Central Otago Trotting Club

14/02/2025

✨Outback Man✨debuts at Addington Raceway

09/02/2025

Good luck to local horses racing at Wairio Trotting Club today ✨

Race 4 @ 1.38pm
👉 #5 Jordan Anne - Owned by the Poolburn ‘Corner Shop Syndicate’ and trained by M Williamson Racing Stables

Race 11 @ 5:38pm
👉 #3 Tabasco - a few Omakau locals + committee members have shares in this horse, and trained by Brad Williamson Racing Stables
👉 #6 Mr Cash Man - Owned by ‘Central Courage Syndicate’ trained by M Williamson Racing Stables

And good luck to any others we have missed 🍀

07/02/2025

Aaand Omakau has arrived !!!

How good does Aint no Angel look!?

Graham and Snow wishing the local horse luck - gets go team 🔥🔥

Think they are pretty excited to be here at Addington 🥳

07/02/2025

Good luck to all the horses racing to Addington tonight ✨

And a special mention to local horse also racing tonight:

‘Aint No Angel’ in Race 3 @ 6:34pm

Owned by Vice President Nev Armstrong, committee member Rusty Nevill and Poolburn locals Kim and Mary Heaney.

Trained in North Otago by Brad Williamson Racing Stables

Let’s make some noise for Aint No Angel 😇 😈 ✨

Good luck tonight at Addington to Aint No Angel and her connections!

06/02/2025

Central Otago has arrived to Rangiora !

Caught on TV, an interview with Graham Sinnamon who is on course at Rangiora today.

Greatful for all the Canterbury trainers who make the trip to Omakau, so here we are in Canterbury with Forty Wives.

Good luck Forty ✨ and all the best to the Amberley Trotting Club for a successful racemeet today!

09/01/2025

Today marks a whole week since our 2025 Raceday!

All of a sudden I have a a bit of spare time - so here’s a quick recap of our day ✨

As always, looking forward to seeing everyone again in 2026 🥂

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05/01/2025

‘What was your low point of the day? That it’s over, and that we have to wait 362 more days until our next Racemeet’

Now that the course is all packed up, Immediate Past President Snow Hamilton and President Graham Sinnamon, had some ‘spare’ time to catch up this afternoon to debrief about Raceday.

They say if you want something done, to ask a busy man. And these two are some of the busiest people you’ll ever meet - but somehow fit it all in. Huge congratulations to these two, on heading another successful meeting ✨👏

03/01/2025

Welcome to Omakau, where we really get the crowd involved with the HOT 🔥 seat.

From going in the ‘Loosing Ticket’ draw to win a Central Ap Mobile Barrier Ride, to being part of the Highlands - Experience the Exceptional family Sulky Derby Race.. YOU ARE PART OF THE ACTION ⚡️ and it doesn’t get much closer than this 🔥🔥🔥

(these videos were taken by loosing ticket winners!)

Already excited for 2026 😅

03/01/2025

✨ North of Waitaki Draw✨

The COTC would like to thank every trainer both North and South of the Waitaki who supported our day.

We announced the winner of the Gore HRC to Omakau yesterday (Buffy Northstains) and announcing the North of the Waitaki Trainers bonus tonight.

A prize pool of $1,000 was put up between Joan and Paul Davis and RD Petroleum Ltd. Huge thank you for sponsoring this incentive to help get Horses to Omakau

1st draw - $300 to Trainer who started the most horses at Omakau yesterday: Andrew Faulks

2nd draw - $200 to the Trainer who travelled the furtherest: Dave Iremonger

3rd draw - $100 to any trainer giving a junior driver a drive (Georgia Goodman): Andrew Stuart

4th = draw - $100 random draw: David McCormick, Brad & Mel Mobray, David Mitchell and Ben Waldron

We will email these trainers as the money is deposited.

Thank you again to all the trainers that supported our day ✨

03/01/2025

Thank-you to everyone who entered our photo contest!

This year was really hard - so had to pull
In some outside judges to help 📸

We weren’t looking for the best quality photo - rather the best photos showcasing your day at the races ✨

Congratulations to our winner Kylie Stevenson 🥇 for showing us being involved in multiple activities over race day (kids tote, ice cream, fashion! 👏👏) You have first pick of prizes

And second place to Angie Joanne Brown 🥈
It’s probably the most fun 🤩 photo we’ve ever come across 🔥🔥 you will have second choice of prizes

…. We’ve also decided to do a ‘People’s Choice’ this year! Congratulations to Paul McCarthy for getting the most likes with your photo on Facebook 🔥 and you have third choice 😉

Please message the page so I can arrange the prizes to be sent out.

Prizes up for Grabs:

1 X Scenic Flight
1 X $300 prezzie card
1 X Free WOF at Dunedin City Motors (Alexandra Branch)

03/01/2025

Sometimes, it’s not just about the Racing.

Yesterday marked some special milestones which are worth a big mention.

It is a privilege to share with you all:

✨ 12:26pm Jan 2nd 2025 - we officially marked 60 years of Harness Racing at Omakau. From humble beginnings of an equaliser style tote, to what you see today, this club has just gone from strength to strength. And is now one of the biggest one day Race Meetings held in New Zealand.

✨ Jan 2nd 2015 - 2025 marked Graham Sinnamon as the longest serving President for the COTC, of 10 years. Congratulations Graham🥂

✨Life Members as of 2025:
From left to right: Snow Hamilton, Jim Morgan, Edwin Harley, Alan Harley, Richard Morgan, Graham Sinnamon and Lionel Sinnamon

Long live the succession of the Central Otago Trotting Club 🌟

03/01/2024

Harness Racing Unhinged THIS IS EVERYTHING !!

Thank you for capturing this, is truely what this industry is about 🥹

Nigel - what you do is simply amazing! So thank you truely, for being a massive club supporter - 2024 is going to be BIGGER and BETTER than ever. 🔥🔥🔥

Ps, can someone get Tony on board to get OBM to Addington 🤣

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