through Bruce Stewartfor Harnesslink
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