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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

Carlson is excited by Beautide chance

Trainer Paul Carlson is looking forward to Saturday night’s $100,000 LAFM Beautide (2200m) at Launceston’s Ladbrokes Racing Centre, Mowbray. Carlson prepares Always Bettor, one of two three-year-olds, taking on the four-year-olds in the Listed feature. “We’ve had horses that have...

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

Rattray chases second Beautide success

Trainer Todd Rattray has a two-pronged attack for Launceston’s richest race of the season, The LAFM Beautide (2200m) on Saturday night at the Ladbrokes Racing Centre, Mowbray. Rattray will drive the recent Raider Stakes placegetter Preparation, with Ethan Arnott continuing his association with...

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....

30 July 2026

Barbary Tales heads early Beautide market

Bookmakers have opened Barbary Tales as the favourite for Saturday night’s $100,000 LAFM Beautide at Launceston’s Ladbrokes Racing Centre, Mowbray. Barbary Tales finished third behind Fighter Command and Bettablack Tiger in last year’s Beautide in Hobart. 12 months later, she returns...

29 July 2026

Rixon jetting off to USA

TOP young NSW driver Will Rixon will be missing from Aussie form guides for a while after this weekend. Rixon, 25, is going to the US on a holiday to experience some of the world’s great racing, starting with the upcoming iconic Hambletonian meeting at The Meadowlands. And he’s got the perfect...

29 July 2026

Swayzee stepping up again

THE old warrior isn’t done yet. While Captains Mistress stormed to top seed in leviathan owner Mick Boots’ huge team of horses with that epic Brisbane Inter Dominion win, he revealed his champion stayer Swayzee was progressing well on the comeback trial. The rising nine-year-old has raced...

29 July 2026

Australia's two top trotters to chase NZ features

AUSTRALIA’S two best trotters, Keayang Zahara and Gus, are being set for New Zealand Cup Week raids later this year. Speaking for the first time since Gus’ historic Brisbane Inter Dominion final win, when he became the first Queensland-trained trotter to win a final, trainer Chantal Turpin...

27 July 2026

Mistress Melton-bound

THE race dubbed the Cox Plate of harness racing, the Group 1 Victoria Cup, is the next major target for newly crowned Inter Dominion champion Captains Mistress. It will cap an Australian racing extravaganza on October 17, coming just hours after the huge Everest and Caulfield Cup thoroughbred meetings....

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