{"id":360096,"date":"2026-04-02T09:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/360096\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:54:11","slug":"fields-all-but-decided-for-cambridges-night-of-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/360096\/","title":{"rendered":"Fields all but decided for Cambridge’s Night of Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fields for the two big slot races at Cambridge’s Night of Champions are all but finalised.<\/p>\n

The seven trotters in the $530,000 TAB Trot were confirmed late last month, as have nine of the 10 runners in the $1m The Race by Sport Nation.<\/p>\n

The only slot left is the one owned by Mark Purdon\/Chris Ryder.<\/p>\n

The ninth and latest slot will be represented by Better Knuckle Up for slot-holder Stonewall Stud.<\/p>\n

Trained by the top northern stable of Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan, Better Knuckle Up finished fourth in last year’s New Zealand Cup and has had a win and a second in three starts this year.<\/p>\n

The two Slot races will headline what is a stellar card at Cambridge on Friday, April 10.<\/p>\n

The Trot Slot : (Slot-holder and Horse)<\/p>\n

Mark Purdon\/Chris Ryder – Oscar Bonavena
Rampant Pty – Ya Rite Darl
Cullen Breeding – Meant To Be
Yabby Dam farms – Belle Neige
Keayang Farms – Keayang Zahara
Levarg racing – Jilliby Ballerini
Ross Patrick – Gus<\/p>\n

To see the market for the TAB Trot click here<\/a><\/p>\n

The $1m The Race by Sport Nation (Slot-holder and Horse):<\/p>\n

All Stars Racing and Chris Ryder – TBC
Craig Whiteoak – The Janitor
Dennis and Mark Dunford – We Walk By Faith
Harnesslink – Kingman
Montana Park Pty Ltd – Merlin
N40 Racing – Republican Party
Rakero Racing – Swayzee
Rampant Pty Ltd – Captains Knock
Solid Earth Pty Ltd – Leap To Fame
Stonewall Stud Ltd – Better Knuckle Up<\/p>\n

To see the market for the Race by Sport Nation click here<\/a><\/p>\n

A live Box Seat show, including the Night of Champions Barrier Draws, will be broadcast on Trackside three days before the big meeting, on Tuesday April 7 from 7.30-9.00pm.<\/p>\n

Nominations for both Slot races close on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fields for the two big slot races at Cambridge’s Night of Champions are all but finalised. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-360096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}