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3 August 2026

GOODFORM - Craig's tips for Tuesday at Shepparton

Race 1: OVERVIEW: SASSY GABBY (3) lacks recent racing and hasn’t started since October but she was very impressive at an Echuca trial victory last week, where she finished quickly from last. She is nicely drawn and is worth an investment. GALLICO (4) has been below his best form recently but he...

3 August 2026

Gloucester Park Review 31st July 2026

American Blaze Delivers The Goods It was as a young boy in Western Australia that Steve Levar developed a keen interest in horses, and as a 14-year-old he broadcast harness racing trials at Byford before calling meetings at the trots and gallops. Now in his 40s, he has been living and working in Singapore...

3 August 2026

e-Gazette returns to keep the NSW harness racing industry connected

Harness Racing New South Wales is pleased to announce the return of its e-Gazette, with the digital publication set to be released every two months to keep participants and fans connected with the latest news, features and achievements from across the state's harness racing industry. The revamped...

3 August 2026

Lucky Jackson delivers double feature glory

Baby Jackson might just be the perfect good luck charm for the training team of Kelli Dawson and Shane Graham. The partnership of Dawson and Graham was the big winner of the annual Australian Pacing Gold Brisbane Sales Graduates Finals on Saturday evening at Albion Park. And, in the winning shots, Dawson...

3 August 2026

Beach's special Beautide win

FAMILY is the essence of harness racing and that was beautifully evident with Okanui Beach’s emotion-charged win in a stellar $100,000 LAFM Beautide at Launceston on Saturday night. Victorian father-and-daughter team Craig and Abbey Turnbull combined to win the heavily promoted race for Tasmanian-bred...

2 August 2026

Okanui Beach lands $100,000 LAFM Beautide

Okanui Beach claimed the biggest win of his career when taking out the $100,000 LAFM Beautide (2200m) at Launceston’s Ladbrokes Racing Centre Mowbray on Saturday night. Trained in Victoria by Craig Turnbull, who has been campaigning a team of horses in Tasmania over the past month, the Downbytheseaside...

2 August 2026

GOODFORM - Craig's Tips for Maryborough Monday

Race 1: OVERVIEW: IMEASYCOMEEASYGO (1) is a beautifully bred first starter, which has had two trials at Terang for a second and win. The latest victory was in reasonable time and he is drawn to go well first up. DREAMS FOREVER (4) makes her debut for trainer Allan McDonough and has been placed in all...

1 August 2026

Mixed reaction from Aussies to big NZ prize money shake up

HARNESS Racing New Zealand's release of some major changes to NZ features and prize money has sparked varied reactions from key Aussie players. Keayang Zahara’s co-trainer Paddy Lee was thrilled to learn the time-honoured Group 1 Dominion Trot would stay at $NZ400,000. “She’ll go...

31 July 2026

Bonus Points System to supercharge Carnival of Cups

Harness Racing New South Wales has unveiled an exciting new $100,000 bonus points system that will add another layer of competition to the 2026–27 Carnival of Cups, rewarding consistency across the five feature races that headline the popular regional series. The new initiative will see horses...

31 July 2026

Grima going big time with new stars 

YOUNG NSW trainer Seaton Grima is poised to go to the next level. Grima, just 23, boasts almost 200 career wins, but has by far his best team yet, headed by recent headline-grabbing stable addition Loucasso. The three-year-old has raced just nine times for seven wins and over $400,000 in prize money....

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