A big Show and Cup week of racing was just that for Todd Mitchell who celebrated his short time as a Thoroughbred trainer by having a starter in the prestigious New Zealand Cup. Electronic Socks was to start down the favouritism list but did not disappoint a happy trainer and the Road Runner syndicate members…

Todd Mitchell made the trip south to the Ashburton Trotting Club meeting on 25th October 2010 for two drives on horses trained by Michelle Wallis in their build ups to Cup Week in November. It proved a good move as both Mitchell and Wallis left Ashburton with big smiles and proving their gelding Ima Gold…

An update for the stables is long overdue, so here is what has been happening. Starting with Artistic Rulz notching up a win back in March followed by two 5th’s and a 9th for his next few starts. He has had a month’s work in the pool and will be heading back to the workouts…

It’s been a busy couple of months racing and travelling for the team, hence the long wait for an update! January was a very consistant month for us, with 14 starters finishing in the top 5 ten times. The month ended in a “day trip” with a truck load of horses to Tauranga, only to…

The last few weeks over Christmas and New Years has been a busy time with mixed results. Don Giovani, Hazel Maud and Electronic Socks have all gone out for a little break, Don Giovani and Hazel Maud racing like they needed a bit of a freshen up and Electronic Socks running the final of the…

One to watch out for at the up and coming race meetings will be Elsu Sheila who qualified at Pukekohe on the 22nd December. Christmas Eve at Cambridge will hopefully bring the stable a few winners, Don Giovani who wasn’t keen on “playing the game” last start will be lining up along with Heza Holmes…

It started off with Heza Holmes running second at Cambridge, a great effort for his first start back and will hopefully be in the winners cirlce again before long. Saturday it was off to Counties with High Priest to run in the Counties Bowl, although he was running against some of the countries top sprinters he…

Michael Guerin Todd Mitchell can barely hide his excitement now that Don Giovani is starting to live up to his promise. The giant trotter made it two wins on end with an effortless victory last Thursday, his new found confidence being thanks in part to the addition of half-hopples to his gear. While he was impressive…

The owners of Novice Mistress are proud to announce that she is positively in foal to Sakhee’s Secret.

He has gone back to back wins now and just seems to be getting better and better. He dominated the field at Cambridge on the 5th by getting away the cleanest and quickest to date taking the lead just before the turn into the straight for the first time…..which was where he stayed. Electronic Socks…