By HRNZ Family Spirit won his first race of the season on Sunday in the Hewes Scrapmetal Stratford Cup. Starting off the 20 metre handicap, the Todd Mitchell-trained six-year-old overcame the odds to earn maximum points in the Country Cup series.  Family Spirit stepped away nicely in the hands of Philip Butcher, who elected to…

By GARRICK KNIGHTWaikato Times 24/12/2009 It’s a frenzied ten days ahead for Tauwhare horseman Todd Mitchell as he embarks on a dual-code training schedule matched only by fellow Waikato trainer Graeme Rogerson. It started today at Cambridge where Mitchell had five of his own runners engaged – Heza Holmes, Artistic Rulz, Live Or Dana, Hazel…

George SimonCambridge Edition 9/12/09 In this game, it can get a tad confusing sometimes. Last Saturday at Avondale, you could be forgiven for thinking you were at Alexandra Park. Moments after Electronic Socks justified her race favouritism when winning at Avondale last Saturday, the Avondale winner’s circle was awash with harness racing identities. The promising…

By BARRY LICHTERSunday Star Times 6/12/09 HARNESS RACING’S wizard Todd Mitchell and his Road Runner syndicate took over the Avondale Jockey Club’s birdcage yesterday after Electronic Socks and rider Andy Webb scored a runaway win in a Dunstan Series qualifier. And now the happy band of 10 cross-code owners, which includes some of trotting’s best…

Harness Racing Weekly – 14 October 2009By Michael Guerin Todd Mitchell knows this season is not going to be as successful as his last. But horses like Muscles Kiwi are going to ensure Mitchell still has plenty of highs ahead this season. The talented trotter provided his Cambridge trainer with his first success of the season…

Friday, October 9 2009 Waikato Times – Garrick Knight  The days just keep getting longer and longer for Tauwhare horseman Todd Mitchell, and that is probably why the dual-code trainer treated himself to a trip to the NRL grand final in Sydney last weekend. The four-time New Zealand Cup-winning driver celebrated a career-best season as a…

Cambridge Edition – The Track Spy Local trainer Todd Mitchell finished with a record number of wins at the end of the Harness Racing season which finished on the 31st July. His Tauwhare stable produced 36 winners and earned just short of $300,000 in stakes for the season. This smashed his previous best of 23…

Article written by : Michael GuerinPublished by: Harness Weekly Todd Mitchell says a record season as a trainer will ensure his new passion doesn’t become his full-time job.  Mitchell moved into the top five trainers in the North Island with two wins last weekend, one with McAlister at Cambridge on Thursday and Hazel Maud at…