Just Believe crowned New Zealand Horse of the Year

10 February 2025
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Champion trotter Just Believe’s greatness has gone to another level even in retirement after being crowned the New Zealand Horse of the Year.

The globetrotting gelding became just the second Australian horse and the first in a staggering 40 years to beat the Kiwis in their biggest harness racing award. The other was Norm Lang-trained NSW pacer Steel Jaw, who tied with great Kiwi trotter Sir Castleton in the 1983/84 season.

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