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21 July 2026

Dwyer set for Cup day thrill at Addington

Teenage Queensland reinsman Layne Dwyer has always dreamed of competing in the New Zealand Cup and hopes the 2026 Australasian Young Drivers Championship is a stepping stone in the right direction. The up-and-coming driver was announced on Friday evening as the Sunshine State’s representative in...

21 July 2026

Hart continues Junee's Inter Dominion joy

THE win of champion mare Captains Mistress added to the Riverina’s proud Inter Dominion history. Both her driver Cam Hart (Junee) and trainer Jason Grimson (Young) grew up in the Riverina. In Hart’s case, he added to the amazing record of Junee in harness racing’s biggest and most iconic...

21 July 2026

Star Kiwi driver ready for Bathurst debut

There is an unfamiliar name listed in this week's Bathurst formguide. Star junior Kiwi reinsman Harrison Orange is in the central west on a working holiday, spending time at the stable of Nathan Turnbull, and has four drives at Bathurst on Wedneswday night. The 19-year-old is a member of one of New...

21 July 2026

Nyack to chase his own Group 1 glory after huge ID26 placing

IN some ways Nyack’s third in the $1 million Ladbrokes Inter Dominion final felt like a win to Jimmy Rattray. The Tasmanian bred-and-owned pacer ran the race of his life to finish behind champions Captains Mistress and Leap To Fame in one of the greatest Australian harness races, let alone Inter...

21 July 2026

HRA Appoints New Independent Chairperson

Harness Racing Australia has today announced the appointment of John Dumesny as its new Independent Chair. Following Friday’s Annual General Meeting in Brisbane, Mr Dumesny succeeds Graeme Campbell OAM, who concludes his six-year tenure after reaching the maximum term permitted under HRA's...

20 July 2026

Hungry Hippo toughs out Raider Stakes win

Hungry Hippo claimed his second Tasbred Final when scoring in the Tas Freight Raider Stakes (2200m) for the Tasbred four-year-old entires and geldings at the Ladbrokes Racing Centre Mowbray in Launceston on Sunday night. Trainer-driver Alex Ashwood positioned the pacer in the one-one, and was left chasing...

20 July 2026

GOODFORM - Craig's take on Shepparton Tuesday

Race 1: OVERVIEW: IAMAWINGATE (9) settled in the second half of the field and sustained a long run from the 700m when a game second behind Freak Out at Melton last outing. He tends to perform best at Shepparton having won nine races on the track and he is the horse to beat from his trailing draw. MISS...

20 July 2026

Parker savours Group 2 success with Glenview Lanikai

North Latrobe-based trainer Ben Parker claimed the biggest win of his training career with just his 14th starter as a trainer, when Glenview Lanikai ($51) claimed the Group 2 Collins Homes Granny Smith (2200m) at Launceston’s Ladbrokes Racing Centre, Mowbray on Sunday night. Driven by Gareth Rattray,...

20 July 2026

Seymour keeps door open for another Inter Dominion with Leap To Fame

CHAMPION pacer Leap To Fame will keep racing to keep alive the dream of Inter Dominion redemption at Albion Park next year. Owner Kevin Seymour confirmed the rising eight-year-old, already a two-time Inter Dominion champion (2023 and ’25), would not retire to stud this year. “Definitely not,...

20 July 2026

Gloucester Park Review Friday 17th July 2026

Big Plans For Luvbite Expectations were not particularly high when ace trainer Michael Young outlaid $10,000 just over four months ago to purchase veteran pacer Luvbite on behalf of nine stable clients. The Victorian-bred seven-year-old had a losing sequence of 31 as a handy campaigner of 147 starts...

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